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单词 to stand awe
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to stand awe
a. to stand awe of: to regard (someone or something) with awe; esp. to be fearful or terrified of, to dread. Also simply (esp. in Scottish use) to stand awe: to be fearful or terrified. Cf. earlier to stand eye of at eye n.2 Phrases, later to stand in awe of at Phrases 1b. Obsolete.The phrase arises on the model of to stand eye of; for the grammatical development underlying it, see eye n.2 Phrases b. Some instances, e.g. quot. a1325, reflect the earlier grammatical form attested for eye (see eye n.2 Phrases a).
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the mind > emotion > fear > awe > be in awe of a person or thing [verb (transitive)]
dreadc1175
to stand awe ofc1300
shamec1384
redoubt?c1400
to stand in awe of1483
to be in awe of1553
tender1600
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > revere [verb (transitive)] > as something to be feared
dreadc1175
to stand awe ofc1300
awec1475
to stand in awe of1483
tender1600
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) l. 277 Al engelond of him stod awe [emended in ed. to stod in awe].
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 432 Caym..wurð ut-lage, Wið dead him stood hinke and age.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14805 Of him þam stod selcut gret agh.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxx. 401 I stande great aghe To loke on that iustyce!
a1600 in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 170 Wee stand aw Of Gods hie magnificence.
c1600 A. Montgomerie Poems (2000) I. 48 Quhill I stand au My self to shau?
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