awe

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awe1 /ɔː $ ɒː/ noun [uncountableU] → ore, or, oar

1 ADMIREa feeling of great respect and liking for someone or something 崇敬，贊歎

He felt great awe for the landscape.

景色令他贊歎不已。

with/in awe

Kate gazed at the statue with awe.

凱特滿懷崇敬地凝視着塑像。

2 be/stand in awe of somebody (also hold somebody in awe)ADMIRE to admire someone and have great respect for them and sometimes a slight fear of them 對某人非常崇敬[敬畏]

All of the neighbours were a little in awe of my mother.

鄰居對我母親都有點敬畏。

The villagers hold them in awe and think of them as gods.

村民敬畏他們，認爲他們是神。

Examples from the Corpus

be/stand in awe of somebody• The rest of us might also stand in awe of his season.• Gelb was clearly in awe of his friend's strength and perseverance.• In the time of hunting and gathering, humans stood in awe of beasts.• Excommunication also remained out of the question because much of the Church membership stood in awe of these exploits.• Business people stand in awe of power people who make things happen.• Most people stand in awe of these agglomerations of power, admit their inability to fight them, and submit.• Glasser still stands in awe of this formidable, feckless man.• They stood in awe of her and they did just what she bade them.

Examples from the Corpus

awe• I felt the wonder and awe of the first European explorers who looked at the mountain.• Around Salomon no tone but awe was used when he was discussed.• That they are prepared to take on board such a past, one must hold in awe.• I felt a peculiar apprehension, and sensed the woodland spirits of which Mme Guérigny lived in awe.• Gillette turned to me in awe.• Most people stand in awe of these agglomerations of power, admit their inability to fight them, and submit.• The shape must be observed, and understood, and joined in an act of awe and worship.• It made me shiver with a mixture of awe and anticipation.

with/in awe• All of us are in awe of the astronomers and the astrophysicists who are able to predict the composition of the stars.• He looked upon the baby with awe, and handled Ian as if he might break.• He refers back to the Fish era as if in awe, and introduces the other Marillionauts with grovelling reverence.• Some one you felt a little in awe of and wanted to hug at the same time.• Nevertheless he was too much in awe of the older woman to make any voluble protest.• They were still kind of in awe.• I gaze at the pond in awe.• And there are some who tremble with awe and hurry past.

awe2 verb [transitiveT]

formalADMIRE if you are awed by someone or something, you feel great respect and liking for them, and are often slightly afraid of them 使敬畏；使贊歎

The girls were awed by the splendour of the cathedral.

女孩們對大教堂的宏偉氣勢大爲驚歎。

n Grammar

Awe is usually passive.

—awed adjectiveadj

an awed silence

出於敬畏的沉默

Examples from the Corpus

awe• You can't help but be awed by the wonderful Alaskan scenery.• He never fails to awe me with his ability to paint a word portrait worthy of a museum that charges admission.

Origin awe1

(1200-1300) Old Norse agi

awe1 nounawe2 verb →n GRAMMAR1

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