19个你没听过的最美英文单词
Epoch
历史或生命中的一段时刻
英译:If you refer to a long period of time as epoch, you mean that important events or great changes took place during it.
epoch指生命中一个长时间段,在这一时段中,你的生命发生了大事件或大的变化。
Flirtationship
暧昧
英译:Flirtationship means more than a friendship, less than a relationship.
一种“友达以上,恋人未满”的状态。
Philophobia
恋爱恐惧症
Philophobia=philo爱+phobia恐惧,表示对爱情的恐惧。
Sapiosexual
智性恋
英译:Sapiosexual means one who is attracted to or aroused by intelligence in others.
被智识所吸引的,因他人的智识而痴迷的(大概就是湘琴对植树的那种爱吧)
Somnambulist
梦游症患者英译:Somnambulist means someone who walks about in their sleep.
在睡梦中到处行走的人。
Ineffable
英译:You ues effable to say that something is so great or extreme.Ineffable means it cannot be described in words.
effable指某事或某物极好、极美,难以言表
Petrichor
雨下过以后,泥土的香味英译:Petrichor is the scent of rain on dry earth, or the scent of dust after rain. The word is constructed from Greek, petros, meaning stone ichor, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology.
petrichor指泥土上雨的气味,或雨后泥土的芬芳。这个单词来自希腊神话。petro表示“石头”,ichor在希腊神话中便是天神血脉中流动的液体。
Mellifluous
形容声音甜美
英译:A mellifluous voice or piece of music is smooth and gentle and very pleasant to listen to.
mellifluous指极顺畅、温和、悦耳的人声或音乐。
Serendipity
意外发现有趣、新奇事物的天赋英译:Serendipity is the luck that some people have in finding or creating interesting or valuable things by chance.
serendipity指人们意外发现有趣或有价值的东西的小幸运(也是小编在这几个单词里最喜欢的一个)
Limerence
因为一个人而神魂颠倒的状态英译:Limerence is an voluntary state of mind which results from a romantic attraction to another person combined with an overwhelming, obsessive need to have one's feelings reciprocated.
limerence指一种出于爱情的发自内心的精神状态,表现对另一方无可抑制的、神魂颠倒的迷恋,以及渴望对方作出相同的回应。
Ethereal
形容脱俗的高雅英译:Someone or something that is ethereal has a delicate beauty.
ethereal指美的超凡脱俗、极为精致的人或物。
Iridescent
形容彩虹般的五颜六色英译:Something that is iridescent has many bright colors that seem to keep changing.
iridescent指颜色极为鲜亮、多元,且富于变化。
Epiphany
顿悟英译:An epiphany is a moment of sudden insight or understanding.
epiphany指突然洞察、理解了某事物。
Nyctophilia
对黑暗的偏爱英译:Nyctophilia means love of darkness or night, finding relexation or comfort in the darkness.
nyctophilia指对黑暗或夜晚的偏爱,在黑暗中感到放松或舒服。nyx表示night“夜晚”,philos表示love“爱”。
Athazagoraphobia
害怕被人遗忘的恐惧英译:Athazagoraphobia means the fear of forgetting or being forgotten about.
athazagoraphobia表示对于被人遗忘或忽视的恐惧。
Velleity
只是想想不愿付出行动英译:Velleity means a wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.
velleity表示一种只是想想而已,不足以导致真正行动的意愿。
Lunaediesophobia
周一恐惧症
英译:Lunaediesophobia means abnormal fear or extreme dislike of Mondays.
表示对周一的恐惧和极度厌恶(上班族深有体会啊哈哈哈哈!)
Procaffenating
咖延症
英译:Procaffenating means the tendency not to start anything until you've had a cup of coffee.
等于procrastinate拖延+caffine咖啡因,指没喝咖啡就什么事儿都做不了的习惯。
Cosmophobia
宇宙恐惧症指对宇宙以及自己在宇宙中真实地位的可怕恐惧。
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