单词 | divine |
释义 | divine —divine /dɪˈvaɪn/ adjective (GOD-LIKE) ► F0 connected with a god, or like a god: » The Ayatollah described the earthquake in Iran as a divine test.» Some fans seem to regard footballers as divine beings.» England have fallen so far behind in the championship that their only hope of victory is divine intervention (= help from God).» Just because you've been promoted that doesn't give you a divine right (= one like that of a god) to tell us all what to do.Thesaurus+: ↑God and godsdivinely /-li/ adverbThesaurus+: ↑Extremely good adjective OLD-FASHIONED (SPLENDID) ► F0 extremely good, pleasant, or enjoyable: » We had a perfectly divine time in Switzerland.» Their new house is quite divine!Thesaurus+: ↑Extremely gooddivinely /-li/ adverbThesaurus+: ↑Extremely good verb [I or T] (SEARCH) ↑Verb Endings for divine ► F0 to search for water or minerals underground by holding horizontally in your hands a Y-shaped rod or stick, the end of which suddenly points down slightly when water or minerals are below it: » a divining rodThesaurus+: ↑Searchingverb [T] (GUESS) ↑Verb Endings for divine ► F0 to guess something: » [+ that] I divined from his grim expression that the news was not good.Thesaurus+: ↑Guessing, supposing and suspecting |
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