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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   heaven

   • IPA[ˈhev(ə)n]

   美式

   • n.
     a place regarded in various religions as the abode of God (or the gods) and the angels, and of the good after death, often traditionally depicted as being above the sky；God (or the gods)

   • noun: Heaven, plural noun: heavens

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a place regarded in various religions as the abode of God (or the gods) and the angels, and of the good after death, often traditionally depicted as being above the sky those who practiced good deeds would receive the reward of a place in heaven Juno, Queen of Heaven and wife of Jupiter 同義詞 paradise, nirvana, the kingdom of heaven, the promised land, the heavenly kingdom, ... 更多the City of God, the celestial city, the abode of God, the abode of the saints, the abode of the angels, Zion, Abraham's bosom, the empyrean, the beyond, the hereafter, the next world, the next life, the afterworld, the afterlife, happy hunting ground, the New Jerusalem, Swarga, Elysium, the Elysian Fields, the Islands of the Blessed, Valhalla, Avalon反義詞 hell, purgatory
   • ▪ God (or the gods) Constantine was persuaded that disunity in the Church was displeasing to heaven
   • ▪ a state of being eternally in the presence of God after death the everlasting happiness with God that we call heaven
   • ▪ used in various exclamations as a substitute for “God” heaven knows! good heavens!
   • 2. literary the sky, especially perceived as a vault in which the sun, moon, stars, and planets are situated Galileo used a telescope to observe the heavens 同義詞 the sky, the skies, the upper atmosphere, the stratosphere, literarythe firmament, ... 更多the vault of heaven, the blue, the (wide) blue yonder, the welkin, the ether, the empyrean, the azure, the upper regions, the sphere, the celestial sphere
   • 3. informal a place, state, or experience of supreme bliss lying by the pool with a good book is my idea of heaven 同義詞 ecstasy, bliss, rapture, contentment, happiness, ... 更多delight, joy, felicity, supreme happiness, supreme joy, perfect contentment, seventh heaven, cloud nine, paradise, utopia, idyll, nirvana, Eden, Shangri-La, literaryArcadia, Arcady反義詞 misery, hell on earth

   片語

   • the heavens open
   • in seventh heaven
   • a match made in heaven
   • move heaven and earth to do something
   • stink to high heaven