单词 | abyss |
释义 | abyss /euh bis"/, n. 1. a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm. 2. anything profound, unfathomable, or infinite: the abyss of time. 3. (in ancient cosmogony) a. the primal chaos before Creation. b. the infernal regions; hell. c. a subterranean ocean. [1350-1400; earlier abisse, ME abissus < LL abyssus < Gk ábyssos bottomless, equiv. to a- A-6 + byssós bottom of the sea] |
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