awe 的 2 个定义
- 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.
awed, aw·ing.
- to inspire with awe.
- to influence or restrain by awe.
awe 近义词
amazement
amaze
更多awe例句
- 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?