Pertaining to the heavens. 【正】天的;天上的。 The sun, the moon, and the stars are celestial bodies. 日月星辰皆为天体。 Heavenly; divine. 【正】天堂的神圣的。 An inhabitant of heaven. 居住天上者;天人。 celestial navigation 太空航行。 Celestial and heavenly, when used to designate the visible sky, are interchangeable. Celestial 与 heavenly 二字,如用以指可见之天空,则两字可以通用; heavenly bodies 天体。 When not used in the physical sense, celestial describes that which comes supposedly from heaven itself. Celestial 倘非用以指自然界之时,则凡我们假想自天而来者皆以 celestial 形容之: Heavenly is used more commonly in a spiritual Sense, suggesting the qualities of the divine. Heavenly 较适用于神灵之意义,指神圣的性质: our heavenly Father 我们的天父。 Pertaining to the former Chinese empire. (中国)天朝的。 the Celestial Empire 华夏;中国。 |