universe
英 ['ju?n?v??s]
美['jun?v?s]
- n. 宇宙；世界；領域
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詞態變化
復數:?universes;
助記提示
1、uni- + vers- + -e.
2、literally "turned into one". => all together. => the universe, the whole world, cosmos.
2、literally "turned into one". => all together. => the universe, the whole world, cosmos.
中文詞源
universe 宇宙
來自拉丁語universum, 所有，全人類，全世界，uni-, 一，-verse, 轉。即轉為一體的，引申義宇宙。比較cosmos.
英文詞源
- universe
- universe: [14] Universe denotes etymologically ‘turned into one’, hence ‘whole, indivisible’. It goes back ultimately to Latin ūniversus ‘whole, entire’, a compound adjective formed from ūnus ‘one’ and versus, the past participle of vertere ‘turn’. Its neuter form, ūniversum, was used as a noun meaning the ‘whole world’ (based on the model of Greek to hólon ‘the whole’), and this passed into English via Old French univers. The Latin derivative ūniversālis gave English universal [14].
=> convert, version - universe (n.)
- 1580s, "the whole world, cosmos, the totality of existing things," from Old French univers (12c.), from Latin universum "all things, everybody, all people, the whole world," noun use of neuter of adjective universus "all together, all in one, whole, entire, relating to all," literally "turned into one," from unus "one" (see one) + versus, past participle of vertere "to turn" (see versus).
雙語例句
- 1. Early astronomers thought that our planet was the centre of the universe.
- 早期的天文學家認為我們的星球是宇宙的中心。
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- 2. Behind his eyes was a whole universe of pain.
- 他眼神中隱藏著無盡的痛楚。
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- 3. Mankind's knowledge of the universe has increased beyond measure.
- 人類對于宇宙的了解已經大為增加。
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- 4. The physical universe is finite in space and time.
- 物質世界在時間和空間上是有限的。
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- 5. The whole universe exists eternally in that one infinite being.
- 整個宇宙在無限的空間中永生。
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