Old English heofonlic "celestial; chaste;" see heaven + -ly (1). Meaning "beautiful, divinely lovely" is late 14c., often (though not originally) with reference to the celestial "music of the spheres;" weakened sense of "excellent, enjoyable" is first recorded 1874. The heavenly bodies (stars, planets, etc.) attested from late 14c. Related: Heavenliness.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The idea of spending two weeks with him may seem heavenly.
和他一起度過(guò)兩周的想法聽(tīng)起來(lái)似乎十分美好。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Heavenly music swelled from nowhere.
不知從何處響起天籟般的音樂(lè)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. If you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you.
如果你們饒恕他們的過(guò)失, 你們的天父也必將饒恕你們的過(guò)失.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
4. One heavenly body occults another.
一顆星掩蓋著另一顆星.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
5. Newton proposed that heavenly and terrestrial motion could be unified with the idea of gravity.