单词 | tartarus |
释义 | Tartarusn. a. The infernal regions of ancient Greek and Roman mythology, or the lowest part of them; hence sometimes used for hell. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > in classical mythology helleOE Acherona1393 the shadows1490 Tartara1525 Tartarus1586 Tartaryc1588 the shades1594 Hades1599 1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 218 Spynk, sink wyth stynk ad Tertera Termagorum.] 1586 E. Hoby tr. M. Coignet Polit. Disc. Trueth xxxi. 146 The strange kinde of punishmentes..prepared for the wicked in the gayle of vengeance, which he calleth Tartarus, a place of darkenesse and torments. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxviii. 242 For example, that they [sc. the damned] are in Inferno, in Tartarus, or in the bottomlesse pit. 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iv. 60 Condemned unto the Tartara's of Hell. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 321 The enjoyments of Elysium and punishments of Tartarus. 1895 S. D. F. Salmond Christian Doctr. Immortality i. vii. 146 The incurably corrupt are hurled into Tartarus. b. A place likened to Tartarus, in situation or character. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > in classical mythology > place resembling Tartarus1821 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > unpleasantness > unpleasant place galère1756 Tartarus1821 galley1859 hellscape1894 asshole1918 arsehole1926 pisshole1928 shithole1930 shithouse1949 armpit1957 shitbox1966 bumhole1985 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] > place of confinement > like hell Tartarus1821 1821 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater in London Mag. Sept. 303/2 She never emerged from the dismal Tartarus of the kitchens, &c. to the upper air. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxi. 271 The temperature and foulness of air in the between-deck Tartarus can not be amended. 1887–8 tr. Hugo's Notre-Dame viii. ii This Tartarus was called simply The Question Chamber. Derivatives ˈTartarus v. (transitive) to consign to Tartarus (representing Greek ταρταροῦν, 2 Peter ii. 4).Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [verb (transitive)] > place in hell inhell1607 hell1614 Tartarize1675 Tartarus1856 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > reprobation > cause reprobation [verb (transitive)] to fordo into or toc950 fordeemc1000 damnc1325 to destroy into or toc1380 reprobatec1451 condemn1489 pretermit1608 Tartarize1675 Tartarus1856 1856 S. R. Maitland False Worship 31 The apostle's statement respecting the sinning Angels is, that, having been tartarus'd,..they have been reserved unto Judgment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2020). > see alsoalso refers to : tartarumtartarusn. < n.1586 see also |
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