英语词汇“abyss”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

The noun abyss refers to a deep void or chasm — either literal or figurative. Making a momentous life decision with great uncertainty, like enrolling in clown college, might feel like jumping into the abyss.

Traditionally, the abyss referred to the "bottomless pit" of Hell. Now it might refer to either a literal chasm or a figurative one: "Thirty years ago, we peered into this abyss and pulled back just in time." The word is sometimes used to describe a wide difference between cultures or nations. Abyss comes from Greek: a- "without" + byssos, "depth, bottom." You may know the related adjective abysmal, which means "appallingly bad" — or "way down in the depths," as it were.

WORD FAMILY

abyss: abyssal, abysses

USAGE EXAMPLES

I used to think that an abyss is a moment of despair becoming interminable; but any moment, even the direst, is bound to end.

The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016)

As both parent and child scream in terror, he loses his grip on his mother and she starts to disappear into the abyss.

Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016)

The zone is also an abyss of lawlessness.

Los Angeles Times(Dec 17, 2016)

n a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

Syn|Hyper

abysm

chasm

a deep opening in the earth's surface

单词	abyss
释义	abyss (once / 814 pages) n The noun abyss refers to a deep void or chasm — either literal or figurative. Making a momentous life decision with great uncertainty, like enrolling in clown college, might feel like jumping into the abyss. Traditionally, the abyss referred to the "bottomless pit" of Hell. Now it might refer to either a literal chasm or a figurative one: "Thirty years ago, we peered into this abyss and pulled back just in time." The word is sometimes used to describe a wide difference between cultures or nations. Abyss comes from Greek: a- "without" + byssos, "depth, bottom." You may know the related adjective abysmal, which means "appallingly bad" — or "way down in the depths," as it were. WORD FAMILY abyss: abyssal, abysses USAGE EXAMPLES I used to think that an abyss is a moment of despair becoming interminable; but any moment, even the direst, is bound to end. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) As both parent and child scream in terror, he loses his grip on his mother and she starts to disappear into the abyss. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) The zone is also an abyss of lawlessness. Los Angeles Times(Dec 17, 2016) n a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) Syn\|Hyper abysm chasm a deep opening in the earth's surface
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