单词 | phoenix |
释义 | phoenix (fiːnɪks ) Word forms: phoenixes 1. countable noun [usually singular] A phoenix is an imaginary bird which, according to ancient stories, burns itself to ashes every five hundred years and is then born again. 2. singular noun If you describe someone or something as a phoenix, you mean that they return again after seeming to disappear or be destroyed. [literary] Out of the ashes of the economic shambles, a phoenix of recovery can arise. |
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