Word · Frequency #14950
Fully loadedabysses
深渊；无底洞
abysses is the plural of abyss.
A bottomless or very deep hole, chasm, or gap; an unfathomable void.
- 1.
Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
地狱；无底深渊；原始混沌；封闭的地下海洋
- 2.
a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
无底深渊或坑；任何无法测量的(或看似无法测量的)空洞或深渊,常用于比喻
- 3.
A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
无底或深不可测的深渊、鸿沟或裂隙；引申为任何深不可测的事物；任何虚空
- 4.
Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
任何无限、不可测量或深奥的事物
- 5.
Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
道德堕落；巨大的智力或道德深渊
- 6.
An impending catastrophic happening.
即将发生的灾难性事件
- 7.
The center of an escutcheon; fess point.
盾徽的中心；中点
- 8.
The abyssal zone.
深海区
- 9.
A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.
群体间的差异,尤指巨大差异
鸿沟；巨大差距；深邃；深不可测的事物；地狱；无底坑；混沌；道德沦丧；堕落；即将到来的灾难；浩劫
In use
The explorers gazed into the abyss, unable to see the bottom.
After the accident, she fell into an emotional abyss from which it took years to recover.
The gap between the rich and the poor is an abyss that seems impossible to bridge.
the abyss of [something]
常用于比喻，指某种负面状态或情感的极致。
He was staring into the abyss of despair.
他凝视着绝望的深渊。
fall into an abyss
The country fell into an abyss of violence.
这个国家陷入了暴力的深渊。
stare into the abyss
固定搭配，常表示面对危险或黑暗而不退缩。
Connections
Collocations
- gaze into the abyss
- 凝视深渊（喻指面对恐怖或深不可测的事物）
- He gazed into the abyss of his own despair.他凝视着自己绝望的深渊。
- plunge into the abyss
- 坠入深渊；陷入绝境
- The company plunged into an abyss of debt.这家公司陷入了债务的深渊。
- bridge the abyss
- 弥合巨大差距／鸿沟
- Education can help bridge the abyss between rich and poor.教育有助于弥合贫富之间的巨大鸿沟。
- yawning abyss
- 张开的深渊，令人惊骇的深坑
- They stood at the edge of a yawning abyss.他们站在一道张开巨口的深渊边缘。
- bottomless abyss
- 无底深渊
- Her grief felt like a bottomless abyss.她的悲伤仿佛一座无底深渊。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 abyss 拆成 a + byss 来联想：黑洞洞的、深不见底的大坑，就是无底深渊，让人不敢靠近。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学描写、正式书面论述 abyss 通常用于书面或正式语境，多出现在文学作品、修辞比喻或讨论深渊、鸿沟等抽象概念时；口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes: this, kiss, bliss, amiss, miss — all share the stressed final /-ɪs/ sound with abyss. Beware the lookalike abysmal /əˈbɪz.məl/: it shares spelling but changes the final consonant to /z/ and adds a syllable, so it does not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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