phoenix
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A phoenix is an imaginary bird that, according to ancient stories, burns itself to ashes every five hundred years and is then born again. 凤凰[usu sing]
2. N-SING If you describe someone or something as a phoenix, you mean that they return again after seeming to disappear or be destroyed. 失而复现或毁而再生者[文学性]
Out of the ashes of the economic shambles, a phoenix of recovery can arise. 复苏之凤会从经济废墟的灰烬中腾飞而起。
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phoenix /ˈfiːnɪks/ (phoenixes)
剑桥词典
- in ancient stories , an imaginary bird that set fire to itself every 500 years and was born again, rising from its ashes (= the powder left after its body has been burned )
不死鸟，凤凰（古代传说中的一种假想鸟，每500年自焚后重生）
The town was bombed but was then rebuilt and rose from the ashes like a/the phoenix (= was just as good as before). 饱受轰炸的城镇得到了重建，就像凤凰涅槃重生一样。 返回 phoenix