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abyss

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n.深渊

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abyss为短语/超纲词汇

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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