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發生,起源,創世記
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Genesis \Gen"e*sis\, n. [L., from Gr. ge`nesis, fr. the root of
gi`gnesqai to beget, be born; akin to L. genus birth, race.
See {Gender}.]
1. The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to
anything; the process or mode of originating; production;
formation; origination.
The origin and genesis of poor Sterling's club.
--Carlyle.
2. The first book of the Old Testament; -- so called by the
Greek translators, from its containing the history of the
creation of the world and of the human race.
3. (Geom.) Same as {Generation}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
genesis
n 1: a coming into being [syn: {generation}]
2: the first book of the Old Testament: tells of creation; Adam
and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the
flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac;
Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers [syn: {Book of
Genesis}]
[also: {geneses} (pl)]