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

• 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。
• Flashes, like Lucifer, through the firmament.
  象天空的金星，一闪即逝。
• Relating to the firmament or upper regions.
  关于天空或上部区域。
• As he is only one of your stars, it sounds as if you will be left with better behaved ones in your firmament once his light is put out.
  既然他只是你的明星员工之一，那么听上去好像一旦他的光辉熄灭，你的天空中还会剩下那些表现更好的明星。
• Everything Aleck touched turned to fairy gold, and heaped itself glittering toward the firmament.
  随便什么东西，艾莱柯都能点石成金，金光闪闪的财富越堆越高，直逼天穹。
• 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。
• Let there be firmament in the midst of the water and.
  让水的中间来个天空吗。
• Early into the deaf school, I surprised at how the lives of handicapped under the firmament so much!
  初进聋哑学校，我讶异于苍穹之下残缺的生命何以如此之多！
• 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？
• 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。