单词 | marvellous |
释义 | marvellous (mɑːʳvələs ) regional note: in AM, use marvelous adjective B1+ If you describe someone or something as marvellous, you are emphasizing that they are very good. He certainly is a marvellous actor. She made marvellous fish pie. He looked marvellous. Synonyms: excellent, great, mean [slang], topping [British, slang, old-fashioned] marvellously adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective/adverb] He always painted marvellously. Isabel gave me a marvellously funny birthday card. Collocations: truly marvellous The letter writers, however, share distinctive authorial tics: frequent witty asides in brackets, a truly marvellous vocabulary, a gift for imagery. Times, Sunday Times The crowds were quite indescribable and their enthusiasm truly marvellous and deeply touching. Times, Sunday Times True, their performance was flawed but it showed a hunger typified by block-downs and regathered kicks, as well as some truly marvellous finishing. Times, Sunday Times Would it not have been truly marvellous if even one artist had noticed the ridiculous be-haviour of sweaty tourists, streaming hither and thither in their shapeless gaggles? Times, Sunday Times The extent and diversity of the geographical features here are truly marvellous. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 绝妙的 Japanese: すばらしい |
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