ethereal 音标拼音: [ɪθ'ɪriəl]
a . 轻的,象空气的,天上的
轻的,象空气的,天上的
ethereal adj 1 :
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality ;
as impalpable or intangible as air ; "
figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away "-
Thomas Carlyle ; "
aerial fancies "; "
an airy apparition ";
"
physical rather than ethereal forms " [
synonym : {
aeriform },
{
aerial }, {
airy }, {
aery }, {
ethereal }]
2 :
of or containing or dissolved in ether ; "
ethereal solution "
3 :
of heaven or the spirit ; "
celestial peace "; "
ethereal melodies "; "
the supernal happiness of a quiet death " [
synonym :
{
celestial }, {
ethereal }, {
supernal }]
4 :
characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy ; "
this smallest and most ethereal of birds "; "
gossamer shading through his playing " [
synonym : {
ethereal }, {
gossamer }]
Ethereal \
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a .
1 .
Pertaining to the hypothetical upper ,
purer air ,
or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere ;
celestial ;
as ,
ethereal space ;
ethereal regions .
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1913 Webster ]
Go ,
heavenly guest ,
ethereal messenger . --
Milton .
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2 .
Consisting of ether ;
hence ,
exceedingly light or airy ;
tenuous ;
spiritlike ;
characterized by extreme delicacy ,
as form ,
manner ,
thought ,
etc .
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1913 Webster ]
Vast chain of being ,
which from God began ,
Natures ethereal ,
human ,
angel ,
man . --
Pope .
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3 . (
Chem .)
Pertaining to ,
derived from ,
or resembling ,
ether ;
as ,
ethereal salts .
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{
Ethereal oil }. (
Chem .)
See {
Essential oil },
under {
Essential }.
{
Ethereal oil of wine } (
Chem .),
a heavy ,
yellow ,
oily liquid consisting essentially of etherin ,
etherol ,
and ethyl sulphate .
It is the oily residuum left after etherification .
Called also {
heavy oil of wine }
(
distinguished from oil of wine ,
or [
oe ]
nanthic ether ).
{
Ethereal salt } (
Chem .),
a salt of some organic radical as a base ;
an ester .
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1913 Webster ]
229 Moby Thesaurus words for "
ethereal ":
Elysian ,
Olympian ,
adulterated ,
aerial ,
aeriform ,
aerodynamic ,
aerostatic ,
aery ,
air -
built ,
airish ,
airlike ,
airy ,
alfresco ,
altitudinous ,
ascending ,
asomatous ,
aspiring ,
astral ,
atmospheric ,
attenuate ,
attenuated ,
beatific ,
beatified ,
blessed ,
bodiless ,
boyish ,
breezy ,
bubbly ,
celestial ,
chimeric ,
chimerical ,
cloud -
born ,
cloud -
built ,
cloud -
woven ,
colossal ,
cut ,
decarnate ,
decarnated ,
delicate ,
diaphanous ,
dilute ,
diluted ,
discarnate ,
disembodied ,
dominating ,
downy ,
dreamlike ,
ectoplasmic ,
elevated ,
eminent ,
empyreal ,
empyrean ,
etheric ,
exalted ,
exposed ,
extramundane ,
extraterrestrial ,
fanciful ,
fatuitous ,
fatuous ,
feathery ,
filmy ,
fine ,
fine -
drawn ,
finespun ,
flimsy ,
fluffy ,
foamy ,
fragile ,
frail ,
from on high ,
frothy ,
fuming ,
fumy ,
gaseous ,
gasified ,
gasiform ,
gaslike ,
gassy ,
gauzy ,
ghostish ,
ghostlike ,
ghostly ,
ghosty ,
girlish ,
glorified ,
gossamer ,
gossamery ,
gracile ,
haughty ,
heavenly ,
high ,
high -
pitched ,
high -
reaching ,
high -
set ,
high -
up ,
illusory ,
imaginary ,
immaterial ,
impalpable ,
imponderable ,
imponderous ,
in glory ,
incorporate ,
incorporeal ,
insubstantial ,
intangible ,
lacy ,
leger ,
light ,
light as air ,
lighter than vanity ,
lofty ,
mephitic ,
miasmal ,
miasmatic ,
miasmic ,
misty ,
monumental ,
mounting ,
mousse ,
nonmaterial ,
nonphysical ,
occult ,
open -
air ,
otherworldly ,
outtopping ,
overlooking ,
overtopping ,
oxyacetylene ,
oxygenous ,
ozonic ,
papery ,
paradisaic ,
paradisal ,
paradisiac ,
paradisic ,
phantasmal ,
phantasmic ,
phantom ,
phantomic ,
phantomlike ,
pneumatic ,
prominent ,
psychic ,
rare ,
rarefied ,
reeking ,
reeky ,
roomy ,
shadowy ,
slender ,
slenderish ,
slight ,
slight -
made ,
slim ,
slimmish ,
slinky ,
small ,
smoking ,
smoky ,
soaring ,
souffle ,
specterlike ,
spectral ,
spiring ,
spiritual ,
spirituous ,
steaming ,
steamy ,
steep ,
sublime ,
subtile ,
subtle ,
superlative ,
supernal ,
supernatural ,
svelte ,
sylphlike ,
tenuous ,
thin ,
thin -
bodied ,
thin -
set ,
thin -
spun ,
thinned ,
thinned -
out ,
thinnish ,
threadlike ,
topless ,
toplofty ,
topping ,
towering ,
towery ,
transcendental ,
transmundane ,
tropospheric ,
uncompact ,
uncompressed ,
unearthly ,
unembodied ,
unextended ,
unfleshly ,
unheavy ,
unphysical ,
unreal ,
unsubstantial ,
unworldly ,
uplifted ,
upreared ,
vague ,
vaporing ,
vaporish ,
vaporlike ,
vaporous ,
vapory ,
volatile ,
wasp -
waisted ,
watered ,
watered -
down ,
watery ,
weak ,
weightless ,
willowy ,
windy ,
wiredrawn ,
wispy ,
wraithlike ,
wraithy ,
yeasty
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