nirvana

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Hinduism, Buddhismnirvananir‧va‧na /nɪəˈvɑːnə, nɜː- $ nɪr-, nɜːr-/ noun [uncountable] 1 RRHRRBthe final state of complete knowledge and understanding that is the aim of believers in Buddhism2 HAPPYa condition of great happiness and a feeling of peaceExamples from the Corpusnirvana• This was the signal for nirvana or whatever they call the absolute state.• If travelling sales is Patrick's religion, then the life of long-haul travel is his nirvana.• Less than a week later, however, nirvana had been replaced by sorrow.• And we were nowhere near nirvana.• Monied widowhood is their only nirvana.• A form of meditation, I suppose, at the end of which you have either reached nirvana or are completely mad.• The West is a dam builder's nirvana, full of deep, narrow canyons.• It is like the Buddhist priest who went to nirvana and when he returned, the world had changed into nirvana.NirvanaNirvana a US group who developed a new style of rock music called grunge, which was popular in the early 1990s, and whose lead singer was Kurt Cobain. Their albums include Nevermind and In Utero.Origin nirvana (1800-1900) Sanskrit nis- “out” + vati “it blows”

单词	nirvana
释义	nirvana From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Hinduism, Buddhismnirvananir‧va‧na /nɪəˈvɑːnə, nɜː- $ nɪr-, nɜːr-/ noun [uncountable] 1 RRHRRBthe final state of complete knowledge and understanding that is the aim of believers in Buddhism2 HAPPYa condition of great happiness and a feeling of peaceExamples from the Corpusnirvana• This was the signal for nirvana or whatever they call the absolute state.• If travelling sales is Patrick's religion, then the life of long-haul travel is his nirvana.• Less than a week later, however, nirvana had been replaced by sorrow.• And we were nowhere near nirvana.• Monied widowhood is their only nirvana.• A form of meditation, I suppose, at the end of which you have either reached nirvana or are completely mad.• The West is a dam builder's nirvana, full of deep, narrow canyons.• It is like the Buddhist priest who went to nirvana and when he returned, the world had changed into nirvana.NirvanaNirvana a US group who developed a new style of rock music called grunge, which was popular in the early 1990s, and whose lead singer was Kurt Cobain. Their albums include Nevermind and In Utero.Origin nirvana (1800-1900) Sanskrit nis- “out” + vati “it blows”
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