| 单词 | paradise |
| 释义 | paradise From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishparadisepar‧a‧dise /ˈpærədaɪs/ ●●○ noun1 [uncountable]PLACE a place or situation that is extremely pleasant, beautiful, or enjoyablea beautiful tropical paradiseThe hotel felt like paradise after two weeks of camping.A home near the sea is my idea of paradise.2 [singular]NEED a place that has everything you need for doing a particular activityThe market is a shopper’s paradise.paradise forHawaii is a paradise for surfers. 3 → Paradise → bird of paradise, → be living in a fool’s paradiseExamples from the Corpusparadise• It is about a paradise one can not have.• And if that were to happen, paradise could not be far behind.• Humans later followed them to enter a hunting paradise.• For the new immigrants, America seemed like paradise.• Brooklands was like paradise to 19 year old Jack.• But this monopolistic paradise has been lost.• What does a photographer look for when commissioned to shoot pristine paradise?• With so many inexpensive fashion stores, it's a bargain-hunter's paradise.paradise for• San Felipe is paradise for seafood lovers.ParadiseParadise[singular] a) RRin some religions, a perfect place where people are believed to go after they die, if they have led good lives → heaven b) RRCaccording to the Bible, the garden where the first humans, Adam and Eve, lived → paradiseOrigin paradise (1100-1200) Old French Late Latin, from Greek paradeisos “enclosed park” |
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