Something that death cannot reach — while everything around it comes to an end, this one keeps going.
From the word’s history
From Latin immortalis = im- 'not' + mortalis 'subject to death', from mors 'death' — literally 'not death-bound'.
來自拉丁文 immortālis：im-（不）＋ mortālis（會死的），而 mortālis 來自 mors（死亡）。同一個 mort- 也躲在 mortal、mortality 裡。所以這個字拆開來就是「不會死的」——核心畫面幾乎是字面直譯。
Wiktionary (immortal, Latin immortalis, mortalis, mors)
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原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
immortaladj/ɪˈmɔɹtəl/
- 1
Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
- 2
Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.
- his immortal words
- 3
Connected with or relating to immortality.
- I have immortal longings in me.
- 4
obsoleteExceedingly great; excessive; grievous.
- immortal and mercyless butchery
immortalnoun/ɪˈmɔɹtəl/
- 1
One who is not susceptible to death.
- The brutal insouciance of her fellow immortals — whether her sharp-tongued mother, Perse; or chilly Hermes; or righteous Athena enraged — proves increasingly alien to this thoughtful and compassionate woman who learns to love unselfishly.
- 2
A preeminent or exemplary person or thing; a paragon.
- 3
board-gameschessgamesA preeminent or exemplary person or thing; a paragon.
- Anand's Immortal
- 4
A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.
- 5
A member of the Académie française.
- 6
An administrator of a multi-user dungeon.
- Tazmania/Middle Sphere is in need of builders, admin, and immortals. […] Immortals do not need experiance^([sic]).
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。