sublime
- IPA[səˈblīm]
美式
- of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe；used to denote the extreme or unparalleled nature of a person's attitude or behavior
- (of a solid substance) change directly into vapor when heated, typically forming a solid deposit again on cooling；cause (a substance) to sublime
verb: sublime, 3rd person present: sublimes, gerund or present participle: subliming, past tense: sublimed, past participle: sublimed
- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe Mozart's sublime piano concertos experiences that ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ used to denote the extreme or unparalleled nature of a person's attitude or behavior he had the sublime confidence of youth 同義詞
動詞
- 1. (of a solid substance) change directly into vapor when heated, typically forming a solid deposit again on cooling the ice sublimed away, leaving the books dry and undamaged
- ▪ cause (a substance) to sublime these crystals could be sublimed under a vacuum
- 2. archaic elevate to a high degree of moral or spiritual purity or excellence let your thoughts be sublimed by the spirit of God
