abyss
美音:
[ə´bıs
]英音:
[ə´bıs
]n.深渊
难易程度:
abyss为短语/超纲词汇
词根
a-=negative(否定)=not,without 目音之前为an-
abyss
/ə'bɪs; ə`bɪs/
n hole so deep that it seems to have no bottom 深渊
*(fig 比喻) an abyss of ignorance, despair, loneliness, etc 无知的, 绝望的, 寂寞的...深渊.
abyss
n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Late Latin;Origin: abyssus, from Greek, from abyssos 'bottomless', from a- 'without' + byssos 'depth']
a very dangerous or frightening situation
abyss of
The country might plunge into the abyss of economic ruin.
At that time Bosnia was standing on the edge of an abyss .
a deep empty hole in the ground
a very big difference that separates two people or groups
the gaping abyss between these grand buildings and my own miserable home