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

• This caused the end of the Firmament, and the falling of millions of gallons of water from the sky.
  这引起了冰天崩溃，上百万加伦的水倾盆而下。
• Let there be firmament in the midst of the water and.
  让水的中间来个天空吗。
• The TV series of "Tiger Roaring at the Firmament" is produced here.
  影视剧《虎啸苍穹》等就是在这里拍摄完成的。
• The Firmament was a layer of frozen water ( ice) above the Earth's surface.
  冰天是地表上空的一个冻水层（冰）。
• In his decade at the top of British and international politics, he was, indeed, a star, albeit in a rather dim firmament.
  在他活跃于英国及国际政坛的十年期间，他确实是一个明星，尽管整个苍穹相当黯淡。
• Early into the deaf school, I surprised at how the lives of handicapped under the firmament so much!
  初进聋哑学校，我讶异于苍穹之下残缺的生命何以如此之多！
• 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。
• As he is only one of your stars, it sounds as if you will be left with better behaved ones in your firmament once his light is put out.
  既然他只是你的明星员工之一，那么听上去好像一旦他的光辉熄灭，你的天空中还会剩下那些表现更好的明星。
• 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。
• This destiny, this ocean beneath firmament, this infinite incessant undulating comfort.
  这前定，这苍宇下的海，这起起伏伏的无尽的安慰。