单词 | immortal |
释义 | immortal —immortally, adv. /i mawr"tl/, adj. 1. not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls. 2. remembered or celebrated through all time: the immortal words of Lincoln. 3. not liable to perish or decay; imperishable; everlasting. 4. perpetual; lasting; constant: an immortal enemy. 5. of or pertaining to immortal beings or immortality. 6. (of a laboratory-cultured cell line) capable of dividing indefinitely. n. 7. an immortal being. 8. a person of enduring fame: Bach, Milton, El Greco, and other immortals. 9. the Immortals, the 40 members of the French Academy. 10. (often cap.) any of the gods of classical mythology. [1325-75; ME (adj.) < L immortalis. See IM-2, MORTAL] Syn. 8. giant, titan, genius. |
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