英语词汇“bottomless pit”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

bottomless pit n. [after Hellenistic Greek ἄβυσσος abyss n.] a pit whose bottom cannot be seen or found; an abyss, hell; (in extended use) something which can never be filled or satisfied, or which is inexhaustible or unfathomable.Originally and frequently as a biblical allusion: see e.g. quot. 1526.

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the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > as pit or abyss

hell pitOE

pitOE

abysmc1350

hell-holec1400

abyssc1460

bisme1483

pota1500

barathrum?1510

bottomless pit1526

limbo-lake1558

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rev. ix. 1 And the fyfte angell blewe, and I sawe a starre fall from heven vnto the erth. And to him was geven the kaye of the bottomlesse pytt.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xxxvi. 16 So shall he kepe the..from the bottomlesse pytte that is beneth.

1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. iv. f. 29 She not long constant in that minde, afterwadrs [sic] will attend vnto the first suter,..and him in the ende will suffre to fall headlong into the bottomlesse pit of dispaire.

1611 Bible (King James) Rev. ix. 1 And the fift angel sounded, and I saw a starre fall from heauen unto the earth: and to him was giuen the key of the bottomlesse pit.

1648 Looking-glasse for Well-affected in London 3 The Prelates and the Prelaticall Clergy, those Locusts of the bottomless pit, who have cropped our harvest of a glorious reformation, for many years, even in the Blade.

a1678 A. Woodhead Motives Holy Living (1688) i. iii. 8 Weigh well the terrible description of these punishments... The..Bottomless Pit; A Fire- and Brimstone-Lake.

1712 J. Arbuthnot (title) Law is a Bottomless Pit. Exemplify'd in the Case of the Lord Strutt.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 161 To rid the land of the swarm of Arminian caterpillars, Socinian pismires, and deistical Miss Katies, that have ascended out of the bottomless pit.

1865 K. Graves Biogr. Satan 42 St. John speaks of the Dragon falling (from his angelship) and being cast into the bottomless pit.

1916 A. Bullard Diplomacy of Great War 264 If the French are relieved of the pressing fear of Germany, they will stop sinking their money in the bottomless pit of the Tsar's misgovernment.

1986 B. Dijkstra Idols of Perversity viii. 250 Disquisitions upon the bottomless pit of woman's sexual nature.

2000 Building Design 11 Feb. 12/3 The Treasury and Gordon Brown hold the purse strings tightly and ‘prudently’ (except where the bottomless pit of the Dome or the PFI is concerned).

单词	bottomless pit
释义	> as lemmas bottomless pit bottomless pit n. [after Hellenistic Greek ἄβυσσος abyss n.] a pit whose bottom cannot be seen or found; an abyss, hell; (in extended use) something which can never be filled or satisfied, or which is inexhaustible or unfathomable.Originally and frequently as a biblical allusion: see e.g. quot. 1526. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > as pit or abyss hell pitOE pitOE abysmc1350 hell-holec1400 abyssc1460 bisme1483 pota1500 barathrum?1510 bottomless pit1526 limbo-lake1558 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rev. ix. 1 And the fyfte angell blewe, and I sawe a starre fall from heven vnto the erth. And to him was geven the kaye of the bottomlesse pytt. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xxxvi. 16 So shall he kepe the..from the bottomlesse pytte that is beneth. 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. iv. f. 29 She not long constant in that minde, afterwadrs [sic] will attend vnto the first suter,..and him in the ende will suffre to fall headlong into the bottomlesse pit of dispaire. 1611 Bible (King James) Rev. ix. 1 And the fift angel sounded, and I saw a starre fall from heauen unto the earth: and to him was giuen the key of the bottomlesse pit. 1648 Looking-glasse for Well-affected in London 3 The Prelates and the Prelaticall Clergy, those Locusts of the bottomless pit, who have cropped our harvest of a glorious reformation, for many years, even in the Blade. a1678 A. Woodhead Motives Holy Living (1688) i. iii. 8 Weigh well the terrible description of these punishments... The..Bottomless Pit; A Fire- and Brimstone-Lake. 1712 J. Arbuthnot (title) Law is a Bottomless Pit. Exemplify'd in the Case of the Lord Strutt. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 161 To rid the land of the swarm of Arminian caterpillars, Socinian pismires, and deistical Miss Katies, that have ascended out of the bottomless pit. 1865 K. Graves Biogr. Satan 42 St. John speaks of the Dragon falling (from his angelship) and being cast into the bottomless pit. 1916 A. Bullard Diplomacy of Great War 264 If the French are relieved of the pressing fear of Germany, they will stop sinking their money in the bottomless pit of the Tsar's misgovernment. 1986 B. Dijkstra Idols of Perversity viii. 250 Disquisitions upon the bottomless pit of woman's sexual nature. 2000 Building Design 11 Feb. 12/3 The Treasury and Gordon Brown hold the purse strings tightly and ‘prudently’ (except where the bottomless pit of the Dome or the PFI is concerned). extracted from bottomlessadj. < as lemmas
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