ethereal

/ɪˈθɪəriəl/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪˈθɪriəl/ (ame, ipa) · /i-ˈthir-ē-əl/ (ame, mw)

ethereal — adjective

  • etherealpositive
  • more etherealcomparative
  • most etherealsuperlative

1. so light, fine, and beautiful that it feels half unreal, as if it belongs more t

1.形容詞C1
釋義

so light, fine, and beautiful that it feels half unreal, as if it belongs more to imagination or heaven than to ordinary life

例句

Yuna's ethereal voice floated above the drums and hushed the crowd.

common collocation: ethereal voice

Soft dawn light gave the temple garden an ethereal blue glow.

give something an ethereal glow

同義詞
  • otherworldly

    stresses that something seems beyond normal human life; often slightly stronger than ethereal

  • dreamlike

    focuses more on the soft, unreal feeling of a dream than on delicate beauty

  • delicate

    describes fine, gentle beauty but does not itself suggest a heavenly or unreal quality

  • airy

    can suggest lightness, but is less poetic and may describe style or manner more broadly

反義詞
  • earthly

    firmly part of ordinary physical life, without a heavenly or unreal quality

  • solid

    emphasises heaviness or strong physical presence rather than delicate lightness

  • plain

    lacks the special beauty or atmosphere suggested by ethereal

文法句型

an ethereal + noun

look / seem + ethereal

give something an ethereal glow / quality

用法筆記

Most often used for voices, light, beauty, movement, or atmosphere. It usually praises something delicate and almost beyond ordinary life, not simply something pretty.

常見錯誤

❌The box is ethereal, so one person can carry it.
✅The box is light, so one person can carry it.
💡ethereal describes delicate, almost unreal beauty or atmosphere, not low physical weight.
❌The math lesson was ethereal.
✅The math lesson was abstract.
💡ethereal usually describes beauty, sound, light, or mood, not an ordinary school subject.