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Eden

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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E·den /ˈiːdn/ (also the Garden of Eden) noun [singular]  RRCin the Bible story, the garden where Adam and Eve, the first humans lived, often seen as a place of happiness and innocence 伊甸园〔《圣经》故事中人类始祖亚当和夏娃最初居住的园子,常被认为是纯洁清净的乐园〕
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EdenIn those days, California seemed like an agricultural Eden.
E·den nounChineseSyllable
in the Bible the where Corpus garden story,


Eden
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Eden /ˈiːdn/ (also the Garden of Eden) noun [singular]
in the Bible story, the garden where Adam and Eve, the first humans lived, often seen as a place of happiness and innocence

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Eden, Sir Anthony
(1897–1977) a British politician in the Conservative Party, who was Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957. He gave up this position after the Suez Crisis, when British military forces failed in an attempt to get back control of the Suez Canal from Egypt.


EdenBrE /ˈiːdn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈiːdn/ 🔊 (also the ˌGarden of ˈEden) noun [singular] (in the Bible 《圣经》) the beautiful garden where Adam and Eve, the first humans, lived before they did sth God had told them not to and were sent away, often seen as a place of happiness and innocence 伊甸园