名詞 apocalypse:

1. a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
2. the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the apostle
   同義詞：Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Book of Revelation

a.poc.a.lypse

n.（名詞）

Apocalypse Abbr. Apoc.Bible The Book of Revelation.
Apocalypse 縮寫 Apoc.【圣經(jīng)】 啟示錄
Any of a number of anonymous Jewish or Christian texts from around the second centuryb.c. to the second century a.d. containing prophetic or symbolic visions, especially of the imminent destruction of the world and the salvation of the righteous.
啟示文學(xué)作品：一種作者不詳?shù)模?b>公元前 2世紀(jì)至 公元 2世紀(jì)左右的猶太教或基督教啟示文學(xué)作品，包含預(yù)言或象征情景，尤指世界末日迫近和正義者救世的內(nèi)容
Great or total devastation; doom:
大動亂，大災(zāi)變；毀滅：
例句：
the apocalypse of nuclear war.
核戰(zhàn)爭的災(zāi)變

A prophetic disclosure; a revelation.
先知預(yù)言；天啟

來源：
Middle English Apocalipse
中古英語 Apocalipse
from Late Latin Apocalypsis
源自 后期拉丁語 Apocalypsis
from Greek apokalupsis [revelation, Apocalypse]
源自 希臘語 apokalupsis [啟示，天啟]
from apokaluptein [to uncover]
源自 apokaluptein [揭開]
apo- [apo-]
apo- [前綴，表示.離開.，.遠(yuǎn)離.]
kaluptein [to cover] * see kel-
kaluptein [覆蓋] *參見 kel-