manna

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英 [ˈmænə]word uk audio image

美 ['mænə] word us audio image

  • [地名] [希腊、印度尼西亚] 曼纳

单词词源

manna 吗哪

来自希腊语manna,来自希伯来语man,天赐食物,可能来自其原义min,哪里,从何而来。该食物为《圣经》中的一种天降食物,是在古代以色列人出埃及时,在40年的旷野生活中,上帝赐给他们的神奇食物。引申词义精神食粮。参照百度百科。

双语例句

1. It was like manna in the desert . The obscenely funny cartoon radiated intelligence and humanity .
就像沙漠里的甘露,这部肮脏有趣的卡通剧闪现出了人性和智慧。
2. With credit cards raining down like manna , we bought plasma television sets , new appliances , vacations .
随着信用卡如天赐甘露般倾盆而降,我们购买等离子电视、新家具、休假……
3. But a billion people are just as hungry , human , and as deserving now as the israelites were when they were fleeing egypt , and I don 't see any manna .
但是,十亿的人口正在饱受饥饿,所受的苦犹如以色列人从埃及逃难,却没有看到任何天赐的食物。

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