| 单词 | epiphany |
| 释义 | epiphany —epiphanic /ep'euh fan"ik/, epiphanous, adj. /i pif"euh nee/, n. , pl. epiphanies. 1. (cap.) a Christian festival, observed on January 6, commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles in the persons of the Magi; Twelfth-day. 2. an appearance or manifestation, esp. of a deity. 3. a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience. 4. a literary work or section of a work presenting, usually symbolically, such a moment of revelation and insight. [1275-1325; ME epiphanie < LL epiphania < LGk epipháneia, Gk: apparition, equiv. to epi- EPI- + phan- (s. of phaínein to appear) + -eia -Y3] |
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