eden
eden — noun
1. according to the book of Genesis, the garden where God placed the first human be
according to the book of Genesis, the garden where God placed the first human beings, giving them everything they needed until they broke God's one command and were forced to leave.
The snake in Eden convinced Eve to eat fruit from a forbidden tree.
proper noun: the Garden of Eden
Many European paintings show Adam and Eve living peacefully in Eden before they disobeyed God.
God created Eden as a perfect home for the first man and woman.
After leaving Eden, Adam had to work hard in the fields to feed his family.
The story describes Eden as a garden with four rivers and trees of ripe fruit.
- hell
place of punishment, opposite of perfect happiness
文法句型
the Garden of Eden
in Eden
2. a place that is so beautiful, peaceful, and unspoiled that it feels like a perfe
a place that is so beautiful, peaceful, and unspoiled that it feels like a perfect paradise — for example, a tropical island, a hidden valley, or a quiet garden in a busy city.
Tariq described the hidden valley as an eden of wildflowers and crystal-clear streams.
countable: an eden of [something]
The small coral island felt like a tropical eden, with white sand and turquoise water.
Developers want to build hotels there, but locals call the forest their last eden.
Camila's small rooftop garden became her private eden in the middle of the noisy city.
- paradise
more common in everyday speech; 'eden' has a more literary, formal tone
- utopia
focuses on a perfect society, while 'eden' focuses on natural beauty
- haven
emphasizes safety and refuge; 'eden' emphasizes beauty and perfection
- Arcadia
classical literary term for an unspoiled rural paradise; very rare in modern English
- wasteland
barren, damaged land, opposite of lush beauty
文法句型
an eden of [something]
a/an + adjective + eden
用法筆記
Eden is also used as a family name. Anthony Eden (1897–1977) was a British diplomat who served as Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957. Some dictionaries list this as a separate biographical entry, but it is not a separate sense of the word.