| 英语单词 | awe |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ɔː] 美 [ɔː] |
| 中文释义 | n.敬畏;恐惧 vt.使敬畏;使惊惧 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The children stared at the teacher with awe. (2) We all listened to the venerable scholar with awe. (3) An unsought pathos came hand in hand with awe. (4) No difficulty could awe these young men. (5) The silence awed the boy. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 孩子很敬畏地凝视着老师。 (2) 我们都怀着敬畏之心倾听着这位德高望重的学者的讲话。 (3) 与恐惧相随而来的是一种意想不到的悲怆。 (4) 任何困难都吓不倒这些年轻人。 (5) 寂静使这个小男孩害怕了。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Awe is a feeling of fear that is mixed with respect and wonder. You might gaze at the Grand Canyon with awe, marveling at its beauty and fearing its depth. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Awe dates back to Middle English, and was borrowed from Old Norse, a Scandinavian language. In Middle English the word referred to intense fear. The related English word awful originally meant "full of or causing intense fear." And awesome, which originally meant "inspiring awe" now is used generally as a synonym for excellent. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]惊叹;敬畏;畏怯 Awe is the feeling of respect and amazement that you have when you are faced with something wonderful and often rather frightening.
2 [VERB 动词]使惊叹;使敬畏;使畏怯 If you are awed by someone or something, they make you feel respectful and amazed, though often rather frightened. [ [V-ed] [usu passive]
3 [PHRASE 短语]对…无比崇敬;对…敬畏 If you are in awe of someone or if you stand in awe of them, you have a lot of respect for them and are slightly afraid of them. [V inflects]
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