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celestial 音标拼音: [səl'ɛstʃəl] a. 天的,天国的,天空的 天的,天国的,天空的 celestial adj 1: of or relating to the sky; " celestial map"; " a heavenly body" [ synonym: { celestial}, { heavenly}] 2: relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven; " celestial beings"; " heavenly hosts" [ synonym: { celestial}, { heavenly}] 3: of heaven or the spirit; " celestial peace"; " ethereal melodies"; " the supernal happiness of a quiet death" [ synonym: { celestial}, { ethereal}, { supernal}] Celestial \ Ce* les" tial\, n. 1. An inhabitant of heaven. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A native of China; a Chinaman; a Chinese. [ Colloq.] [ Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Celestial \ Ce* les" tial\, a. [ OF. celestial, celestied, fr. L. caelestic, fr. caelum heaved. See { Cell}.] 1. Belonging to the a[" e] rial regions, or visible heavens. " The twelve celestial signs." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine. " Celestial spirits." " Celestial light," -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Chinese, or Celestial, Empire, of the Chinese people. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] { Celestial city}, heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem. -- Bunyan. { Celestial empire}, China; -- so called from the Chinese words, tien chan, Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom ruled over by the dynasty appointed by heaven. -- S. W. Williams. [ 1913 Webster] 23 Moby Thesaurus words for " celestial": Elysian, Olympian, astral, astronomical, beatific, blessed, divine, elysian, empyreal, empyrean, ethereal, godly, heavenly, immortal, otherworldly, paradisaic, spiritual, sublime, supernal, supernatural, transcendental, transmundane, unearthly
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