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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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