Definition of abysm in English:

abysm

noun əˈbɪz(ə)məˈbɪzəm

literary

An abyss.
〈诗/文〉深渊
the abysm from which nightmares crawl
噩梦连连的深渊。
Example sentencesExamples
- For its self-referential abysms are only made darker by the thought that Rosemary Squires didn't pour her heart into this song: Irving Berlin did.
- ‘What she offered,’ notes the author, ‘in her most sensual, primitive, uncivilized and, from the standpoint of normal aesthetics, distasteful acts slipped over the brink - and she could take you with her - into the abysms of the sacred.’
- Crystal reached her shaking hand and took it as if it was her last salvation before she falls in the abysm.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French abisme, medieval Latin abysmus, alteration of late Latin abyssus 'bottomless pit', the ending being assimilated to the Greek ending -ismos.

Rhymes

arrivisme, chrism, chrisom, ism, prism, schism

Definition of abysm in US English:

abysm

nounəˈbizəməˈbɪzəm

literary

the abysm from which nightmares crawl
噩梦连连的深渊。
a literary or poetic term for abyss
Example sentencesExamples
- For its self-referential abysms are only made darker by the thought that Rosemary Squires didn't pour her heart into this song: Irving Berlin did.
- Crystal reached her shaking hand and took it as if it was her last salvation before she falls in the abysm.
- ‘What she offered,’ notes the author, ‘in her most sensual, primitive, uncivilized and, from the standpoint of normal aesthetics, distasteful acts slipped over the brink - and she could take you with her - into the abysms of the sacred.’

Origin

Middle English: from Old French abisme, medieval Latin abysmus, alteration of late Latin abyssus ‘bottomless pit’, the ending being assimilated to the Greek ending -ismos.

词汇	abysm
释义	Definition of abysm in English: abysm noun əˈbɪz(ə)məˈbɪzəm literary An abyss. 〈诗/文〉深渊 the abysm from which nightmares crawl 噩梦连连的深渊。 Example sentencesExamples For its self-referential abysms are only made darker by the thought that Rosemary Squires didn't pour her heart into this song: Irving Berlin did. ‘What she offered,’ notes the author, ‘in her most sensual, primitive, uncivilized and, from the standpoint of normal aesthetics, distasteful acts slipped over the brink - and she could take you with her - into the abysms of the sacred.’ Crystal reached her shaking hand and took it as if it was her last salvation before she falls in the abysm. Origin Middle English: from Old French abisme, medieval Latin abysmus, alteration of late Latin abyssus 'bottomless pit', the ending being assimilated to the Greek ending -ismos. Rhymes arrivisme, chrism, chrisom, ism, prism, schism Definition of abysm in US English: abysm nounəˈbizəməˈbɪzəm literary the abysm from which nightmares crawl 噩梦连连的深渊。 a literary or poetic term for abyss Example sentencesExamples For its self-referential abysms are only made darker by the thought that Rosemary Squires didn't pour her heart into this song: Irving Berlin did. Crystal reached her shaking hand and took it as if it was her last salvation before she falls in the abysm. ‘What she offered,’ notes the author, ‘in her most sensual, primitive, uncivilized and, from the standpoint of normal aesthetics, distasteful acts slipped over the brink - and she could take you with her - into the abysms of the sacred.’ Origin Middle English: from Old French abisme, medieval Latin abysmus, alteration of late Latin abyssus ‘bottomless pit’, the ending being assimilated to the Greek ending -ismos.
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