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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• To behold a rift in the immense blue pane of the firmament!
  在无边无际的象碧色玻璃的苍穹上看到了一条裂痕！
• Relating to the firmament or upper regions.
  关于天空或上部区域。
• I have heard the whisper of the firmament through the ears of the rose and touched the folds of light's garment with rose petals.
  我曾用玫瑰的双耳聆听过苍天的柔声细语；我曾以玫瑰的花瓣与阳光亲密接触。
• 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。
• 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）。