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

• Relating to the firmament or upper regions.
  关于天空或上部区域。
• The making of the firmament in Genesis refers to God's giving us scripture.
  《创世纪》里创造苍穹，指的是上帝给我们传达经文。
• He rose his head and stared at the firmament.
  他抬起头，凝望着天空。
• 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。
• And let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth and it was so.
  上帝说，天上要有光体，并要发光在天空、普照在大地上，事就这样成了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。