celestial
天上
definition
adjective
a celestial body
positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy.
translation of 'celestial'
noun
天国的人
adjective
天空的,
天上的
example
Last night the blood orange moon hung low in the sky, as if some 'celestial' giant had impressed his dirty thumbprint into the heavens themselves.
Although there is no air in space, energy is carried by radiation, usually coming from the Sun, that causes heating when it is absorbed by spacecraft, planets or other 'celestial' bodies.
They look towards the great republic as if it were a 'celestial' city, a fortress and arsenal of the cause.
We also maintain there is no conclusive evidence that Polynesians considered the first European visitors to be divine or 'celestial' beings.
Page 28 of the Codex Borgia is, in effect, one page in an almanac produced by astronomer-calculators to suit a particular time and place of 'celestial' observation.
The Church used the quest to stimulate fervor for the crusade to refound the 'celestial' city, the New Jerusalem, while secular powers exploited it to forge trade routes to the East.
In the coming months, astronomy enthusiasts are in for a string of rare 'celestial' events involving the heavenly bodies in the solar system.
In the case of an object orbiting a planet or other 'celestial' body, where the mass of the object is much less than the mass of the planet, the object will fall towards the planet.
One day, Hou Yi ran across the Empress of Heaven, Wangmu, and asked her for a parcel of elixir that could allow him to ascend immediately to the heavens and become a 'celestial' being.
I think the Garden of Eden now revived by eco-spirituality, has come to represent the once hoped-for 'celestial' paradise.
At the same time, Rahu is made immortal by his having tasted the 'celestial' drink, Soma.
The performance was an attempt at reviving the legendary playing of music prior to the 'celestial' wedding of Goddess Meenakshi with Lord Sundareswarar.
It was about a 'celestial' vehicle used by heavenly beings.
One picture in that book, of a joyous naked child arching through the sky in front of a 'celestial' city, remains my earliest image of heaven.
Put simply, the basis of 'celestial' circles, astronomical events and planetary motion can't be conveyed by words, they have to be demonstrated through diagrams.
Even the elaborate stone statues, basins, murals, tapestries, and miscellaneous decorations seemed to exhibit a 'celestial' beauty.
They were seen as politically conservative, concentrating on ‘things 'celestial' and heavenly’.
There was a second lighter dark patch up there that rivaled the first one and I almost laughed at my odd desperation to see nature's 'celestial' beauty.
All these flowery metaphors conjure up before readers the 'celestial' couple - Lord Shiva and his divine consort Gauri.
Comets are very interesting 'celestial' objects.
The only other painting in the room is Tinteretto's giant picture of paradise, a 'celestial' human traffic jam.
However, it is the gateway to the Tienshan - Heavenly - Mountains and its appropriately 'celestial' scenery at Tianche, Heaven Lake.
He just watched her, like a statue of 'celestial' beauty, while he licked his lips and the snow fell and collected in his hair.
The 1979 Moon Treaty forbids ownership of the natural resources found on the Moon or other 'celestial' bodies.
Christine in turn believes the Phantom to be the stern ‘Angel of Music’ who became her 'celestial' guardian after the death of her father.
Great Immortal Huang, or Wong Tai Sin, is a 'celestial' figure like the god of fortune for people in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
So he is not, like Frankenstein, defying the gods but reaching out for a taste of the 'celestial' heaven and therefore deserving to be honored as the best among men.
Often, the two satellites have observed the same 'celestial' object simultaneously, to gain a more complete record of the object's behaviour at gamma ray and X-ray wavelengths.
I think the faculty was more impressed by my adventurous spirit and audacity than my 'celestial' beauty in that performance!
Tycho's awe at astronomers' predictions of 'celestial' events turned to disillusion as his own observational skills developed.
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