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

• God also said: Let the waters bring forth the creeping creature having life, and the fowl that may fly over the earth under the firmament of heaven.
  天主说：「水中要繁生蠕动的生物，地面上、天空中要有鸟飞翔！」事就这样成了。
• There are no stars in the firmament.
  天空没有一颗星星。
• The Firmament was a layer of frozen water ( ice) above the Earth's surface.
  冰天是地表上空的一个冻水层（冰）。
• 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。
• What is the world if compare to the least visible star in the firmament?
  即使与天空中最暗弱的恒星相比，这世界又算得上什么？
• Flashes, like Lucifer, through the firmament.
  象天空的金星，一闪即逝。
• The sky or universe as seen from earth; the firmament.
  天，天空从地球上所见之天空或宇宙；苍穹。
• 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。
• Let there be firmament in the midst of the water and.
  让水的中间来个天空吗。
• 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。