abyss
/əˈbɪs/ nom C1En français : abîme, précipice, abysse, gouffre
- Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
- A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
- Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
- Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth. · They fell into the abyss of drug addiction.
- An impending catastrophic happening.
- The center of an escutcheon; fess point.
- The abyssal zone.
- A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.
Pluriel abysses
Dans la bibliothèque
The torrent, swollen by the melting snow, plunges into a tremendous abyss, from which the spray rolls up like the smoke from a burning house.
We stood near the edge peering down at the gleam of the breaking water far below us against the black rocks, and listening to the half-human shout which came booming up with the spray out of the abyss.
Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?”
I am not a fanciful person, but I give you my word that I seemed to hear Moriarty’s voice screaming at me out of the abyss.
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