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awe

noun
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[uncountable]Idioms
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  1. feelings of respect and slight fear; feelings of being very impressed by something/somebody敬畏；惊叹
    • awe and respect敬畏和尊敬
    • awe and wonder敬畏和惊奇
    • with awe He speaks of her with awe.他谈到她时肃然起敬。🔊🔊
    • in awe ‘It's magnificent,’ she whispered in awe.“真是壮丽。” 她小声地惊叹道。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Most people hold him in some awe.大多数人对他都有些敬畏。
    • I stared at the clouds, in awe of their beauty.我盯着这些云朵，惊叹于它们的美丽。
    • They experienced a tremendous sense of awe in the cathedral.在大教堂里他们感受到了一种深深的敬畏之情。
    • What I mostly felt was awe at her achievement.我感受最深的是对她成就的赞叹。
    • They gazed in awe at the beauty of the scene.他们凝视着美丽的景色，惊叹不已。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • great
    verb + awe
    • be in
    • hold somebody in
    • stand in
    • …
    preposition
    • in awe
    • with awe
    • awe at
    • …
    phrases
    • in awe of somebody/​something
    • a sense of awe
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    Word OriginOld English ege ‘terror, dread, awe’, replaced in Middle English by forms related to Old Norse agi.
Idioms
be/stand in awe of somebody/something
  1. to admire somebody/something and be slightly frightened of them/it对…敬畏；对…望而生畏
    • While Diana was in awe of her grandfather, she adored her grandmother.黛安娜敬畏她的祖父，但深爱她的祖母。🔊🔊

awe

verb
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[usually passive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they awe
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he / she / it awes
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past simple awed
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past participle awed
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-ing form awing
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  1. to fill somebody with awe使敬畏；使惊叹
    • be awed (by somebody/something) She seemed awed by the presence of so many famous people.见到这么多名人出席，似乎令她惊叹不已。🔊🔊
    Word OriginOld English ege ‘terror, dread, awe’, replaced in Middle English by forms related to Old Norse agi.