| 单词 | deus ex machina |
| 释义 | deus ex machina[ dey-uhs eks -mah-kuh-nuh, dee-uhs eks -mak-uh-nuh ] / ˈdeɪ əs ɛks ˈmɑ kə nə, ˈdi əs ɛks ˈmæk ə nə / SEE SYNONYMS FOR deus ex machina ON THESAURUS.COM noun(in ancient Greek and Roman drama) a god introduced into a play to resolve the entanglements of the plot. any artificial or improbable device resolving the difficulties of a plot. Origin of deus ex machina1690–1700; <New Latin literally, god from a machine (i.e., stage machinery from which a deity's statue was lowered), as translation of Greek apò mēchanês theós (Demosthenes), theòs ek mēchanês (Menander), etc. Words nearby deus ex machinadeunionize, deurbanize, Deurne, Deus, Deusdedit, deus ex machina, Deus Ramos, Deus vobiscum, Deus vult, Deut., deuter- Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for deus ex machinadeus ex machina / Latin (ˈdeɪʊs ɛks ˈmækɪnə) / noun(in ancient Greek and Roman drama) a god introduced into a play to resolve the plot any unlikely or artificial device serving this purpose Word Origin for deus ex machinaliterally: god out of a machine, translating Greek theos ek mēkhanēs Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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