| 单词 | everlasting |
| 释义 | everlasting (once / 441 pages) 1adj 2n Something that's everlasting is eternal; it lasts forever, or seems like it does. Many anti-war activists dream of everlasting peace. The adjective everlasting can literally mean exactly what it sounds like, but it's frequently used colloquially to exaggerate. You might compliment your friend's speech by saying, "You have my everlasting respect," or describe a lovely day by saying, "It's been like an everlasting dream." In a religious context, the word is used quite literally: "God promises everlasting life." WORD FAMILYeverlasting: everlastingly, everlastingness, everlastings USAGE EXAMPLESAbe offered his “sincere and everlasting condolences” for the attack and vowed that Japan “must never repeat the horrors of war again”. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) He offered his “sincere and everlasting condolences to the souls of those who lost their lives here.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) Business Insider: Top GOP senators: Aleppo ‘will be a testament to our moral failure and everlasting shame’ Time(Dec 14, 2016) 1 1adj continuing forever or indefinitely life everlasting Syn aeonian, ageless, eonian, eternal, perpetual, unceasing, unending lasting, permanent continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place 2adj without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers 2Syn arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter unmitigated not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier n any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color Syn|Hypo|Hyper everlasting flower Acroclinium roseum, pink paper daisy, pink-and-white everlasting flower of southwestern Australia having bright pink daisylike papery flowers; grown for drying Anaphalis margaritacea, cottonweed, pearly everlastingan American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts cudweedany of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color Helichrysum bracteatum, golden everlasting, strawflower, yellow paper daisyAustralian plant naturalized in Spain having flowers of lemon yellow to deep gold; the frequent choice of those who love dried flowers strawflowerany of various plants of the genus Helipterum Helichrysum secundiflorum, Ozothamnus secundiflorus, cascade everlastingshrub with white woolly branches and woolly leaves having fragrant flowers forming long sprays; flowers suitable for drying; sometimes placed in genus Helichrysum Helipterum manglesii, Rhodanthe manglesii, Swan River everlasting, rhodantheAustralian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Helipterum Xeranthemum annuum, immortellemostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere Gnaphalium sylvaticum, chafeweed, wood cudweedweedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike composite, composite plant considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers |
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