单词 | ethereal |
释义 | ethereal —ethereality, etherealness, n. —ethereally, adv. —ethereous, adj. /i thear"ee euhl/, adj. 1. light, airy, or tenuous: an ethereal world created through the poetic imagination. 2. extremely delicate or refined: ethereal beauty. 3. heavenly or celestial: gone to his ethereal home. 4. of or pertaining to the upper regions of space. 5. Chem. pertaining to, containing, or resembling ethyl ether. Also, aethereal (for defs. 1-4). [1505-15; < L aethere(us) ( < Gk aithérios), equiv. to aether- ETHER + -eus adj. suffix + -AL1] |
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