- [countable]
a god or goddess 神；女神 Greek/Roman/Hindu deities 希腊／罗马／印度教诸神
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc2a tribe that worshipped two main deities 崇拜两个主神的部落 Many animals were seen as the manifestation of a deity. 许多动物被看作神的化身。 a shrine to the patron deity of the city 供奉这座城市的守护神的圣坛 one of the minor Greek deities 希腊次要神祗中的一位
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- powerful
- supreme
- lesser
- …
- honour/honor
- worship
- invoke
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- the Deity[singular] (formal)
God 上帝；天主
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting the divine nature of God): from Old French deite, from ecclesiastical Latin deitas (translating Greek theotēs), from deus ‘god’.