early 14c., "festival of the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles" (celebrated Jan. 6; usually with a capital -E-), from Old French epiphanie, from Late Latin epiphania, neuter plural (taken as feminine singular), from late Greek epiphaneia "manifestation, striking appearance, festival held in commemoration of the appearance of a god at some particular place" (in New Testament, "advent or manifestation of Christ"), from epiphanes "manifest, conspicuous," from epiphainein "to manifest, display, show off; come suddenly into view," from epi "on, to" (see epi-) + phainein "to show" (see phantasm). Of divine beings other than Christ, first recorded 1660s; general literary sense of "any manifestation or revelation" appeared 1840, first in De Quincey.
雙語例句
1. By epiphany he means'sudden spiritual manifestation ".
他的“顯現(xiàn)”指的是“神靈的突現(xiàn) ”.
來自辭典例句
2. By epiphany he means'the most delicate and evanescent of such memorable focusing moments.'
他的“顯現(xiàn)”指的是 “ 那種難于忘懷的了,令人聚精會神的最微妙最短暫的時刻. ”
來自辭典例句
3. They an intellectual epiphany and think they've experienced catharsis.
他們知性富有洞察力,認(rèn)為自己經(jīng)歷了這樣的過程.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. As I studied these terms, I had an epiphany.
在研究這些詞語時, 我突然靈光一現(xiàn).
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. It consists of the archetypal structure of initiation story : innocence — ordeal — epiphany — maturity.