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awe

/aw/US // ɔ //UK // (ɔː) //

敬畏,威严,使人敬畏,威风凛凛

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like: in awe of God; in awe of great political figures.
    • : Archaic. power to inspire fear or reverence.
    • : Obsolete. fear or dread.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    awed, aw·ing.

    • : to inspire with awe.
    • : to influence or restrain by awe.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbamaze
Forms: awed

Examples

  • These paths inspire awe because the labor required to construct them is almost unfathomable.

  • I stand in awe of what these women have witnessed and endured, given to the world and left as their legacies.

  • When he jogged back downcourt, he did so open-mouthed — in mock awe of himself.

  • If you’ve been to the Capitol even once, you remember the awe that you felt when you entered the building.

  • Doyle consistently strikes just the right tone of awe and reverence for his subjects.

  • The shared feelings, the bubbling emotion, the awe: she became an experience.

  • John Luther Adams lives up to the title of his composition, capturing an oceanic torrent of sound in an awe-inspiring performance.

  • In the art world, sex can be the ultimate attention-grabber, one of the best forms of shock and awe.

  • He was in awe of Tel Aviv, a gay-friendly city with Pride parades rivaling those in Berlin and Amsterdam.

  • I watched in awe as he virtually caromed off the walls of the classrooms and hallways.

  • Struck with surprise, the dead silence of profound awe, for an instant stilled the whole assembly.

  • It was very unfortunate that the whole establishment stood in unaffected awe of the redoubted Mr Bellamy.

  • Awe stole upon him; he felt himself included in the great ideal of this older day.

  • The bishop answered, that the awe of seeing before him so great and wise a prince made him afraid to trust himself.

  • Ye told me that he only kepit twa sairvents: a cook, hoosekeper, who lived awe', an' a man—a foreigner?