awe / ɔ /

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awe2 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  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.
  2. Archaic. power to inspire fear or reverence.
  3. Obsolete. fear or dread.
v. 有主动词 verb

awed, aw·ing.

  1. to inspire with awe.
  2. to influence or restrain by awe.

awe 近义词

n. 名词 noun

amazement

v. 动词 verb

amaze

更多awe例句

  1. These paths inspire awe because the labor required to construct them is almost unfathomable.
  2. I stand in awe of what these women have witnessed and endured, given to the world and left as their legacies.
  3. When he jogged back downcourt, he did so open-mouthed — in mock awe of himself.
  4. If you’ve been to the Capitol even once, you remember the awe that you felt when you entered the building.
  5. Doyle consistently strikes just the right tone of awe and reverence for his subjects.
  6. The shared feelings, the bubbling emotion, the awe: she became an experience.
  7. John Luther Adams lives up to the title of his composition, capturing an oceanic torrent of sound in an awe-inspiring performance.
  8. In the art world, sex can be the ultimate attention-grabber, one of the best forms of shock and awe.
  9. He was in awe of Tel Aviv, a gay-friendly city with Pride parades rivaling those in Berlin and Amsterdam.
  10. I watched in awe as he virtually caromed off the walls of the classrooms and hallways.
  11. Struck with surprise, the dead silence of profound awe, for an instant stilled the whole assembly.
  12. It was very unfortunate that the whole establishment stood in unaffected awe of the redoubted Mr Bellamy.
  13. Awe stole upon him; he felt himself included in the great ideal of this older day.
  14. The bishop answered, that the awe of seeing before him so great and wise a prince made him afraid to trust himself.
  15. Ye told me that he only kepit twa sairvents: a cook, hoosekeper, who lived awe', an' a man—a foreigner?