| 英语单词 | adorable |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ə'dɔːrəbl] 美 [ə'dɔːrəbl] |
| 中文释义 | adj.值得崇敬的;可爱的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Don't hassle me about my adorable little Tigger and Kate. (2) These adorable tree-hugging animals feed on eucalyptus tree leaves. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 可不要拿我可爱的小跳跳虎和凯特来开玩笑啊。 (2) 这些可爱的抱树动物以油加利树的树叶为食。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Tie a pink ribbon around your puppy's neck and push him around in a stroller, and you'll either get worried stares or compliments on how adorable he looks. Adorable means lovable, sweet, and childlike. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The adjective adorable is mostly used to mean "cute," when someone is describing something sweet or charming, like a baby or a pretty dress. The origins of the word adorable are actually religious; it was first used only to mean "worthy of adoration." The Latin word adorare, "to ask in prayer," is the root of adore, which in the 14th century meant "to worship." It wasn't until the 1880s that adorable began to mean "delightful" rather than "worthy of worshiping." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]可爱的;讨人喜爱的 If you say that someone or something is adorable, you are emphasizing that they are very attractive and you feel great affection for them. [emphasis]
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