mid-13c., from Old French firmament or directly from Latin firmamentum "firmament," literally "a support, a strengthening," from firmus "strong, steadfast, enduring" (see firm (adj.)). Used in Late Latin in the Vulgate to translate Greek stereoma "firm or solid structure," which translated Hebrew raqia, a word used of both the vault of the sky and the floor of the earth in the Old Testament, probably literally "expanse," from raqa "to spread out," but in Syriac meaning "to make firm or solid," hence the erroneous translation. Related: Firmamental.
雙語例句
1. He was rich, and a rising star in the political firmament.
他十分富有，并且是政治高層一顆冉冉升起的新星。
來自柯林斯例句
2. There are no stars in the firmament.
天空沒有一顆星星。
來自柯林斯例句
3. a rising star in the literary firmament
文壇上一顆冉冉升起的新星
來自《權威詞典》
4. Everything Aleck touched turned to fairy gold, and heaped itself glittering toward the firmament.
隨便什么東西,艾萊柯都能點石成金, 金光閃閃的財富越堆越高,直逼天穹.
來自英漢文學 - 三萬元遺產
5. The smallest pond at night mirrors the firmament above.