| 单词 | heaven |
| 释义 | heavenheaven /ˈhɛvən/ ●●● S3 W2 noun 1 (also Heaven) [singular, not with “the”] according to some religions, the place where God or the gods live and where good people go after they die: Do you think you’ll go to heaven when you die?2[uncountable] informal a very good thing, situation, or place: Sitting by the pool with a good book is my idea of heaven. Star Trek fans were in heaven today at the Science Fiction Convention. The fresh crab was so good I thought I’d died and gone to heaven.3the heavens literary a)the sky b)the home of the godsSPOKEN PHRASES4for heaven’s sake (also for heaven sakes) a)said when you are annoyed or angry: Where was the kid’s mother, for heaven’s sake? b)used to emphasize a question or request: For heaven’s sake, don’t tell him my age!5(good) heavens! (also heavens above, heavens to Betsy!) old-fashioned said when you are surprised or slightly annoyed: Good heavens, what a mess!6heaven forbid/forfend used to emphasize that you hope something will not happen: Heaven forbid you should have an accident!7heaven knows a) (also heaven only knows) used to say that you do not know something: Heaven knows what the true unemployment rate is. b)used to emphasize what you are saying: Heaven knows, plenty of children need more attention.8heaven help somebody used to say that something will cause problems or be dangerous if it happens: Heaven help us if it snows again.9what/how/why etc. in heaven’s name...? used when asking a surprised and angry question: Where in heaven’s name have you been?10the heavens open literary used to say that it starts to rain very hard11move heaven and earth to try very hard to achieve something [Origin: Old English heofon] → see also be in seventh heaven at seventh1 (2), thank God/goodness/heaven(s) at thank (3) |
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