firmament
/ˈfɜːməmənt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfɜːrməmənt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfər-mə-mənt/ (ame, mw)
firmament — 名詞
1. a literary or old-fashioned word for the sky, often pictured as a vast dome arch
蒼穹；天空
文學用語，指如圓頂般的天空
a literary or old-fashioned word for the sky, often pictured as a vast dome arching above the earth where the sun, moon, and stars appear.
Noa lay back on the grass and gazed up at the dark firmament, counting shooting stars.
Noa 躺在草地上，仰望著漆黑的蒼穹，數著流星。
literary register: gazing at the firmament
Above the desert camp, the firmament glittered with thousands of stars no city dweller ever sees.
沙漠營地的上方，蒼穹閃爍著城市居民從未見過的成千上萬顆星星。
typical context: night sky away from city lights
The old poem describes how a single bright comet streaked across the evening firmament.
那首古老的詩描寫一顆明亮的彗星劃過夜晚的蒼穹。
Saira pointed her telescope toward the western firmament, hoping to catch the planet rising.
Saira 把望遠鏡對準西邊的天空，希望能捕捉到那顆行星升起的瞬間。
In medieval thought, angels were believed to live high above the firmament, beyond human sight.
中世紀的人相信，天使住在蒼穹之上，人類肉眼看不到的地方。
- sky
the everyday neutral word; use this in normal speech and writing
- heavens
also literary; often plural and slightly more religious in tone
- vault of heaven
very poetic fixed phrase, even rarer than 'firmament'
- earth
the ground below, contrasted with the sky above in poetic writing
文法句型
the firmament
用法筆記
Almost always used with 'the'. Belongs to poetic, religious, or old-fashioned writing — in everyday speech use 'sky' instead.