Phoenix

(noun.) the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation.

(noun.) a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor.

(noun.) a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years.

(noun.) a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa.

编辑:西尔维亚

• Have you seen much of your scientific phoenix, Lydgate, lately? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The Ocean, The Phoenix, The Consort, The Dolphin, were passed in turns; but The Vivid was my ship, and it seemed she lay further down. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• There is a certain bird called a phoenix. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Business is business, and there is nothing like punctuality, especially in a phoenix. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• In it this account of the fabled phoenix occurs: 1. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I also became once more known to his sister, Miss Micawber, in whom, as Mr. Micawber told us, 'her mother renewed her youth, like the Phoenix'. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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