elysium
/ih-lizh-ee-uhm, ih-lee-zhee-, ih-liz-, ih-lee-zee-, ih-lizh-uhm/US // ɪˈlɪʒ i əm, ɪˈli ʒi-, ɪˈlɪz-, ɪˈli zi-, ɪˈlɪʒ əm //UK // (ɪˈlɪzɪəm) //
极乐世界,极乐空间,极地,锿枋
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Also called Elysian Fields .Classical Mythology. the abode of the blessed after death.
- : any similarly conceived abode or state of the dead.
- : any place or state of perfect happiness; paradise.
- : an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a light region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inrapture
as ineasy street
Examples
For your stay, all family portraits were removed and have been replaced with tasteful landscape art of Tartarus, Asphodel and the fields of Elysium.
The valley is an elysium for many kinds of birds, most of them described in the text.
A flash of lightning carried her from Elysium to earth once more.
Doubtless the dispute is still being carried on between these chieftains from their beds of asphodel and moly in Elysium.
The overpowering realization of the elysium into which he had stepped had absorbed all sense and all knowledge.
Marriage to him meant Elysium—the inexpressible, the unattainable; more so than ever now.
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