1382, in the Wyclif Bible, a word taken untranslated from the Vulgate, from Greek ariel (Sept.), from Hebrew ariel; in later Bibles, translated as "altar."
(Gesenius would here translate "fire-hearth of God," after Arab. arr; elsewhere in O.T. the same word occurs as a man's name, and appellation of Jerusalem, where it is taken as = "lion of God.") Ariel in T. Heywood and Milton is the name of an angel, in Shakespeare of "an Ayrie spirit"; in Astron. of one of the satellites of Uranus. [OED]
As the name of a species of gazelle found in the Middle East, 1832, from Arabic aryil, variant of ayyil "stag."
双语例句
1. It's the desoto of the ariel world.
这可是空中的冒险家(一种车名 )
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2. Some Comments on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's " Unilateral Action Plan "
评以色列总理沙龙的 “ 单边行动计划 ”
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3. I am Ariel, Daughter of the Regess and Princess of the Invid.
我是埃瑞尔, 瑞吉斯的女儿,因维德人的公主.
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4. Ariel Lin: I feel a lot of challenges, very pleasant surprise.
林依晨: 就觉得是一次很大的挑战, 也很惊喜.
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5. Ariel loved to sing, and she sang pretty damn well.
