英文词源
- apocalypse
- apocalypse: [13] A ‘catastrophic event, such as the end of the world’ is a relatively recent, 20thcentury development in the meaning of apocalypse. Originally it was an alternative name for the book of the Bible known as the ‘Revelation of St. John the divine’, which describes a vision of the future granted to St John on the island of Patmos. And in fact, the underlying etymological meaning of apocalypse is literally ‘revelation’.
It comes, via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin, from Greek apokálupsis, a derivative of the verb apokalúptein ‘uncover, reveal’, which was formed from the prefix apo- ‘away, off’ and the verb kalúptein ‘cover’ (related to English conceal).
=> conceal - apocalypse (n.)
- late 14c., "revelation, disclosure," from Church Latin apocalypsis "revelation," from Greek apokalyptein "uncover, disclose, reveal," from apo- "from" (see apo-) + kalyptein "to cover, conceal" (see Calypso). The Christian end-of-the-world story is part of the revelation in John of Patmos' book "Apokalypsis" (a title rendered into English as "Apocalypse" c. 1230 and "Revelations" by Wyclif c. 1380).
Its general sense in Middle English was "insight, vision; hallucination;" meaning "a cataclysmic event" is modern. As agent nouns, apocalypst (1829), apocalypt (1834), and apocalyptist (1835) have been tried.
中文词源
apocalypse（天启）：圣经新约中的“圣约翰启示录”
《圣经·新约》中的最后一章是圣约翰（St. John）所写的“启示录”。据说耶稣基督的十二门徒之一圣约翰被罗马皇帝流放至帕特摩斯岛（Patmos）时，将主给他显示的异象记录下来，并预言了主 的降临和世界末日来临时的景象。该书的希腊名是《apokalyptein》，在1230年的英语版本中被译为《The Book of Apocalypse》，在1380年的英语版本中被译为《The Book of Revelation》。英语单词apocalypse就源自希腊语apokalyptein，由apo（away，off）+kalyptein（cover）构成，意思就是“revelation”（启示，揭示）。
apocalypse：[ə'pɒkəlɪps]n.启示，天启
apocalyptic：[ə'pɑkə'lɪptɪk] adj.启示录的，天启的
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：apocalypse 词源，apocalypse 含义。
apocalypse：天启
发音释义：[ə'pɒkəlɪps] n. 启示；天启
结构分析：apocalypse = apo（from）+ calyp（隐藏）+se（名词后缀）→揭示隐藏的东西→启示、天启
词源解析：calyp←希腊语kalyptein（隐藏）
背景知识：《圣经•新约》中的最后一章是圣约翰（St. John）所写的“启示录”。据说耶稣基督的十二门徒之一圣约翰被罗马皇帝流放至帕特摩斯岛时，将主给他显示的异象记录下来，并预言了主的降临和世界末日来临时的景象。该书的希腊名是《apokalyptein》，在1230年的英语版本中被译为《The Book of Apocalypse》，在1380年的英语版本中被译为《The Book of Revelation》。
趣味记忆：apocalypse = a（一张）+poca（扑克）+lypse（lipse，双唇）→一张扑克牌的双唇→扑克牌所述说的预言→启示、天启
同源词：Calypso（卡吕普索，荷马史诗《奥德赛》中的海中女神；土卫十四）
衍生词：apocalyptic（天启的）
apocalypse：世界末日
前缀apo-, 离开，非。-calypse, 隐藏，同词根kel，隐藏，见cell, hole. 宗教用语，指揭露，描述世界末日的景象。