【heaven音标】 英[ˈhevn] 美[ˈhevən]
【单词释义】 heaven是什么意思：
n.[U]天；天堂；上帝；[U,C]极乐；[C]天空(the heavens)
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] heavens
【关联词/派生词】
heavenly adj.神圣的；天空的；天国的；庄严的 adv.无比，极其
【heaven形近词/近似词】
haven n.港口；安全地；避难所 vt.把（船）开进港；为…提供避难场所
maven n. 内行，专家
craven adj.懦弱的；胆小的 n.懦夫
leaven n.[U] 酵母；发酵剂；潜移默化的影响 v. 使发酵；影响；在…中掺入改变的因素
【单词例句】
◇ And all the people in the church looked at Karen's red shoes, and all the pictures, and as Karen knelt before the altar, and raised the cup to her lips, she only thought of the red shoes, and they seemed to swim in it; and she forgot to sing her psalm, and she forgot to pray, "Our Father in Heaven!"
教堂里所有的人都望着珈伦的这双红鞋，所有的画像也都在望着它们。当珈伦跪在圣餐台面前、嘴里衔着金圣餐杯的时候，她只想着她的红鞋——它们似乎是浮在她面前的圣餐杯里。她忘记了唱圣诗；她忘记了念祷告。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ Her parents could no longer keep the secret, but said that it had been heaven's fate, and that her birth had been only the innocent cause.
父母亲不好再对她隐瞒事情的真像。为了安慰她，他们说这一切都是上帝的意愿，她的出生降临都是上帝的安排，她是无罪的。
---- The Seven Ravens
◇ I have no father in this world. I have learned to pray, 'Our father which art in heaven,' and you have said that my father is in heaven, and that he is our dear God. How can I know such a wild man? He is not my father.
我在这世上不是没父亲吗？我已经学会祈祷'我们在天之父'，你不是说我父亲在天国吗，是仁慈的上帝，现在怎么又说这陌生人是我父亲？他不是我父亲。
---- The Girl without Hands (II)
◇ The gardener answered, "Someone dressed in snow-white came from heaven and closed the head gate so the spirit could walk through the moat. Because it must have been an angel I was afraid, and I asked no questions, and I did not call out. After the spirit had eaten the pear it went away again."
园丁回答说：“有个浑身雪白的人从天而降。他筑起一道堤坝拦住了水，让幽灵走了过来。我想那人准是个天使，所以有些惧怕，没敢出声。幽灵吃完梨就走了。”