28. Hermetic - GRE Vocabulary - Hermetic / Hermetically / Hermeticism

Hermetic : 밀폐된, 밀봉된, (다른 사람이 뚫고 들어가기 어렵게)사이가 긴밀한

 

Hermetic / Hermetically / Hermeticism
-> something is completely sealed against air entering or escaping
-> sealed in hermetically

-> hermetially sealed container
-> hermetically sealed,  air can't get in or get out
-> be hermetic, be sealed against entry or exit of air

-> completely airtight

-> hermetic seal that make sure something is completely waterproof

-> underwater cameras, it needs to be hermetic

-> nothing can get in or get out

-> airtight, sealed, shut, waterproof, watertight

-> formality 6

 

 

-> use this metaphorically
-> a group of people are hermetic

-> there is no communication with the outside and there is no external influence
-> impervious to outside influence
-> a hermetic society, hermetic group of people

-> totally separate from others

-> isolated, solitary, hidden and protected from the outside world

-> hermetic life in a nunnery[monastery/convent]  

-> formality 6.5 - 7


-> hermetic philosophy

-> Hermes Trismegistus
-> hermeticism lined to side of alchemy

 

 

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