| 单词 | sublime |
| 释义 | sublime (once / 320 pages) 1adj 2v In common use, sublime is an adjective meaning "awe-inspiringly grand, excellent, or impressive," like the best chocolate fudge sundae you've ever had. You might describe a spine-tingling piece of music as "a work of sublime beauty." With the, the word also functions as a noun meaning "something that strikes the mind with a sense of grandeur or power": "Never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery," wrote Washington Irving. The beauty of music or nature can be awe-inspiring, but sublime is also useful for describing everything from an impressive serve in tennis to a jaw-droppingly good taste sensation. WORD FAMILYsublime: sublimate, sublimed, sublimely, sublimer, sublimes, sublimest, subliming, sublimity+/sublimate: sublimated, sublimates, sublimating, sublimation/sublimation: sublimations/sublimity: sublimities USAGE EXAMPLESThere was sublime chanting from a choir of men and women in smart cream uniforms. BBC(Dec 24, 2016) The most sublime and insightful words, more often than not, emerge from decidedly ignoble creatures. Slate(Dec 20, 2016) The island is beautiful but oblique, sublime yet functionally inscrutable. Time(Dec 19, 2016) 1 1adj of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style Syn elevated, exalted, grand, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified noble having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character 2adj worthy of adoration or reverence Syn reverend sacred concerned with religion or religious purposes 3adj inspiring awe the sublime beauty of the night Syn empyreal, empyrean glorious having or deserving or conferring glory 4adj lifted up or set high 2"their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton Syn elated exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits 1v change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting sublime iodine some salts sublime when heated Syn|Hyper sublimate aerify, gasify, vaporise, vaporize turn into gas 2v vaporize and then condense right back again Syn|Hypo|Hyper sublimate resublime sublime (a compound) once again change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature |
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