| 单词 | phoenix |
| 释义 | phoenix (once / 19898 pages) 1n 2n If you want to see a phoenix, simply locate a unicorn or a centaur, and then you'll be in the right neighborhood. A phoenix is a mythical bird known for rising from its ashes. Don't try that at home! Accordingly to ancient legend, the phoenix is a bird that cyclically burns to death and is reborn from its own ashes. For this reason, the phoenix often serves as a symbol of renewal and rebirth. The name of Phoenix, Arizona is a direct reference to this idea; Phoenix was built upon the ruins of a civilization that had collapsed long before, apparently due to drought. WORD FAMILYphoenix: phoenixes USAGE EXAMPLESOn Thursday, like seven small mythical phoenixes who rose from the ashes, the new birds arrived in Grant. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Ross described himself differently in an interview with New York magazine: “We’re a phoenix that rebuilds itself from the ashes.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 08, 2016) Mr. Ross, by contrast, has often preferred to see himself as another kind of bird — the mythical phoenix, helping businesses rise from the ashes. New York Times(Nov 25, 2016) 1 n a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years 2Hyper mythical being an imaginary being of myth or fable n a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa Syn|Hyper genus Phoenix liliopsid genus, monocot genus genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed Phoenix (once / 1813 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY Phoenix: Phoenixes USAGE EXAMPLESThe Phoenix Fire Department says the girl is in stable condition after suffering burns to her hands, feet and other parts of her body. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Phoenix police say the 36-year-old victim was shot late Monday night by the 29-year-old suspect while other people were inside the home. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Chris Paul was listed as doubtful for the Phoenix Suns game Monday night at Staples Center with a sore left hamstring. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 n the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation 2Syn|Exp capital of Arizona state capital the capital city of a political subdivision of a country n a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor Exp constellation a configuration of stars as seen from the earth |
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