| 单词 | orphic |
| 释义 | orphic (once / 337695 pages) adj WORD FAMILY orphic USAGE EXAMPLES"Reinhardt is an orphic figure of mythical allure because of the incredible things he could do with a guitar." The Guardian(Mar 27, 2013) According to Plato, it was an orphic doctrine that there were certain deliverances and purifications which availed also for the dead. Allies, T. W. (Thomas William), Church and State as Seen in the For...(2012) These orphic sentences were dropped with a slow and ponderous nod of the head, and ceased at the entrance of Miss Keith. Thanet, Octave, Stories That End Well—An Adventure...(2010) adj having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding Syn mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret esoteric confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle Orphic (once / 27109 pages) adj WORD FAMILY Orphic USAGE EXAMPLESHe spoke of creating a supreme Book, a “great work,” which would attempt an “Orphic explanation of the Earth.” The New Yorker(Apr 11, 2016) Mr. Aucoin’s work, “The Orphic Moment,” probes the psychology of the crucial turning point from the myth of Orpheus in an anguished 16-minute dramatic scene. New York Times(Mar 24, 2016) The lengthy musical passages in recent novels, including a few loving and climactic concert scenes, seem to strive for music’s Orphic power. The New Yorker(Jan 27, 2015) adj ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus |
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