英语词汇“the windows of heaven”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. In plural. Openings in the firmament through which rain was thought to pour. Chiefly in the windows of heaven (also the sky, the firmament). [After post-classical Latin cataractae caeli, lit. ‘floodgates of heaven’ (Vulgate), itself after Hellenistic Greek καταρράκται τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (Septuagint), itself after Hebrew 'ărubbōṯ haššāmayim, lit. ‘windows of heaven’ (all in plural). Compare cataract n. 1 and (with quot. a1425) also gutter n.¹ 1.]

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > place from which rain is said to fall

the windows of heavena1425

cataracts1430

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. vii. 11 The wyndowis of heuene [a1382 E.V. guters of heuen] weren opened, and reyn was maad on erthe.

c1425 (c1400) Prymer (Cambr.) (1895) 67 (MED) Depþe clepiþ depþe, in þe vois of þi wyndowis.

1549 T. Cooper Lanquet's Epitome of Crons. i. f. 9^v The lord shut the doore of the arke, and incontinent the springes of the sea burst out, the windowes of heauen opened, the rain fel continually .xl. dayes, and .xl. nyghtes.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 849 The deep, who now had stopt His Sluces, as the Heav'n his windows shut.

a1758 J. Henderson Divine Medit. & Contempl. (1763) ii. 33 Yea, what though the windows of heaven seem to be opened for a storm, or the fountains of the deep broke up for a deluge..a soul..can rejoice.

1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood xxx The rain was worse than ever,..the wind was not cold, but the windows of heaven were opened.

1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness i. 1 [Elijah] shut up the windows of the sky by his prayers, and by his prayers re-opened them.

1918 W. Anderson et al. Roots of War ii. 26 And then, suddenly, ‘the windows of heaven were opened’ to pour down not rain, but a deluge of blood.

2011 J. C. Stringer Bloodred Tree xv. 133 As the massive vertical tsunami came raining back down, the great windows of the firmament opened as well.

单词	the windows of heaven
释义	> as lemmas the windows of heaven (also the sky, the firmament) a. In plural. Openings in the firmament through which rain was thought to pour. Chiefly in the windows of heaven (also the sky, the firmament). [After post-classical Latin cataractae caeli, lit. ‘floodgates of heaven’ (Vulgate), itself after Hellenistic Greek καταρράκται τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (Septuagint), itself after Hebrew 'ărubbōṯ haššāmayim, lit. ‘windows of heaven’ (all in plural). Compare cataract n. 1 and (with quot. a1425) also gutter n.¹ 1.] ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > place from which rain is said to fall the windows of heavena1425 cataracts1430 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. vii. 11 The wyndowis of heuene [a1382 E.V. guters of heuen] weren opened, and reyn was maad on erthe. c1425 (c1400) Prymer (Cambr.) (1895) 67 (MED) Depþe clepiþ depþe, in þe vois of þi wyndowis. 1549 T. Cooper Lanquet's Epitome of Crons. i. f. 9^v The lord shut the doore of the arke, and incontinent the springes of the sea burst out, the windowes of heauen opened, the rain fel continually .xl. dayes, and .xl. nyghtes. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 849 The deep, who now had stopt His Sluces, as the Heav'n his windows shut. View more context for this quotation a1758 J. Henderson Divine Medit. & Contempl. (1763) ii. 33 Yea, what though the windows of heaven seem to be opened for a storm, or the fountains of the deep broke up for a deluge..a soul..can rejoice. 1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood xxx The rain was worse than ever,..the wind was not cold, but the windows of heaven were opened. 1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness i. 1 [Elijah] shut up the windows of the sky by his prayers, and by his prayers re-opened them. 1918 W. Anderson et al. Roots of War ii. 26 And then, suddenly, ‘the windows of heaven were opened’ to pour down not rain, but a deluge of blood. 2011 J. C. Stringer Bloodred Tree xv. 133 As the massive vertical tsunami came raining back down, the great windows of the firmament opened as well. extracted from windown. < as lemmas
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