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

• 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。
• Your fathers took the manna in the waste land& and they are dead.
  你们的祖宗在旷野吃过吗哪，还是死了。
• People can't do something themselves, they manna tell you you can't do it.
  那些一事无成的人会告诉你你也成不了大器。
• The girl dropped in his path like manna.
  那个女孩如从天降般地突然出现在他的路上。
• 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！
• After all, how can you mark up manna that falls from heaven?
  毕竟，天上掉下来的馅饼怎么标价出售呢？
• Do you recognize the folly of a servant of God attempting to minister without eating of the heavenly manna?
  你想一个神的工人能不吃属灵的吗哪，而专一事奉么？
• The manna was like coriander seed and looked like resin.
  这吗哪仿佛芫荽子，又好象珍珠。
• Our ancestors ate manna in the desert.
  我们的祖先在沙漠吃天赐的食物。
• I mean, it's like the original story of Manna from heaven.
  我的意思是，就像来自天堂的吗哪的故事一样。