Old English heofonlic "celestial; chaste;" see heaven + -ly (1). Meaning "beautiful, divinely lovely" is late 14c., often (though not originally) with reference to the celestial "music of the spheres;" weakened sense of "excellent, enjoyable" is first recorded 1874. The heavenly bodies (stars, planets, etc.) attested from late 14c. Related: Heavenliness.
双语例句
1. The idea of spending two weeks with him may seem heavenly.
和他一起度过两周的想法听起来似乎十分美好。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Heavenly music swelled from nowhere.
不知从何处响起天籁般的音乐。
来自柯林斯例句
3. If you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you.
如果你们饶恕他们的过失, 你们的天父也必将饶恕你们的过失.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. One heavenly body occults another.
一颗星掩盖着另一颗星.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5. Newton proposed that heavenly and terrestrial motion could be unified with the idea of gravity.
