doomsday

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times. countable,uncountable
  2. Judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution. Judaism,capitalized,countable,sometimes,uncountable
  3. Any day of great death and destruction; end of the world; an apocalypse. countable,uncountable
  4. Any of the memorable dates used in the doomsday rule for computing weekdays from dates. countable,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction. not-comparable
  2. Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity. not-comparable
    — The Sages chose to end the haftarah with this message of hope, in contrast to the episode's last verse with its doomsday warning that "if you persist in your wrongdoing, both you and your king shall be swept away."
  3. Capable of causing widespread or total destruction. not-comparable

词形变化

doomsdays plural domesday alternative,obsolete domesday alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
apocalypse Armageddon day of doom end times eschaton Final Judgment judgement day
衍生词
doomsdate doomsday device doomsdayer doomsday fish doomsdayism doomsday plane till doomsday

词源

词源 1
From Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”). Equivalent to doom + -s- + day. Compare Old Norse dómsdagr (“judgement day, doomsday”).
词源 2
From Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”). Equivalent to doom + -s- + day. Compare Old Norse dómsdagr (“judgement day, doomsday”).
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