firmament

英 [ˈfɜːməmənt]

美 [ˈfɜːrməmənt]

n.  天空; 苍穹

BNC.32744 / COCA.23081

牛津词典

noun

• 天空；苍穹
  the sky
  1. a rising star in the literary firmament
     文坛上一颗冉冉升起的新星

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 天;天空;苍穹
  The firmamentis the sky or heaven.
  1. There are no stars in the firmament.
     天空没有一颗星星。
• N-SING (某一组织或领域的)最高层，最上层
  If you talk aboutthe firmamentin a particular organization or field of activity, you mean the top of it.
  1. He was rich, and a rising star in the political firmament.
     他十分富有，并且是政治高层一颗冉冉升起的新星。

英英释义

noun

• the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
  Synonym:celestial spheresphereempyreanheavensvault of heavenwelkin

双语例句

• Early into the deaf school, I surprised at how the lives of handicapped under the firmament so much!
  初进聋哑学校，我讶异于苍穹之下残缺的生命何以如此之多！
• They are awakening to a world in which their planet, though still the biggest in the Canadian firmament, is being eclipsed.
  但一觉醒来，他们发现在加拿大的这片苍穹中，他们的星球（多伦多）虽然仍是最大的一颗行星，但正在进入蚀亏状态，黯然失色。
• He was rich, and a rising star in the political firmament.
  他十分富有，并且是政治高层一颗冉冉升起的新星。
• The making of the firmament in Genesis refers to God's giving us scripture.
  《创世纪》里创造苍穹，指的是上帝给我们传达经文。
• I have heard the whisper of the firmament through the ears of the rose and touched the folds of light's garment with rose petals.
  我曾用玫瑰的双耳聆听过苍天的柔声细语；我曾以玫瑰的花瓣与阳光亲密接触。
• There are no stars in the firmament.
  天空没有一颗星星。
• In his decade at the top of British and international politics, he was, indeed, a star, albeit in a rather dim firmament.
  在他活跃于英国及国际政坛的十年期间，他确实是一个明星，尽管整个苍穹相当黯淡。
• The massive cloud that converges in the firmament above is a hulking harbinger of China's impending change.
  汇聚在天空中的大朵白云成为中国即将发生的变化的拙劣先兆。
• Let there be firmament in the midst of the water and.
  让水的中间来个天空吗。
• The TV series of "Tiger Roaring at the Firmament" is produced here.
  影视剧《虎啸苍穹》等就是在这里拍摄完成的。