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单词 divine
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divine

adjective
 
/dɪˈvaɪn/
/dɪˈvaɪn/
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  1.  
    [usually before noun] coming from or connected with God or a god
    • divine law/love/will
    • divine intervention (= help from God to change a situation)
    Topics Religion and festivalsc1
  2. (old-fashioned) wonderful; beautiful
    • That mango tasted divine!
  3. Word Originadjective late Middle English: via Old French from Latin divinus, from divus ‘godlike’ (related to deus ‘god’).

divine

verb
/dɪˈvaɪn/
/dɪˈvaɪn/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they divine
/dɪˈvaɪn/
/dɪˈvaɪn/
he / she / it divines
/dɪˈvaɪnz/
/dɪˈvaɪnz/
past simple divined
/dɪˈvaɪnd/
/dɪˈvaɪnd/
past participle divined
/dɪˈvaɪnd/
/dɪˈvaɪnd/
-ing form divining
/dɪˈvaɪnɪŋ/
/dɪˈvaɪnɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] divine what, whether, etc… | divine something (formal) to find out something by guessing
    • She could divine what he was thinking just by looking at him.
    • They had quickly divined that he was a fraud.
    Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc2
  2. [transitive, intransitive] divine (something) to search for underground water using a stick in the shape of a Y, called a divining rod
  3. Word Originverb late Middle English: from Old French deviner ‘predict’, from Latin divinare, from divinus, from divus ‘godlike’ (related to deus ‘god’).
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