awing

[ə'wiŋ]
  • adj. 飞翔的
  • adv. 飞翔地
  • v. 使敬畏;使惊叹(awe的现在分词)

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英英释义


1. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder;
"New York is an amazing city"
"the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"
"the awesome complexity of the universe"
"this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville
"Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"

英文词源


awing (n.)
"action of inspiring with awe," 1650s, verbal noun from awe (v.).