English Dictionary

abyss

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈbɪs/

名詞

冠詞付き 比喩的用法

Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean. / (frequently figuratively) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.

日本語の意味

底なしの穴 / 地獄 / 原始的混沌（原初の混沌） / 閉じた地下海域（神話的な意味で） / 比喩的に、計り知れない深さや広大な虚空

He whispered a prayer before descending into the abyss, knowing there was no return.

彼は二度と戻れないと悟りながら、地獄へと降りる前に祈りをささやいた。

意味（1）

Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.

'You cannot enter here,' said Gandalf, and the huge shadow halted. 'Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!'

意味（2）

(frequently figuratively) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.

Below is the deep abyss of the Lauterbrunnen valley, and at its head a stately semi-circle of mountains, with the pyramidal Lauterbrunnen Breithorn as the centre-piece.

意味（3）

Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.

意味（4）

Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.

They fell into the abyss of drug addiction.

意味（5）

(with article) An impending catastrophic happening.

意味（6）

(heraldry) The center of an escutcheon.

意味（7）

(oceanography) The abyssal zone.

意味（8）

(figuratively) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.

abysses （ plural ）