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divine

adjective
 
🔊/dɪˈvaɪn/
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  1.  
    [usually before noun] coming from or connected with God or a god天赐的；上帝的；神的
    • divine law/love/will天道；上帝的慈爱；天意
    • divine intervention (= help from God to change a situation)上帝之佑
    Topics Religion and festivalsc1
  2. (old-fashioned) wonderful; beautiful绝妙的；非凡的；极美的
    • That mango tasted divine!那个芒果尝起来很神圣！
    3. Word Originadjective late Middle English: via Old French from Latin divinus, from divus ‘godlike’ (related to deus ‘god’).

divine

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they divine
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he / she / it divines
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past simple divined
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past participle divined
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-ing form divining
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  1. [transitive] divine what, whether, etc… | divine something (formal) to find out something by guessing猜到；领悟
    • She could divine what he was thinking just by looking at him.她一看就知道他在想什么。🔊🔊
    • They had quickly divined that he was a fraud.他们很快就说他是骗局。
    Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc2
  2. [transitive, intransitive] divine (something) to search for underground water using a stick in the shape of a Y, called a divining rod（用丫形杖）探测（地下水）
    3. Word Originverb late Middle English: from Old French deviner ‘predict’, from Latin divinare, from divinus, from divus ‘godlike’ (related to deus ‘god’).