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paradise

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天堂,乐园,伊甸园

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr.
   Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[=e]za an
   inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. ?) + diz to throw up,
   pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.]
   1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
      after their creation.

   2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.

            To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
                                                  xxiii. 43.

            It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in
            Paradise.                             --Longfellow.

   3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
      hence, a state of happiness.

            The earth Shall be all paradise.      --Milton.

            Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
                                                  --Beaconsfield.

   4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
      church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
      before a basilica, etc.

   5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.

   {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}.

   {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under
      {Pepper}.

   {Paradise bird}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among
      the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
      superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and
      the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The
      long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[ae]}) also include
      some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
      paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow,
      and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
      ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise}
      in the Vocabulary.

   {Paradise fish} (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic
      fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins.
      It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.

   {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo["o]l.), any flycatcher of the genus
      {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely
      elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with
      the head glossy dark green, and crested.

   {Paradise grackle} (Zo["o]l.), a very beautiful bird of New
      Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety
      plumage with brilliant metallic tints.

   {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}.
      [Local, U. S.]

   {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Whidah}.

Paradise \Par"a*dise\, v. t.
   To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to
   bewitch. [R.] --Marston.

资料来源 : WordNet®

paradise
     n 1: any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [syn: {eden},
           {nirvana}, {heaven}, {promised land}, {Shangri-la}]
     2: (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death

资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Paradise
     
        Paradise is a subsystem (a set of packages) developed to
        implement inter-processes, inter-tasks and inter-machine
        communication for {Ada} programs under {Unix}. This subsystem
        gives the user full access to files, {pipe}s, {socket}s (both
        Unix and {Internet}) and {pseudo-device}s.
     
        Paradise has been ported to {Sun}, {DEC}, {Sony MIPS},
        {Verdex} compiler, DEC compiler, {Alsys}/{Systeam} compiler.
     
        {Version 2.0 of the library
        (ftp://cnam.cnam.fr/pub/Ada/Paradise)}.  E-mail:
        .
     
        (1992-09-30)
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