Tir-na-nogn.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪənənəʊɡ/,

/tʃɪənəˈnəʊɡ/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪrnəˌnoʊɡ/,

/ˌtʃɪrnəˈnoʊɡ/, Irish English

/ˈtʃiːrnənoʊɡ/,

/tʃiːrnəˈnoʊɡ/

Forms: Also Tir-nan-og, Tir-n-an-oge, etc.

Etymology: < Irish Tír na nÓg land of the young.

Irish Mythology.

A fabled land of perpetual youth, an Irish version of Elysium. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > non-Christian

heaveneOE

other worldOE

paradise?a1425

pantheon?1545

Olympus1582

Hesperidesa1592

tian1613

afterworld1615

Swarga1734

goddery1811

Pure Land1819

Reinga1820

Tir-na-nog1889

Jodo1901

sand-hill1949

1889 W. B. Yeats Let. 29 July (1954) 132 The Irish peasant's notion that Tir-n-an-oge (the Country of the Young) is made up of three phantom islands.

1898 E. C. Brewer Reader's Handbk. Allusions (new ed.) 590/2 The ancient inhabitants of Erin had..the vague belief that there somewhere existed a land where people were always youthful..and lived for ever. This country went by various names, as Tir-na-nóg, etc.

1906 P. E. More Shelburne Ess. 4th Ser. 245 It is the Tir-nan-og of the Celts, the country of the young.

1938 L. MacNeice I crossed Minch ii. x. 155 Don't talk to me about the Isles of Youth. These are the Isles of Senescence, of Inactivity... I do not want to sleep or dream of Tir n'an Og.

1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Mar. 82/3 Without a better balance, the science-created Tir na nog, the legendary Irish land of youth on earth, must result in the rigid Malthusian principle which population experts sternly predicted.

1980 London Mag. Mar. 23 The old Irish myth of Tir nan-Og, the land of everlasting youthfulness.

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

单词	tir-na-nog
释义	Tir-na-nogn. Brit. /ˈtʃɪənənəʊɡ/, /tʃɪənəˈnəʊɡ/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪrnəˌnoʊɡ/, /ˌtʃɪrnəˈnoʊɡ/, Irish English /ˈtʃiːrnənoʊɡ/, /tʃiːrnəˈnoʊɡ/ Forms: Also Tir-nan-og, Tir-n-an-oge, etc. Etymology: < Irish Tír na nÓg land of the young. Irish Mythology. A fabled land of perpetual youth, an Irish version of Elysium. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > non-Christian heaveneOE other worldOE paradise?a1425 pantheon?1545 Olympus1582 Hesperidesa1592 tian1613 afterworld1615 Swarga1734 goddery1811 Pure Land1819 Reinga1820 Tir-na-nog1889 Jodo1901 sand-hill1949 1889 W. B. Yeats Let. 29 July (1954) 132 The Irish peasant's notion that Tir-n-an-oge (the Country of the Young) is made up of three phantom islands. 1898 E. C. Brewer Reader's Handbk. Allusions (new ed.) 590/2 The ancient inhabitants of Erin had..the vague belief that there somewhere existed a land where people were always youthful..and lived for ever. This country went by various names, as Tir-na-nóg, etc. 1906 P. E. More Shelburne Ess. 4th Ser. 245 It is the Tir-nan-og of the Celts, the country of the young. 1938 L. MacNeice I crossed Minch ii. x. 155 Don't talk to me about the Isles of Youth. These are the Isles of Senescence, of Inactivity... I do not want to sleep or dream of Tir n'an Og. 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Mar. 82/3 Without a better balance, the science-created Tir na nog, the legendary Irish land of youth on earth, must result in the rigid Malthusian principle which population experts sternly predicted. 1980 London Mag. Mar. 23 The old Irish myth of Tir nan-Og, the land of everlasting youthfulness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1889
随便看	keep the watch keep the wind keep the wolf from the door keep this show on the road keep throng keep time keep to keep to a minimum keep to heel keep to one's last keep to one's threap keep to oneself keep to the point keep to the record keep to windward of keep together keep touch keep tout keep trace of keep track keep under keep under awe keep under key keep under one's hat keep ungone