| 单词 | to sink into nothingness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sink (also fade, etc.) into nothingness b. The state or condition of being non-existent. Frequently in to sink (also fade, etc.) into nothingness. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] noughtOE unbeing1435 non-beingc1443 nullity?1573 non esse1585 not-beinga1586 unexistence1593 nihilhood1602 non-essence?1605 inexistence1623 never-being1633 nonentity1643 non-existence1646 no-being1651 inexistency1660 nihility1678 cipherhooda1680 vacuitya1711 nothingness1766 nihilism1856 thinglessness1874 not-ness1933 nullness1949 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. viii. 64 Even the Cherubim and Seraphim, the mightiest and most exalted of the Works of Omnipotence, would be reduced to a State of Nothingness by an Independence on their Creator. 1812 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (ed. 2) II. vii. x. 242 Each has returned to its primeval nothingness. 1875 A. Maclaren Serm. 2nd Ser. i. 18 It must..be done by Faith, whose rod disenchants them into their native nothingness, and then it is blessed. 1894 A. Jessopp Random Roaming i. 3 How beautiful plans do fade into nothingness. 1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 697/1 Vogue-words. Every now & then a word emerges from obscurity, or even from nothingness or a merely potential & not actual existence, into sudden popularity. 1955 R. S. Thomas Song at Year's Turning 39 December shadows Dwindled to nothingness in the spring meadows. 1991 G. Ehrlich Islands, Universe, Home vi. 74 Today yellow is combed all through the trees, and the heart-shaped cottonwood leaves spin downward to nothingness. < as lemmas |
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