| 释义 |
[ ih-mawr-tl ] / ɪˈmɔr tl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR immortal ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls. remembered or celebrated through all time: the immortal words of Lincoln. not liable to perish or decay; imperishable; everlasting. perpetual; lasting; constant: an immortal enemy. of or relating to immortal beings or immortality. (of a laboratory-cultured cell line) capable of dividing indefinitely. nounan immortal being. a person of enduring fame: Bach, Milton, El Greco, and other immortals. the Immortals, the 40 members of the French Academy. (often initial capital letter) any of the gods of classical mythology. Origin of immortal1325–75; Middle English (adj.) <Latin immortālis.See im-2, mortal SYNONYMS FOR immortalSEE SYNONYMS FOR immortal ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM immortalim·mor·tal·ly, adverbqua·si-im·mor·tal, adjectivequa·si-im·mor·tal·ly, adverbWords nearby immortalimmoral, immoralism, immoralist, immorality, immoralize, immortal, immortality, immortalize, Immortals, immortelle, immotile Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for immortalImmortal "The love I have, for my music, for my husband, for my child, is something that will last far beyond my life." The Beyoncé Manifesto: Quotes on Nihilism and Feminism|Amy Zimmerman|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Many still speak of the deceased president with epitaphs such as “The Giant,” “The Immortal,” and “The Eternal Comandante.” Castro Visit Causes Catastrophic Muttering in Caracas|Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez|March 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST And, of course, the immortal films of Joel and Ethan Coen, from The Big Lebowski to O Brother, Where Art Thou? Interview: T Bone Burnett, the Coen Brothers’ Music Guru|Andrew Romano|December 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST Not only are they (effectively) immortal, but they can draw on their productive capacity to pay debts. Republican Debt-Ceiling ‘Truthers’ Are Risking Financial Disaster|Jamelle Bouie|October 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It took you about a decade to research and write The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Rebecca Skloot: How I Write|Noah Charney|March 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST He also reminded them of the great Fisher Ames, who had lived on that very spot, and was the friend of the immortal Washington. Leaves for a Christmas Bough|Unknown In the midst of these immortal five hundred images is that of "Marco Polo," who visited here in the twelfth century. My Trip Around the World|Eleonora Hunt While the one dies thus, while the other so laments his Death, how justly are they both render'd immortal? Lectures on Poetry|Joseph Trapp This was a great, an immortal deed, greater than all his sonnets and treatises put together. The Evolution of Love|Emil Lucka He will make the world to live for ever, without age and death; the dead will rise again, and the living will be immortal. The History of Antiquity|Max Duncker
British Dictionary definitions for immortal
adjectivenot subject to death or decay; having perpetual life having everlasting fame; remembered throughout time everlasting; perpetual; constant of or relating to immortal beings or concepts nounan immortal being (often plural) a person who is remembered enduringly, esp an authorDante is one of the immortals Derived forms of immortalimmortality, nounimmortally, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to immortaleternal, indestructible, timeless, never-ending, enduring, everlasting, endless, glorious, heroic, evergreen, permanent, constant, perennial, genius, paragon, epic, laureate, abiding, ceaseless, deathless |