phoenix

名词 phoenix:

1. the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation
   同义词：capital of Arizona
2. a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
   同义词：genus Phoenix
3. a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years
4. a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor

phoenix 也作 phe.nix

n.（名词）
Mythology A bird in Egyptian mythology that lived in the desert for 500 years and then consumed itself by fire, later to rise renewed from its ashes.
【神话】 不死鸟，长生鸟：埃及神话中的一种鸟，相传这种鸟在沙漠中生活五百年后身焚，然后又从其焚灰中再生
A person or thing of unsurpassed excellence or beauty; a paragon.
殊品，完人，绝代佳人：卓越无比的完美事物或美人；完人
Phoenix A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor.
Phoenix 凤凰座：在南半球，靠近图科纳和斯柯普特的一个星座

来源：
Middle English fenix
中古英语 fenix
from Old English
源自 古英语
Old French
古法语
both from Medieval Latin fônix
都源自 中世纪拉丁语 fônix
from Latin phoenix
源自 拉丁语 phoenix
from Greek phoinix
源自 希腊语 phoinix