单词 | Fall of Man |
释义 | Fall of Man (once / 15781 pages) n WORD FAMILY Fall of Man USAGE EXAMPLESThe snaking tape makes visual allusion to Michelangelo’s “Fall of Man” in the Sistine Chapel, Satan’s snake ensnaring Adam and Eve before their expulsion. New York Times(Oct 17, 2016) Officially titled "Adam and Eve," it is also known as "The Fall of Man" and is one of Dürer's best-known works. Los Angeles Times(May 26, 2015) It may be worth remembering, if we are charting the Fall of Man, that Jack the Ripper walked the same streets 50 years before. The Guardian(May 17, 2013) n (Judeo-Christian mythology) when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, God punished them by driving them out of the Garden of Eden and into the world where they would be subject to sickness and pain and eventual death Hyper landmark, turning point, watershed an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend |
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