worship• She absolutely worships Elvis Presley.• Stella worships her too-good-to-be-true son, and Winston appears to have no flaws.• His crewsworshipped him and he responded by showing a genuineconcern for their welfare.• She worshipped him for worshipping Marx, or appeared to.• He worshipped his elder brother.• Kevin practically worships his older brother.• the people worshipping in the mosque• The Ancient Egyptians worshipped many gods.• We are very fortunate to have the privilege of worshipping Sunday by Sunday in a fullchurch.• In Susie's eyes he can do no wrong - she worships the ground he walks on.• Garvey worshipped the ground his wife walked on.• Very ordinary ladies, but worshipped their brother as if he was the Messiah.• The whole family worshippedtogether at the chapel.
1RRPRAYthe activity of praying or singing in a religious building in order to show respect and love for a god 敬神活动;拜神
in worship
They bowed their heads in worship.
他们低头拜神。
worship of
Worship of the old gods still continues in remote areas of the country.
在该国的偏远地区,人们依然信奉古老的神明。
The ceremony must take place in a recognized place of worship.
该仪式必须在获得认可的敬拜场所举行。
We were invited to join in their act of worship (=religious ceremony).
我们受邀参加他们的敬神仪式。
2.Your/His WorshipBritish EnglishBrE formalPGO used to talk to or about a publicofficial such as a mayor or magistrate 阁下〔对市长或地方法官等公务人员的称呼〕
Examples from the Corpus
Your/His Worship• Dionysus came to Thebes to establishhis worship there.• Does the worshipper who begins to reflect on his worship become less of a worshipper?• His DarkElffollowers have given themselves over entirely to his worship.• When his worshipspread to a town where there was already a divineruler the two were slowly fused into one.
place of worship• Cheerful, too, as a place of worship ought to be.• For Vitale and his wife, the new locationmeans having a place of worship close to home.• It is opposed by religious people who believe that one can and should pray at home or in a place of worship.• Another place of worship is the Methodist chapel situated on EastStreet.• The caves could be interpreted as places of worship.• It is the oldest place of worship in Madeira and has recently been converted into a small museum.• For them their bodies were their temples and the trees and fields were their places of worship.
Worshipn noun
nYour/His Worshipa title of respect for a public official in the UK such as a mayor or a magistrate
Pray silence for His Worship the Mayor.
Originworship2
Old Englishweorthscipe“being worthy, respect”, from weorth ( → WORTH1) + -scipe ( → -SHIP)
ADJECTIVE | VERB + WORSHIP | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤daily, regular日常敬奉;定期的禮拜▸➤evening, morning晚上的/早晨的禮拜▸➤Sunday主日禮拜▸➤public公開的禮拜儀式;公眾崇拜▸➤collective (especially BrE) 集體禮拜▸➤religious宗教禮拜▸➤divine對神的崇拜▸➤Christian, Hindu, etc.基督教、印度教等禮拜▸➤pagan異教徒崇拜▸➤ancestor, nature, spirit, sun對祖先的敬奉;對大自然的崇拜;對神靈的崇拜;對太陽的崇拜▸➤idol偶像崇拜▸➤hero英雄崇拜◇his hero worship of the national team他對國家隊的英雄崇拜➤devil魔鬼崇拜VERB + WORSHIP➤conduct, lead進行/主持禮拜活動◇Our worship today is led by the Reverend John Parker.我們今天的禮拜活動由約翰・帕克牧師主持。➤attend參加禮拜活動PREPOSITION➤in worship在禮拜時◇the use of music in worship禮拜中音樂的使用➤worship of對⋯的崇拜◇the worship of God對上帝的崇拜PHRASES➤an act of worship禮拜活動▸➤forms of worship禮拜形式▸➤freedom of worship信仰自由◇Under the new regime, all religions enjoy freedom of worship.在新的政權下,所有的宗教都享有信仰自由。➤a house of worship, a place of worship禮拜堂;禮拜場所◇15% of the population attend a place of worship.到禮拜場所做禮拜的人佔人口總數的 15%。➤an object of worship崇拜對象