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词汇 Eden
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Definition of Eden in English:

Eden

(also Garden of Eden)
proper nounˈiːd(ə)nˈidn
  • 1The place where Adam and Eve lived in the biblical account of the Creation, from which they were expelled for disobediently eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge.

    伊甸园(《圣经》中记载的神创世纪时期亚当和夏娃最初居住的地方,后因两人偷食禁果而被逐出)

    Synonyms
    ideal place, paradise, heaven, heaven on earth, garden of eden, shangri-la, elysium, the elysian fields, happy valley, seventh heaven, idyll, nirvana, bliss
    1. 1.1as noun an Eden A place or state of great happiness; an unspoilt paradise.
      乐园,天堂;最大幸福,至乐
      the lost Eden of his childhood

      他失去的孩提至乐。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • However, this particular Eden requires continual tweaking and trimming to maintain its beauty.
      • She painted the Old South as an Eden with contented slaves and kind masters.
      • But Pattaya with its beautiful beaches, water sports and its spectacular shows, is an Eden marred.
      • They often live at the end of land, in a landscape that contrasts sharply with their emotional condition: their meadows and beaches might be Edens but for the oppressive misery of those who wander there.
      • The national parks were configured as living Edens containing beautiful scenery, rivers, animals, flowering trees, and carpets of wildflowers.
      • And for some reason, we have these little Edens, these pieces of paradise in the ugliness.
      • With 172 bird species, Dominica is also an Eden for bird watchers.
      • Bowling compares the US to Canada, depicting the latter as an Eden of nonviolence and low homicide rates (despite having a plentiful supply of firearms).
      • It was like a perfect starry night on a world in the busy middle of a great galaxy, covering their little Eden with soft radiance.
      • We follow our fingertips and receptors when we use science to reshape nature and to build our personal Edens.
      • India has served as one of the foreign Edens to which those Americans turn, in order to show their disdain for the United States.
      • They want to encourage the myth that Lebanon was an Eden, a heaven, the myth that the war was an accident.
      • The Yangtze River is no longer an Eden for white-flag dolphins.
      • You see, those wide-open spaces streaking past when you're rattling about on the train are ramshackle urban Edens.
      • And, just like Kim, as the world's creative workforce begins to realize that it can work from anywhere, it will increasingly situate itself as close to the Edens of the world as possible.
      • As Keynes acknowledged, nineteenth-century Europe was far from being an Eden for most of its inhabitants.
      • Then there's my fear that it would all end up like rural Portugal: an Eden now trashed by a free-for-all housing spree, thanks to EU money.
      • In order to create an Eden in which we may disport ourselves in innocence and nakedness, we must first commission others to clear its inhabitants out of the way.
      • The industrialists who make their money by mobilising human labour use it to escape from the people who have enriched them, creating their own private Edens, within which they hunt the beasts of the earth and the fowls of the air.
      • Precolonial forests were not untouched Edens or community resources shared equitably by all.
      Synonyms
      ecstasy, bliss, rapture, contentment, happiness, delight, joy, felicity, supreme happiness, supreme joy, perfect contentment, seventh heaven, cloud nine

Origin

From late Latin (Vulgate), Greek Ēdēn (Septuagint), and Hebrew ‘Ēḏen; perhaps related to Akkadian edinu, from Sumerian eden 'plain, desert' (but believed to be related to Hebrew ‘ēḏen 'delight').

Rhymes

cedarn, cotyledon, dicotyledon, monocotyledon, Sweden

Definition of Eden in US English:

Eden

(also Garden of Eden)
proper nounˈēdnˈidn
  • 1The place where Adam and Eve lived in the biblical account of the Creation, from which they were expelled for disobediently eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

    伊甸园(《圣经》中记载的神创世纪时期亚当和夏娃最初居住的地方,后因两人偷食禁果而被逐出)

    Synonyms
    ideal place, paradise, heaven, heaven on earth, garden of eden, shangri-la, elysium, the elysian fields, happy valley, seventh heaven, idyll, nirvana, bliss
    1. 1.1as noun an Eden A place or state of great happiness; an unspoiled paradise.
      乐园,天堂;最大幸福,至乐
      the lost Eden of his childhood

      他失去的孩提至乐。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It was like a perfect starry night on a world in the busy middle of a great galaxy, covering their little Eden with soft radiance.
      • She painted the Old South as an Eden with contented slaves and kind masters.
      • But Pattaya with its beautiful beaches, water sports and its spectacular shows, is an Eden marred.
      • They often live at the end of land, in a landscape that contrasts sharply with their emotional condition: their meadows and beaches might be Edens but for the oppressive misery of those who wander there.
      • Precolonial forests were not untouched Edens or community resources shared equitably by all.
      • Then there's my fear that it would all end up like rural Portugal: an Eden now trashed by a free-for-all housing spree, thanks to EU money.
      • As Keynes acknowledged, nineteenth-century Europe was far from being an Eden for most of its inhabitants.
      • The national parks were configured as living Edens containing beautiful scenery, rivers, animals, flowering trees, and carpets of wildflowers.
      • With 172 bird species, Dominica is also an Eden for bird watchers.
      • However, this particular Eden requires continual tweaking and trimming to maintain its beauty.
      • They want to encourage the myth that Lebanon was an Eden, a heaven, the myth that the war was an accident.
      • India has served as one of the foreign Edens to which those Americans turn, in order to show their disdain for the United States.
      • The Yangtze River is no longer an Eden for white-flag dolphins.
      • You see, those wide-open spaces streaking past when you're rattling about on the train are ramshackle urban Edens.
      • We follow our fingertips and receptors when we use science to reshape nature and to build our personal Edens.
      • And, just like Kim, as the world's creative workforce begins to realize that it can work from anywhere, it will increasingly situate itself as close to the Edens of the world as possible.
      • And for some reason, we have these little Edens, these pieces of paradise in the ugliness.
      • In order to create an Eden in which we may disport ourselves in innocence and nakedness, we must first commission others to clear its inhabitants out of the way.
      • Bowling compares the US to Canada, depicting the latter as an Eden of nonviolence and low homicide rates (despite having a plentiful supply of firearms).
      • The industrialists who make their money by mobilising human labour use it to escape from the people who have enriched them, creating their own private Edens, within which they hunt the beasts of the earth and the fowls of the air.
      Synonyms
      ecstasy, bliss, rapture, contentment, happiness, delight, joy, felicity, supreme happiness, supreme joy, perfect contentment, seventh heaven, cloud nine

Origin

From late Latin (Vulgate), Greek Ēdēn (Septuagint), and Hebrew ‘Ēḏen; perhaps related to Akkadian edinu, from Sumerian eden ‘plain, desert’ (but believed to be related to Hebrew ‘ēḏen ‘delight’).

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