外部链接:    leo英德   dict有道 百度搜索百度 google谷歌 google图片 wiki维基 百度百科百科   

 celestial [si'lestjәl]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 天的, 天国的, 天空的

[法] 天的, 天空的, 天国的


  1. The sun, the stars and the moon are celestial bodies.
    太阳,星星和月亮都是天体。
  2. They had no hope of admission to the celestial kingdom.
    他们无望进入天国。
  3. An early instrument for measuring altitude of celestial bodies, consisting of a90= graduated arc with a movable radius for measuring angles.
    象限仪用来测量天体纬度的一种早期工具,由一个有90度刻度的圆弧和一个用来测量角度的可移动的半径构成


celestial
[ adj ]
  1. of or relating to the sky

  2. <adj.pert>
    celestial map
    a heavenly body
  3. relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven

  4. <adj.pert>
    celestial beings
    heavenly hosts
  5. of heaven or the spirit

  6. <adj.all>
    celestial peace
    ethereal melodies
    the supernal happiness of a quiet death


Celestial \Ce*les"tial\, a. [OF. celestial, celestied, fr. L.
caelestic, fr. caelum heaved. See {Cell}.]
1. Belonging to the a["e]rial regions, or visible heavens.
``The twelve celestial signs.'' --Shak.

2. Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly;
divine. ``Celestial spirits.'' ``Celestial light,''
--Milton.

3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Chinese, or
Celestial, Empire, of the Chinese people.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{Celestial city}, heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem. --Bunyan.

{Celestial empire}, China; -- so called from the Chinese
words, tien chan, Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom
ruled over by the dynasty appointed by heaven. --S. W.
Williams.


Celestial \Ce*les"tial\, n.
1. An inhabitant of heaven. --Pope.

2. A native of China; a Chinaman; a Chinese. [Colloq.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  1. "We have gained enough energy out of this celestial billiard shot to get the energy we need to make it all the say to Jupiter." _ Torrence Johnson, project scientist on NASA's Galileo space probe, after the robot explorer zoomed around Venus.
  2. That light, spotted from a mountain top in Chile last Feb. 24, was the first sign for astronomers of the celestial catastrophe.
  3. "We'll be in for a decline," he declares, adding that celestial events "call what is going to happen, and then a real event comes along and acts as an 'apparent' cause."
  4. Cronin, in a telephone interview, said no celestial object has been found to meet that requirement.
  5. Her special interest was celestial navigation, the guiding of ships by the stars.
  6. Lindberg himself was grossly engaging; there were inventively funny episodes, and celestial white-note inserts in Hollywood style.
  7. Worse, it was long winded, the three strands did not fit well together, and the plot broke all the rules of time travel and celestial visitors.
  8. Although black holes cannot be seen, astronomers look for other evidence of their existence, such as the tug of their gravity on nearby celestial objects.
  9. Skryabin himself, however, might have stopped short of putting harp, celesta and glockenspiel in unison to make his celestial effects.
  10. But it may also give Mr Honecker the opportunity - the last he will get, before being summoned to a still worthier celestial tribunal - to deliver his own version of events.
  11. Even though black holes cannot be seen, astronomers look for other evidence of their existence, such as the gravitational tug on nearby celestial orbs.
  12. He witnessed the celestial passing of Halley's Comet in 1910, and again in 1986.
加入收藏 本地收藏 百度搜藏 QQ书签 美味书签 Google书签 Mister Wong
您正在访问的是
中国词汇量第二的英语词典
更多精彩,登录后发现......
验证码看不清,请点击刷新
  注册