incarnation
- IPA[ˌɪnkɑːˈneɪʃn]
英式
- a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or quality；(in Christian theology) the embodiment of God the Son in human flesh as Jesus Christ.
noun: incarnation, plural noun: incarnations
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or quality Rama was Vishnu's incarnation on earth Beethoven was an incarnation of artistic genius 同義詞
- ▪ (in Christian theology) the embodiment of God the Son in human flesh as Jesus Christ.
- 2. (with reference to reincarnation) each of a series of earthly lifetimes in my next incarnation, I'd like to be the Minister of Fun 同義詞
- ▪ the form taken by a person or thing during an incarnation in a previous journalistic incarnation, I worked at Westminster the pub has gone through several incarnations
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- IPA[ˌinˌkärˈnāSH(ə)n]
美式
- a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or abstract quality: Rama was Vishnu's incarnation on earth
Oxford American Dictionary
