odyssey
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++od·ys·sey /ˈɒdəsi $ ˈɑː-/ noun [countable] literary 1 a series of experiences that teach you something about yourself or about life 对人生有教益的一连串经历，艰难历程 a spiritual odyssey 一次精神上的艰难历程2 ALTRAVEL a long journey with a lot of adventures or difficulties 漫长的历险旅程on an odyssey They departed Texas on a three-year odyssey that took them as far as Japan. 他们离开得克萨斯，踏上了历时三年的艰险旅程，最远到达了日本。
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odyssey• Clarke's cross-country odyssey began in South Carolina.• Her hips were small and urgent and we embarked on a furious odyssey.• But what I meant was, our particular little odyssey to Jefferson's bed.• This is a series of tracks showing Baker's musical odyssey from Cream through his various groups up to 1987.• Because pentecostalism is so widespread, I did not have to travel very far to begin my odyssey.• The novel is a humorous but often painful odyssey through the next three decades of Dolores' life.• Meanwhile, the scarred veteran Inman is experiencing his own harrowing, perilous odyssey as the Civil War rages on.• Dole indicated that he now is prepared to embark on a similar odyssey.Origin odyssey (1800-1900) The Odyssey; ODYSSEUSod·ys·sey nounChineseSyllable
a that of experiences series teach Corpus
odyssey
od‧ys‧sey /ˈɒdəsi, ˈɒdɪsi $ ˈɑː-/
noun [countable] literary1. a series of experiences that teach you something about yourself or about life:
a spiritual odyssey
2. a long journey with a lot of adventures or difficulties
on an odyssey
They departed Texas on a three-year odyssey that took them as far as Japan.
od‧ys‧sey /ˈɒdəsi, ˈɒdɪsi $ ˈɑː-/
noun [countable] literary1. a series of experiences that teach you something about yourself or about life: 2. a long journey with a lot of adventures or difficulties
on an odyssey