Shangri-Lan.

Brit.

/ˌʃaŋɡrɪˈlɑː/, U.S.

/ˈˌʃæŋɡriˈlɑ/

Forms: Also Shangrila, shangri-la, etc.

Etymology: < the name of Shangri-La ( < Tibetan la mountain pass), a Tibetan utopia in Lost Horizon (1933), a novel by James Hilton.

An earthly paradise, a place of retreat from the worries of modern civilization. (In quot. 1945 as quasi-adj.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [noun] > place of supreme happiness

heaveneOE

Edena1225

paradise?a1300

Garden of Eden1535

eutopia1553

happy land1562

Arcady1590

Hesperidesa1592

Elysiuma1616

God's own country1807

lotusland1856

Adamless Eden1876

summerland1895

Shangri-La1941

1933 J. Hilton Lost Horizon ix. 212 When the High Lama asked him whether Shangri-La was not unique in his experience..he answered..‘To be quite frank, it reminds me very slightly of Oxford, where I used to lecture.’

1938 ‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts xv. 197 ‘It's a simply hideous place.’..‘It's not exactly another Shangri-La.’]

1941 Time 23 June 53/1 The Captain operates an insular Shangri-La in the South Pacific.

1945 L. Durrell Let. 15 Dec. in Spirit of Place (1969) 81 I was afraid I would sound so heartlessly healthy and the country so Shangri la that you would write me a stinker.

1960 D. Lessing In Pursuit of Eng. i. 15 Their Shangri-La would be populated..with nice professional people.

1971 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 11 Dec. 53/1 The Windward Islands..excel any of the shangri-las of the South Pacific.

1977 China Now July 19/1 The lamasery, for all its association with the Shangrila myth of eternal youth and joy, brought misery.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	shangri-la
释义	Shangri-Lan. Brit. /ˌʃaŋɡrɪˈlɑː/, U.S. /ˈˌʃæŋɡriˈlɑ/ Forms: Also Shangrila, shangri-la, etc. Etymology: < the name of Shangri-La ( < Tibetan la mountain pass), a Tibetan utopia in Lost Horizon (1933), a novel by James Hilton. An earthly paradise, a place of retreat from the worries of modern civilization. (In quot. 1945 as quasi-adj.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [noun] > place of supreme happiness heaveneOE Edena1225 paradise?a1300 Garden of Eden1535 eutopia1553 happy land1562 Arcady1590 Hesperidesa1592 Elysiuma1616 God's own country1807 lotusland1856 Adamless Eden1876 summerland1895 Shangri-La1941 1933 J. Hilton Lost Horizon ix. 212 When the High Lama asked him whether Shangri-La was not unique in his experience..he answered..‘To be quite frank, it reminds me very slightly of Oxford, where I used to lecture.’ 1938 ‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts xv. 197 ‘It's a simply hideous place.’..‘It's not exactly another Shangri-La.’] 1941 Time 23 June 53/1 The Captain operates an insular Shangri-La in the South Pacific. 1945 L. Durrell Let. 15 Dec. in Spirit of Place (1969) 81 I was afraid I would sound so heartlessly healthy and the country so Shangri la that you would write me a stinker. 1960 D. Lessing In Pursuit of Eng. i. 15 Their Shangri-La would be populated..with nice professional people. 1971 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 11 Dec. 53/1 The Windward Islands..excel any of the shangri-las of the South Pacific. 1977 China Now July 19/1 The lamasery, for all its association with the Shangrila myth of eternal youth and joy, brought misery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1941
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