firmament

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fir·ma·ment /ˈfɜːməmənt $ ˈfɜːr-/ noun  the firmament literary the sky or heaven 天空，苍穹

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firmament• It dominated the world of man and was represented by the celestial firmament.• A new star had shot into the musical firmament.• They were luminous planets in a remote firmament, brilliant stars shedding light on a few satellites.• Instead, hesitantly, terribly afraid she was doing the wrong thing, she plucked meanings from the firmament.• He was one of the stars in the firmament, one of the brightest, and he will be missed.• My attention is drawn back to the unpleasant here and now by a banging gavel: thunder shakes the firmament.Origin firmament (1200-1300) Late Latin firmamentum, from Latin firmare “to support”; → FIRM1

fir·ma·ment nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus or the heaven sky

firmament
fir‧ma‧ment /ˈfɜːməmənt $ ˈfɜːr-/ nounthe firmament literary the sky or heaven

firma·mentBrE /ˈfɜːməmənt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfɜːrməmənt/ 🔊 nounthe firmament [singular] (old use or literary) the sky 天空；苍穹◆(figurative) a rising star in the literary firmament文坛上一颗冉冉升起的新星