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paradise

noun
🔊/ˈpærədaɪs/
🔊/ˈpærədaɪs/
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  1. (often Paradise)
     [uncountable] (in some religions) a perfect place where people are said to go when they die（某些宗教所指的）天堂，天国 synonym heaven
    • The ancient Egyptians saw paradise as an idealized version of their own lives.古埃及人把天堂视为他们自身现实生活的理想形式。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • They all expected to go to paradise.他们都想进天堂。
    • a paradise of golden beaches金色海滩乐园
    • an angel in paradise天堂的天使
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + paradise
    • enter
    • go to
    preposition
    • in paradise
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  2. [countable] a place that is extremely beautiful and that seems perfect, like heaven天堂，乐土，乐园（指美好的环境）
    • a tropical paradise一处热带的人间乐土
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • beautiful
    • lost
    • earthly
    • …
    verb + paradise
    • create
    • find
    paradise + noun
    • island
    preposition
    • in (a) paradise
    • paradise for
    • paradise of
    • …
    phrases
    • a paradise on earth
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  3. [countable] a perfect place for a particular activity or kind of person（某类活动或某类人的）乐园，完美去处
    • The area is a birdwatcher's paradise.这一地区是鸟类观察者的乐园。🔊🔊
    • The airport is a paradise for pickpockets.机场是扒手的天堂。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • beautiful
    • lost
    • earthly
    • …
    verb + paradise
    • create
    • find
    paradise + noun
    • island
    preposition
    • in (a) paradise
    • paradise for
    • paradise of
    • …
    phrases
    • a paradise on earth
    See full entry
  4. [uncountable] a state of perfect happiness至福；极乐 synonym bliss
    • Being alone is his idea of paradise.他视独处为至乐之事。🔊🔊
    • They moved to the country hoping to find paradise.他们搬到了乡下，想在那里找到乐土。
    • the lost paradise of childhood失去的童年乐园
    see also fool’s paradise
  5. Paradise
     [uncountable] (in the Bible《圣经》) the garden of Eden, where Adam and Eve lived伊甸园
    6. see also bird of paradise
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French paradis, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek paradeisos ‘royal (enclosed) park’, from Avestan pairidaēza ‘enclosure, park’. Avestan is an ancient Iranian language.