manna

英 [ˈmænə]

美 [ˈmænə]

n.  吗哪，玛纳(以色列人在荒野40年中神赐的食粮)

医学

BNC.26772 / COCA.25044

牛津词典

noun

• 吗哪，玛纳（以色列人在荒野40年中神赐的食粮）
  the food that God provided for the people of Israel during their 40 years in the desert
  1. To the refugees, the food shipments were manna from heaven (= an unexpected and very welcome gift) .
     对于难民来说，运来的食物有如天降吗哪。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 天赐之物;(从天而降的)恩赐
  If you say that something unexpected ismanna from heaven, you mean that it is good and happened just at the time that it was needed.
  1. Ex-forces personnel could be the manna from heaven employers are seeking...
     当过兵的人大概是雇主们寻找的宝贝了。
  2. The revealed documents were manna for journalists.
     这些披露出的文件让记者们如获至宝。

英英释义

noun

• (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus
  Synonym:miraculous foodmanna from heaven
• hardened sugary exudation of various trees

双语例句

• I needed that money so desperately, it was like manna from heaven when it arrived!
  我正急需那笔钱，所以收到时宛如天赐！
• Experienced a cold winter, her children have become so fragile, so she gave them manna from heaven, the children know that mother's milk, she did not abandon them!
  经历了一个寒冷的冬季，她的孩子都变得那样脆弱，于是她又给他们甘霖，孩子们知道那是母亲的乳汁，她没有抛弃他们！
• Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered and enjoyed every day.
  幸福犹如甘露，要天天采集才能日日享用。
• The manna was like coriander seed and looked like resin.
  这吗哪仿佛芫荽子，又好象珍珠。
• And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
  民11：9夜间露水降在营中、吗哪也随著降下。
• Ouench my thirst, Lord be my manna, Fill me with Thy power Lord.
  解我饥渴，作我灵粮，充满生命能力。
• And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
  诗78：24降吗哪像雨给他们吃、将天上的粮食赐给他们。
• That manna should fall from heaven, or water gush forth from a rock?
  在比如说从天堂降下的源源能量和岩石中迸发出来的水流？
• Ex-forces personnel could be the manna from heaven employers are seeking
  当过兵的人大概是雇主们寻找的宝贝了。
• The manna stopped the day after they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate of the produce of Canaan.
  他们吃了那地的出产，第二日吗哪就止住了，以色列人也不再有吗哪了。那一年，他们却吃迦南地的出产。