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avatar n. 天神下凡,神之化身,具體化 天神下凡,神之化身,具體化 avatar n 1: a new personification of a familiar idea; " the embodiment of hope"; " the incarnation of evil"; " the very avatar of cunning" [ synonym: { embodiment}, { incarnation}, { avatar}] 2: the manifestation of a Hindu deity ( especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form; " the Buddha is considered an avatar of the god Vishnu" Avatar \ Av` a* tar"\ ([ a^] v`[. a]* t[ add] r"), n. [ Skr. avat[^ a] ra descent; ava from root t[. r] to cross, pass over.] 1. ( Hindu Myth.) The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu. [ 1913 Webster] 2. An incarnation, embodiment or personification of a principle, quality, or attitude; -- used of people, mostly in a positive sense as a manifestation of a behavior or character worthy of admiration. [ 1913 Webster PJC] Martha Stewart, the home- and- hearth avatar whose products are now available at Kmart stores, is making upscale design touches like 200- thread- count cotton bed sheets something that most every American can aspire to. -- Leslie Kaufman ( N. Y. Times, May 7, 1999). [ 1913 Webster] 81 Moby Thesaurus words for " avatar": Buddha, Christophany, Jagannath, Juggernaut, Kurma, Matsya, Narsinh, Parshuram, Rama, Satanophany, Vaman, Varah, angelophany, apparition, appearance, appearing, arising, catabolism, catalysis, coming, coming into being, coming- forth, consubstantiation, disclosure, displacement, dissemination, embodiment, emergence, epiphany, evidence, evincement, exposure, expression, forthcoming, heterotopia, incarnation, indication, issuance, manifestation, materialization, materializing, metabolism, metagenesis, metamorphism, metamorphosis, metastasis, metathesis, metempsychosis, mutant, mutated form, mutation, occurrence, opening, permutation, pneumatophany, presentation, proof, publication, realization, reincarnation, revelation, rise, rising, showing, showing forth, sport, theophany, transanimation, transfiguration, transfigurement, transformation, transformism, translation, translocation, transmigration, transmogrification, transmutation, transposition, transubstantiation, unfolding, unfoldment |
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