heaven
1.天堂,上帝的住处. 好人死后能去的地方.
2.极其快乐的地方
3.the heavens, the sky, 区别在于the heavens, 用法拽文,正式, the sky, 是最常见的, 一般的用法,
比如我们汉语有,
苍穹, 苍天, 和天空,天, 等词.
只有3,与sky, 需要辨析.
比较下面的句子,实验着体会一下,是否能感觉到, the heavens ,用法确实泛酸,拽文,
Imagine
John Lennon
Imagine there's no heaven,天堂
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us, 地狱,
Above us only sky, 天空,
Chopra watched the bird fly up to the heavens. 苍穹?
Your ruler Venus is also sparkling away in the heavens today. 天宇? 苍穹?
The heavens start grumbling with distant thunder and a gentle flicker of lightning flits behind the clouds. 天宇,
The sky was blue, and the lake and mountains seemed to smile at us, 天空,天,
Low in the eastern sky was a sliver of white. 天空,
He raised his eyes towards the clear sky. 天空,