apocalyptic

adjective

/əˌpɒkəˈlɪptɪk/

/əˌpɑːkəˈlɪptɪk/

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describing very serious damage and destruction in past or future events
- an apocalyptic view of history
- apocalyptic warnings of the end of society
like the end of the world
- an apocalyptic scene

Word Originearly 17th cent. (as a noun denoting St. John, the writer of the Apocalypse, the book of Revelation in the Bible): from Greek apokaluptikos, from apokaluptein ‘uncover’, from apo- ‘un-’ + kaluptein ‘to cover’.

单词	apocalyptic
释义	apocalyptic adjective /əˌpɒkəˈlɪptɪk/ /əˌpɑːkəˈlɪptɪk/ jump to other results describing very serious damage and destruction in past or future events an apocalyptic view of history apocalyptic warnings of the end of society like the end of the world an apocalyptic scene Word Originearly 17th cent. (as a noun denoting St. John, the writer of the Apocalypse, the book of Revelation in the Bible): from Greek apokaluptikos, from apokaluptein ‘uncover’, from apo- ‘un-’ + kaluptein ‘to cover’.
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