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empyreal

/em-pir-ee-uhl, -pahy-ree-, em-puh-ree-uhl, -pahy-/US // ɛmˈpɪr i əl, -ˈpaɪ ri-, ˌɛm pəˈri əl, -paɪ- //

虚幻,虚无缥缈,虚幻的,虚无飘渺

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to the highest heaven in the cosmology of the ancients.
    • : pertaining to the sky; celestial: empyreal blue.
    • : formed of pure fire or light: empyreal radiance.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Khirad, Intelligence or the first Intelligence, was supposed to be the guardian of the empyreal heaven (Erskine).

  • It despised the rock, the tree, the vital air itself, aspiring to breathe empyreal air.

  • At Acropolis, near Athens, Minerva's statue formerly fell from the empyreal heaven.

  • This latter had in the upper part of it the empyreal, or heaven of pure light.

  • The first was the empyreal heaven, which was the most remote.