English Dictionary

phoenix

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfiːnɪks/

名詞

比喩的用法 中国語 歴史的 廃用

(mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.

日本語の意味

不死鳥：伝説上の鳥で、500年ほど生きた後に自らを燃やして死に、その灰の中から再生するとされる存在。

After five centuries, the phoenix built its own pyre, was consumed by the sun's fire, and rose again from the ashes.

五百年の時を経て、自分で組んだ焚き火の上で太陽の炎に焼かれて灰となり、灰の中からよみがえるとされる不死鳥は、自らの焚き火を作って燃え尽き、灰の中から再びよみがえった。

意味（1）

(mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.

burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood

意味（2）

(figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.

Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.

意味（3）

(Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.

意味（4）

(historical) A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.

The national currency, the phoenix, which had been established by Kapodistrias, was renamed after an ancient Greek coin, the drachma.

意味（5）

(obsolete) A marvelous person or thing.

He may not be a phœnix of cleverness in your sense; his profession is different; but it would be all the better for you to talk a little on his subjects.

phoenix （ plural ）

phoenixes （ plural ）

phoenices （ plural ）