chaos
- n. 混沌,混亂
- n. (Chaos)人名;(西)查奧斯
助記提示
2. 應(yīng)該說最初的神,是很抽象的神,是對(duì)早已存在事物的抽象化、神化,他們的神的特性是比較模糊的,到后來產(chǎn)生有性生殖后各個(gè)神的形象才豐滿起來,才如此的栩栩如生。應(yīng)該是希臘神話要比咱們中國神話要精彩得多,它的神話非常豐滿、完整、復(fù)雜、紛呈,有很多栩栩如生的故事和傳說,并且貼近于人的現(xiàn)實(shí)生活,與人的生活有機(jī)地耦合在一起,有各種各樣的神,還塑造了很多的英雄形象,并且沒有中國神話中的那些清規(guī)戒律。
中文詞源
來自PIE*gheu, 呵氣,張嘴,詞源同gas, yawn.神學(xué)術(shù)語。
英文詞源
- chaos
- chaos: see gas
- chaos (n.)
- late 14c., "gaping void," from Old French chaos (14c.) or directly from Latin chaos, from Greek khaos "abyss, that which gapes wide open, is vast and empty," from *khnwos, from PIE root *gheu- "to gape, yawn" (cognates: Greek khaino "I yawn," Old English ginian, Old Norse ginnunga-gap; see yawn (v.)).
Meaning "utter confusion" (c. 1600) is extended from theological use of chaos for "the void at the beginning of creation" in Vulgate version of Genesis (1530s in English). The Greek for "disorder" was tarakhe, however the use of chaos here was rooted in Hesiod ("Theogony"), who describes khaos as the primeval emptiness of the Universe, begetter of Erebus and Nyx ("Night"), and in Ovid ("Metamorphoses"), who opposes Khaos to Kosmos, "the ordered Universe." Meaning "orderless confusion" in human affairs is from c. 1600. Chaos theory in the modern mathematical sense is attested from c. 1977.
雙語例句
- 1. Whatever troubles arise, we'll have peace of mind amidst seeming chaos.
- 無論出現(xiàn)什么樣的麻煩,我們都會(huì)在貌似混亂的情形中保持平和的心態(tài)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Many editorials express their anxieties about the economic chaos in the country.
- 許多社論對(duì)該國經(jīng)濟(jì)的混亂狀況表示憂慮。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He needs them to stop the country sliding into chaos.
- 他需要他們來防止這個(gè)國家陷入混亂。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I think it's going to cause chaos personally but never mind.
- 我個(gè)人認(rèn)為它會(huì)引起混亂,但是沒關(guān)系。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The world's first transatlantic balloon race ended in chaos last night.
- 昨晚世界第一屆跨大西洋熱氣球比賽在一片混亂中收?qǐng)觥?/dd>
來自柯林斯例句