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单词 Elysiums
释义

Elysium

noun

Ely·​si·​um i-ˈli-zhē-əm How to pronounce Elysium (audio)
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plural Elysiums or Elysia i-ˈli-zhē-ə How to pronounce Elysium (audio)
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1
: the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology
2
: paradise sense 2

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This word came into Latin from the Greek Elysion. In classical mythology, Elysium, or the Elysian fields, was the home of the blessed after death, the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the pure. So it's easy to see how the word came to mean any place or state of bliss or delight. When we try to picture heaven, many of us probably see a lovely park; the great boulevard of Paris was named for the beautiful park that originally bordered it: the Champs-Elysées, or Elysian Fields.

Synonyms

  • above
  • bliss
  • elysian fields
  • empyrean
  • heaven
  • kingdom come
  • New Jerusalem
  • paradise
  • sky
  • Zion
  • Sion
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Example Sentences

the mourners were comforted by their belief that the saintly woman was now experiencing the joys of Elysium the universal pipe dream that there exists somewhere an earthly Elysium where people live trouble-free lives

Word History

Etymology

Latin, from Greek Ēlysion

First Known Use

1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Elysiums

noun

variants or Elysia
plural of Elysium
1
as in heavens
a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death the mourners were comforted by their belief that the saintly woman was now experiencing the joys of Elysium

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • heavens
  • blisses
  • elysian fields
  • above
  • paradises
  • empyreans
  • Sions
  • Zions
  • kingdom comes
  • New Jerusalems
  • promised lands
  • skies
  • glories
  • nirvanas
  • afterworlds
  • happy hunting grounds
  • hereafters
  • Valhallas
  • afterlives
  • otherworlds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • perditions
  • Pandemoniums
  • hells
  • Gehennas
  • infernos
  • limbos
  • pits
  • purgatories
  • underworlds
  • netherworlds
  • abysses
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2
as in utopias
an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness the universal pipe dream that there exists somewhere an earthly Elysium where people live trouble-free lives

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • heavens
  • utopias
  • promised lands
  • fantasylands
  • paradises
  • nirvanas
  • Garden of Edens
  • Camelots
  • empyreans
  • arcadias
  • Sions
  • Cockaignes
  • lotuslands
  • New Jerusalems
  • never-never lands
  • Edens
  • Shangri-las
  • euphorias
  • wonderlands
  • Zions
  • fairylands
  • dreamworlds
  • dreamlands
  • joys
  • blisses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dystopias
  • hells
  • anti-utopias
  • fool's paradises
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