heaven

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

heaven [heaven heavens] BrE [ˈhevn] NAmE [ˈhevn] noun
1. (also Heaven)uncountable (used without the) (in some religions)the place believed to be the home of God where good people go when they die
•the kingdom of heaven
• I feel like I've died and gone to heaven.
2. uncountable, countable (informal)a place or situation in which you are very happy
• This isn't exactly my idea of heaven!
• It was heaven being away from the office for a week.
•The island is truly a heaven on earth.
3. the heavensplural (literary)the sky
•Four tall trees stretched up to the heavens.
more at God/Heaven forbid at ↑forbid, God in heavento God/goodness/Heaven at ↑god, God/Heaven help sb at ↑help _v., smell, stink etc. to high heaven at ↑high _adj., God/goodness/Heaven knows at ↑know _v., move heaven and earth at ↑move _v., in God's/Heaven's namein the name of God/Heaven at ↑name _n., in seventh heaven at ↑seventh, thank God/goodness/heaven(s) at ↑thank
Idioms: ↑Heavens above! ▪ ↑Heavens! ▪ ↑heavens opened ▪ ↑made in heaven

Word Origin:
Old English heofon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hemel and German Himmel.

Example Bank:
•It was a marriage made in heaven.
•It was sheer heaven being alone at last.
•Our child seemed a gift from heaven.
•The island is truly a heaven on earth.
•The kids were in absolute heaven at the fair.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  Heaven, Eden, paradise, nirvana, promised land, Shangri-la
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit