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paradise

/par-uh-dahys, -dahyz/US // ˈpær əˌdaɪs, -ˌdaɪz //UK // (ˈpærəˌdaɪs) //

乐园,天堂,乐土

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : heaven, as the final abode of the righteous.
    • : an intermediate place for the departed souls of the righteous awaiting resurrection.
    • : Eden.
    • : a place of extreme beauty, delight, or happiness.
    • : a state of supreme happiness; bliss.
    • : Architecture. parvis. an enclosure beside a church, as an atrium or cloister.
    • : Italian Pa·ra·di·so [pah-rah-dee-zaw]. /ˌpɑ rɑˈdi zɔ/. the third and concluding part of Dante's Divine Comedy, depicting heaven, through which he is guided by Beatrice.Compare inferno, purgatory.

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Examples

  • The high Andes mountains of Peru are a hummingbird’s paradise, rich in wildflower nectar and low in predators.

  • Djibouti’s ports have traditionally provided a channel for the fertilizers that help thousands of farmers in Ethiopia cultivate acres of the drug, popularly called “the flower of paradise.”

  • To dispose of the waste, PG&E hired Bay Area Concrete to run a hydrovac dump site in Paradise.

  • Shortly after a devastating wildfire destroyed the small town of Paradise in Northern California in November 2018, Pacific Gas & Electric hired an obscure waste disposal company to help it rebuild from the fire.

  • If you enjoy good food, friends, arts, and everything an urban paradise has to offer, make Chicago your home.

  • Flesh encircled him at the main pool of the Paradise Hotel and Residences at Boca.

  • Julia Cooke is the author of The Other Side of Paradise: Life in the New Cuba.

  • Paradise lies at the feet of mothers,” Erdogan said on Monday, quoting the Prophet Muhammad.

  • In Turkey, some mothers find their paradise at the Esme Beltagy Center in Esenler, while others see paradise receding.

  • It may have looked like paradise, but a rebellion was brewing around the Davises.

  • So we put on our things, and proceeded to walk along the river to a place called Paradise, on account of its loveliness.

  • The effect was that of a bird of Paradise bringing balm to our overwrought nerves.

  • Henoch pleased God, and was translated into paradise, that he may give repentance to the nations.

  • Now suddenly, unexpectedly, she knew she had been living in a fool's paradise, into which Nigel had led her.

  • I never knew a Christian so confident of going to Paradise, or less eager to set out.