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

• He rose his head and stared at the firmament.
  他抬起头，凝望着天空。
• He would have given anything to change into a bird and soar with them aloft into the vast firmament.
  他恨不得自己也变作小鸟跟它们飞到广阔的天空中去。
• Even as China's place in the global economic firmament dims, its car buyers should remain stars.
  即使中国在全球经济天空中的光芒黯淡，中国购车者仍将是闪亮的明星。
• And he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth.
  天主将星宿摆列在天空，照耀大地。
• They are awakening to a world in which their planet, though still the biggest in the Canadian firmament, is being eclipsed.
  但一觉醒来，他们发现在加拿大的这片苍穹中，他们的星球（多伦多）虽然仍是最大的一颗行星，但正在进入蚀亏状态，黯然失色。
• 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。
• 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。
• Flashes, like Lucifer, through the firmament.
  象天空的金星，一闪即逝。
• In state media, the firmament often expresses its pleasure with rulers via a rainbow or comet.
  在国家媒体上，上天常常凭藉彩虹或彗星表达对统治者的欣慰之情。
• Let there be firmament in the midst of the water and.
  让水的中间来个天空吗。