| 单词 | infinity |
| 释义 | infinity (once / 1860 pages) n Infinity is forever. You might hope that your relationship with your high school boyfriend will last into infinity, but, realistically, you know that's not likely to happen. You've probably come across infinity in mathematics — a number, like pi, for instance, that goes on and on, symbolized as ∞. Astronomers talk about the infinity of the universe, and religions describe God as infinity. A more earthbound example is an infinity pool — a swimming pool designed to trick the eye and look like it doesn't have an edge, so the water goes on forever. You may know the Latin phrase ad infinitum, which means "and on and on." WORD FAMILYinfinity: infinities+/finite: finitely, finiteness, infinite, non-finite/infinite: infinitely, infiniteness, infinites, infinity USAGE EXAMPLESHe walks with purpose through the living room, toward a patio with an infinity pool. New York Times(Dec 08, 2016) On the grounds, a 70-foot-long infinity pool overlooks the city, and there is an outdoor pizza oven and fireplace nearby. Wall Street Journal(Dec 08, 2016) Rather than bashing through the so-called fourth wall of theater to aggressively occupy the same space that viewers do, “Still-Life” opens onto infinity. Los Angeles Times(Dec 02, 2016) n time without end Syn|Hypo|Hyper eternity alpha and omega the first and last; signifies God's eternity time the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
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