| 单词 | deity |
| 释义 | deity noun[C] uk/ˈdeɪ.ɪ.ti/us/ˈdiː.ə.t̬i/agodorgoddess: 神；女神Ares and Aphrodite were theancientGreekdeities ofwarandlove.阿瑞斯和阿佛洛狄特分别是古希腊的战神和爱神。 Synonyms divinity god Compare immortalnounliterary God & gods
the Deity noun[S] formaluk/ˈdeɪ.ɪ.ti/us/ˈdiː.ə.t̬i/God 上帝God & gods
deity| American Dictionarydeity noun[C] us/ˈdi·ɪ·t̬i,ˈdeɪ-/agod: Zeus was anancientGreekdeity. The Deity isGod. Examplesofdeitydeity So, if it can be the case that a deity's activity cannot account for worlds' moral differences, (7a) is false. From theCambridge English Corpus An aedicule was originally the architecture of the small shrine, a miniature temple that celebrated the statue of thedeitywithin. From theCambridge English Corpus In it, twelve dancers, dressed as twelve princes, danced in imitation of the deities, accompanied by songs in their praise. From theCambridge English Corpus Then we reference recent research dealing with cloth as costume that signifies ethnic and gender identity, and ideological associations with female deities. From theCambridge English Corpus They have malevolent and predatory deities as well as more benevolent and protective ones. From theCambridge English Corpus I was initially puzzled to discover that songs to highland swidden deities had been incorporated into a regular lowland domestic rite. From theCambridge English Corpus This ambiguity comes over even more clearly when we consider the specialists' and critics' views on deities. From theCambridge English Corpus The connections to deities enhanced supernatural ties and ideological power. From theCambridge English Corpus It evoked the most powerful agrarian symbols such as maize and rain deities to represent central authority through ritual reenactments. From theCambridge English Corpus But ethnographic reports indicate that malevolent and predatory deities are as culturally widespread, historically ancient, and socially supreme as benevolent deities. From theCambridge English Corpus A third method was rhetorically to use epithets that were appropriate to adeity, thus associating with the divine being. From theCambridge English Corpus It is replete with deities, but is not a place of worship where the faithful enact a fixed set of rituals. From theCambridge English Corpus Even heroes who are raised within an existing religious tradition and know its teachings well are still surprised by their deities. From theCambridge English Corpus I have shown, for instance, that there are examples of onedeitysubstituting for another, and others in which two figures may be conflated. From theCambridge English Corpus The lowest image is a usually adeityrepresenting earth; in this case, a long-nosed tapir is portrayed. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. CollocationswithdeitydeityThese are words often used in combination withdeity. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. female deity Over time, he seems to have developed into afemaledeity. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.local deity The residents of the two houses gave offerings to the local deity. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.particular deity The horse was seen as divine, as a sacred animal associated with a particular deity, or as a totem animal impersonating the king or warrior. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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