| 单词 | imaginary place |
| 释义 | imaginary place (once / 303060 pages) n WORD FAMILY imaginary place: imaginary places USAGE EXAMPLESAnd when you see these gigantic mountains floating in the air, I have this vision of an imaginary place, although I know it exists. Salon(Oct 28, 2016) And even if it were possible to go to this imaginary place, I am too weak to move. Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay(2010) She professed that she did not believe in the afterlife and described her book as a “real history of an imaginary place.” Washington Post(Jan 19, 2015) n a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings Syn|Hypo|Hyper fictitious place, mythical place afterworld the place where you are after you die Annwfn, Annwn(Welsh mythology) the other world; land of fairies Asgard(Norse mythology) the heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes Atlantisaccording to legend, an island in the Atlantic Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquake Brobdingnaga land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous cloud-cuckoo-landan imaginary place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality Cockaigne(Middle Ages) an imaginary land of luxury and idleness El Dorado, eldoradoan imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers faerie, faery, fairylandthe enchanted realm of fairies Heaventhe abode of God and the angels Elysiuma place or condition of ideal happiness Hades, Hell, Scheol, infernal region, netherworld, underworld(religion) the world of the dead Hell, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, perdition, pit(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment Houyhnhnmsa land imagined by Jonathan Swift where intelligent horses ruled the Yahoos Laputaa land imagined by Jonathan Swift where impractical projects were pursued and practical projects neglected Lilliputa land imagined by Jonathan Swift that was inhabited by tiny people limbo(theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals) limboan imaginary place for lost or neglected things Midgard(Norse mythology) the abode of humans in Norse mythology dreamland, dreamworld, never-never landa pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination purgatory(theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins Ruritaniaan imaginary kingdom in central Europe; often used as a scene for intrigue and romance spirit worldany imaginary place where spiritual beings (demons or fairies or angels or the like) abide Sion, Utopia, Zionan imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal wonderlandan imaginary realm of marvels or wonders Abraham's bosom, bosom of Abrahamthe place where the just enjoy the peace of heaven after death Celestial City, City of God, Heavenly City, Holy Cityphrases used to refer to Heaven Elysian Fields, Elysium(Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death Eden, Garden of Edena beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man) Paradise(Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death Promised Landthe goal towards which Christians strive Valhalla, Walhalla(Norse mythology) the hall in which the souls of heros slain in battle were received by Odin Gehenna, Tartarusa place where the wicked are punished after death hellfire, red regiona place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned imagination, imaginativeness, vision the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses |
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