apocalyptic英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

One who predicts apocalypse.

形容词 adj.

Of or relating to an apocalypse:; Revelatory; prophetic. not-comparable

— Let him go and make, and burn, a pile or two [of bricks] with his own hands; he will thereby receive apocalyptic visions of a nature novel to his soul.
Of or relating to an apocalypse:; Catastrophic; disastrous. figuratively,not-comparable

— For the first time since the show began, a sense of utter loneliness overwhelmed me, a bitter despair at the uselessness of individual effort in this gigantic tragedy of apocalyptic destruction.
Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation, or doom). not-comparable

— Submissions on the part of gay teachers and students and organizations were countered by apocalyptic denunciations on the part of Bible-toting mothers and fathers expertly organized by the right.
Catachresis for apoplectic. not-comparable

— He was apocalyptically furious.

词形变化

apocalyptics plural

词汇关系

反义词

nonapocalyptic

衍生词

apocalyptical apocalypticalist apocalyptically apocalypticism apocalypticist apocalyptic number apocalyptism peri-apocalyptic post-apocalyptic postapocalyptic preapocalyptic

词源

词源 1

Borrowed from Latin apocalypticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποκαλυπτικός (apokaluptikós, “revelatory”), from ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”), from ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō, “to reveal, uncover”).

词源 2

Borrowed from Latin apocalypticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποκαλυπτικός (apokaluptikós, “revelatory”), from ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”), from ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō, “to reveal, uncover”).