phoenix /'fhmks; 'kimlcs/ n mythical bird which, after living hundreds of years in the Arabian desert, burnt itself on a funeral pile and rose from the ashes young again, to live for another cycle. 長生鳥 (神話中的鳥，在阿拉伯沙漠活了數(shù)百年后，白燹于火葬柴堆，復(fù)自灰中新生，再開始另一循環(huán)) 。