divine

adjective

/dɪˈvaɪn/

[usually before noun] coming from or connected with God or a god天赐的；上帝的；神的
- divine law/love/will天道；上帝的慈爱；天意
- divine intervention (= help from God to change a situation)上帝之佑
Topics Religion and festivalsc1
(old-fashioned) wonderful; beautiful绝妙的；非凡的；极美的
- That mango tasted divine!那个芒果味道好极了！

词源adjective late Middle English: via Old French from Latin divinus, from divus ‘godlike’ (related to deus ‘god’).

verb

/dɪˈvaɪn/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they divine	/dɪˈvaɪn/ /dɪˈvaɪn/
he / she / it divines	/dɪˈvaɪnz/ /dɪˈvaɪnz/
past simple divined	/dɪˈvaɪnd/ /dɪˈvaɪnd/
past participle divined	/dɪˈvaɪnd/ /dɪˈvaɪnd/
-ing form divining	/dɪˈvaɪnɪŋ/ /dɪˈvaɪnɪŋ/

[transitive] divine what, whether, etc… | divine something (formal) to find out something by guessing猜到；领悟
- She could divine what he was thinking just by looking at him.她一看就知道他在想什么。
- They had quickly divined that he was a fraud.他们很快发现他是个骗子。
Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc2
[transitive, intransitive] divine (something) to search for underground water using a stick in the shape of a Y, called a divining rod（用丫形杖）探测（地下水）

词源verb late Middle English: from Old French deviner ‘predict’, from Latin divinare, from divinus, from divus ‘godlike’ (related to deus ‘god’).