Definition of the word ether

Pronunciation of vocabulary ether

ethernoun

ether

/ˈiːθə(r)//ˈiːθər/

Origin of the word ether

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or via Latin from Greek aithēr ‘upper air’, from the base of aithein ‘burn, shine’. Originally the word denoted a substance believed to occupy space beyond the sphere of the moon. Sense (1) arose in the mid 18th cent.

Vocabulary summary ether

typenoun

meaningclear sky; cloud nine, void

meaning(physics) Ether

exampleluminiferous ether

meaningEther

Example of vocabulary ethernamespace

meaning

a clear liquid made from alcohol, used in industry as a solvent and, in the past, in medicine to make people unconscious before an operation

một chất lỏng trong suốt làm từ rượu, được sử dụng trong công nghiệp làm dung môi và trước đây được sử dụng trong y học để làm cho người ta bất tỉnh trước khi phẫu thuật

meaning

the upper part of the sky

phần trên của bầu trời

  • Her words disappeared into the ether.

    Lời nói của cô biến mất vào ether.

meaning

the air, when it is thought of as the place in which radio or electronic communication takes place

không khí, khi nó được coi là nơi diễn ra liên lạc vô tuyến hoặc điện tử

  • The messages simply vanish into the ether after 24 hours.

    Các tin nhắn sẽ biến mất vào ether sau 24 giờ.

Words, synonyms, related vocabulary ether

Idioms of vocabulary ether

have/want none of something
to refuse to accept something
  • I offered to pay but he was having none of it.
  • They pretended to be enthusiastic about my work but then suddenly decided they wanted none of it.
    • none but
    (literary)only
  • None but he knew the truth.
    • none the less
    despite this fact
    none other than
    used to emphasize who or what somebody/something is, when this is surprising
  • Her first customer was none other than Mrs Obama.

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