| 释义 |
awe-strike, v.|ˈɔːˌstraɪk|
[f. next by analysis.]
To strike with awe. Hence awe-striking ppl. a.
1832Athenæum No. 253. 568 An image such as he might well have awe-struck an idolatrous crowd. 1845Kinglake Eothen xxix. 418 Preparations..for giving us an awe-striking reception. 1850De Quincey in Page Life (1877) II. xvii. 71 To shock, to startle and awe-strike. 1861Thackeray Lovel iv, With that air she had often awe-stricken good, simple Mr. Bonnington. |