单词 | phoenix |
释义 | phoenixWord family nounphoenixphoenixism phoe·nix /ˈfiːnɪks/ noun [countableC] 1. PMa magic bird that is born from a fire, according to ancient stories 凤凰 2. rise like a phoenix from the ashes SUCCESSFULto become successful again after seeming to have failed completely 如凤凰般重生,浴火重生 Examples from the Corpus phoenix• The Baltimore rises like a phoenix across the street.• Another phoenix is arising, with mutated plumage.• Sugar was his phoenix, all he secretly cared about.• No phoenixes rising reborn from the raging red fire.• In some representations, in the Book of the Dead, the phoenix is depicted as arising from him.• The phoenix is also sometimes depicted in Mithraic contexts. Phoenixn nthe capital and largest city of Arizona, US, known as a place that is extremely hot, where many old people go to live, and also as a city that is growing very quickly (800-900) Latin Greek phoinix “red, Phoenician, phoenix”, from phoinos “blood-red” |
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