英语词汇“worship”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

worship

释义

worship¹ verbworship² noun

worshipwor‧ship1 /ˈwɜːʃɪp $ ˈwɜːr-/ verb (past tense and past participle worshipped, present participle worshipping also worshiped, worshiping American English)

VERB TABLE

worship

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	worship
	he, she, it	worships
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	worshipped (BrE), worshiped (AmE), worshipped (AmE)
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have worshipped (BrE), worshiped (AmE), worshipped (AmE)
	he, she, it	has worshipped (BrE), worshiped (AmE), worshipped (AmE)
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had worshipped (BrE), worshiped (AmE), worshipped (AmE)
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will worship
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have worshipped (BrE), worshiped (AmE), worshipped (AmE)

Continuous Form
Present	I	am worshipping (BrE), worshiping (AmE), worshipping (AmE)
	he, she, it	is worshipping (BrE), worshiping (AmE), worshipping (AmE)
	you, we, they	are worshipping (BrE), worshiping (AmE), worshipping (AmE)
Past	I, he, she, it	was worshipping (BrE), worshiping (AmE), worshipping (AmE)
	you, we, they	were worshipping (BrE), worshiping (AmE), worshipping (AmE)
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been worshipping (BrE), worshiping (AmE), worshipping (AmE)
	he, she, it	has been worshipping (BrE), worshiping (AmE), worshipping (AmE)
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been worshipping (BrE), worshiping (AmE), worshipping (AmE)
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be worshipping (BrE), worshiping (AmE), worshipping (AmE)
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been worshipping (BrE), worshiping (AmE), worshipping (AmE)

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Garvey worshipped the ground his wife walked on.
He worshipped his elder brother.
In Susie's eyes he can do no wrong - she worships the ground he walks on.
Kevin practically worships his older brother.
She absolutely worships Elvis Presley.
The Ancient Egyptians worshipped many gods.
the people worshipping in the mosque
The whole family worshipped together at the chapel.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

His crews worshipped him and he responded by showing a genuine concern for their welfare.
She worshipped him for worshipping Marx, or appeared to.
Stella worships her too-good-to-be-true son, and Winston appears to have no flaws.
Very ordinary ladies, but worshipped their brother as if he was the Messiah.
We are very fortunate to have the privilege of worshipping Sunday by Sunday in a full church.

Longman Language Activatorto admire someone very much► idolize

also idolise British to admire someone very much, especially a famous person, so that you think everything about them is perfect: · Monroe was idolized by movie fans all over the world.· As a child, Ted idolized his father.

► revere

formal to respect someone greatly for their achievements or personal qualities, especially someone in public life: revere by: · Collins was revered by his fellow countrymen.revere somebody as something: · Ondaatje is revered as one of Canada's best writers.

► worship

to admire and love someone so much that you cannot see any faults in them: · She absolutely worships Elvis Presley.worship the ground somebody walks on (=to admire absolutely everything about a person): · Garvey worshipped the ground his wife walked on.

► put somebody on a pedestal

to admire someone so much that you treat them or talk about them as though they are perfect -- used especially when you think someone is wrong to do this: · You shouldn't put him on a pedestal. He doesn't deserve it.· I used to put Sarah on a pedestal. Now I don't even like to be in the same room with her.

► hero-worship

to greatly admire someone and want to be like them: · His fans hero-worshipped him.· The brother Ian had once hero-worshipped was now an unemployed drug addict.

to like someone a lot and care about them► love

to love someone in your family, so that you care a lot about what happens to them, and you want them to be happy: · I really believed that my parents didn't love me.· He loved his stepdaughter as if she were his own child.

► close

if people are close , they enjoy being together and they know and understand each other's feelings and thoughts: · My sister and I used to argue a lot, but now we're very close.· We have always been a close family.close to: · I'm still very close to my parents.

► be fond of

to like someone very much, especially after spending a long time with them and getting to know them: · I'm very fond of my sister's children.· All teachers have children that they are particularly fond of.· We were all very fond of Mr Edwards.

► care

to feel love and concern for someone: · She thinks we're interfering but we're only doing it because we care.· Buy her some flowers to show her you really care.care about: · I'm very lucky to have a husband, family and friends who care about me.· Of course I care about Kirsty - that's why I want to help her.

► adore

to love someone very much and feel proud of them: · Branwell Bronte adored his sister Anne.· She adores her grandchildren and is always buying them presents.

► worship

to love and admire someone very much: · He worshipped his elder brother.worship the ground somebody walks on (=love someone very much, even if they behave badly): · In Susie's eyes he can do no wrong - she worships the ground he walks on.

► be devoted to

to love someone very much and be very loyal to them or spend all your time with them: · He is a good man, devoted to his wife and children.

► dote on

to love someone, especially someone younger than you, very much and show this by your actions: · He'd do anything for his children - he really dotes on them.· She obviously dotes on her grandson.· You should visit your aunt more often, you know how she dotes on you all.

► think the world of

to love and respect someone so much that they are very important in your life: · We all thought the world of Isaac and were devastated when he died.· He thinks the world of his uncle.

to say a prayer► pray

to speak to God or to a god, either silently or aloud, especially to ask for help or to express thanks: · He got down on his knees and began to pray.pray to God/the gods/Allah etc: · In her time of distress she prayed to Allah to help her.pray for somebody (=pray because someone needs help): · We pray for the sick and for their families.pray for something (=pray that something will happen): · As their crops wilted, the people prayed for rain.pray (that): · Carly's parents are praying that the operation will succeed.

► worship

to pray, sing, or take part in a religious ceremony, in order to show love and respect for God or a god: · The whole family worshipped together at the chapel.· the people worshipping in the mosque· The Ancient Egyptians worshipped many gods.

► prayer

words that you say when you are praying: prayer for: · Our prayers for peace have been answered.· a prayer for the deadsay a prayer: · She knelt to say a prayer of profound thankfulness.say your prayers (=say prayers, usually at a regular time): · We always used to say our prayers before going to bed.

► grace

a prayer thanking God for the food you are going to eat, said before a meal: say grace: · Before we eat, I'd just like to say grace.

► be at prayer

formal if someone is at prayer , they are praying at this moment: · The saint appeared to him in a vision while he was at prayer.

WORD SETS► Religion

acolyte, nounafterlife, nounagnostic, nounangel, nounanimism, nounanoint, verbapostasy, nounapostate, nounarchangel, nounbelieve, verbbeliever, nounbell-ringer, nounbless, verbblessed, adjectiveblessing, nouncelebrant, nounChristian Science, nouncircumcise, verbcircumcision, nouncommunion, nounconfession, nounconvent, nounconversion, nounconvert, nouncoreligionist, nouncowl, nouncredo, nouncreed, nouncult, noundaemon, nounDecalogue, noundefrock, verbdeism, noundenomination, noundenominational, adjectivedevotee, noundevotion, noundevotional, adjectivedevout, adjectivedivine, adjectivedivinity, noundruid, nounfaith, nounfast day, nounfeast, nounfervour, nounfiesta, nounfollow, verbfrankincense, noungentile, noungod, noungoddess, noungrace, nounhabit, nounhair shirt, nounhallelujah, interjectionhallowed, adjectivehalo, nounheathen, adjectiveheathen, nounheaven, nounheavenly, adjectivehell, nounheresy, nounheretic, nounhermit, nounhermitage, nounheterodox, adjectivehigh priest, nounidol, nounidolatry, nounincarnation, nounincense, nouninfidel, nounintercession, nouninvocation, nouninvoke, verbirreligious, adjective-ism, suffixlayman, nounlaywoman, nounlibation, nounliturgical, adjectiveliturgy, nounmartyr, nounmartyr, verbmeditate, verbmeditation, nounmission, nounmonastery, nounmonastic, adjectivemonk, nounmonotheism, nounMoonie, nounMormon, nounMosaic, adjectivemystery play, nounmystic, nounmystical, adjectivemysticism, nounneophyte, nounnovice, nounnovitiate, nounnuminous, adjectivenun, nounnunnery, nounoblation, nounobservance, nounoffering, nounOlympian, adjectiveordain, verborder, nounorthodox, adjectiveotherworldly, adjectivepagan, adjectivepagan, nounpantheism, nounpantheon, nounParsee, nounpilgrim, nounpilgrimage, nounpious, adjectivepluralism, nounpolytheism, nounpractise, verbpray, verbprayer, nounprayer wheel, nounpreach, verbpreacher, nounpriest, nounpriestess, nounpriesthood, nounpriestly, adjectiveprophet, nounprophetess, nounpurify, verbRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRE, nounrecant, verbreincarnation, nounreligious, adjectivereligiously, adverbreliquary, nounrepent, verbretreat, nounrevelation, nounrevivalism, nounrite, nounritual, nounsacred, adjectivesacrifice, nounsacrifice, verbsacrificial, adjectivesanctify, verbsanctity, nounsanctuary, nounsanctum, nounsatanism, nounscripture, nounsect, nounsectarian, adjectiveservice, nounshaman, nounShinto, nounshrine, nounsin, nounsin, verbsinful, adjectivesinner, nounsoul, nounspirit, nounspiritual, adjectivespiritualism, nounspirituality, nounSr, sun god, nounsuppliant, nounsupplicant, nounsupplication, nounSupreme Being, nounTao, nounTaoism, nountemple, nountenet, nounthanksgiving, nountheism, nountheo-, prefixtheocracy, nountheologian, nountheological college, nountheology, nountonsure, nountranscendental, adjectivetranscendental meditation, nountransmigration, noununbelief, noununbeliever, nounungodly, adjectiveunholy, adjectiveunorthodox, adjectivevisionary, nounvoodoo, nounvotary, nounworship, verbworship, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► bow down in worship

Come, let us bow down in worship.

► freedom of religion/worship

(=the right to hold/practise any religious belief)· Liberal newspapers made an effort to secure religious toleration and freedom of worship.

► worship God

(=show love and respect for God)· Hinduism tells everyone to worship God in his own faith.

► a place of worship

· The church is much more than a place of worship.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► goddess

· Through shouts and music and dancing we worship the Goddess with joyous bodies.· These passages mimic the cave sanctuaries in those mountains where the people of such places as Crete went to worship the Goddess.· In later periods people worshipped the Goddess as a stone, often black and / or conical.· Jouctas, like Ida and Dikte, contains cave sanctuaries where the Cretans worshipped the Goddess.· Could a culture of human beings worshipping a Goddess really get by without murder or war?· The Bible describes both cities as evil precisely because people there worshipped the Goddess.

► people

· Besides, people will worship anything.· In later periods people worshipped the Goddess as a stone, often black and / or conical.· It goes back to the days when people used to worship heavenly bodies as gods.· The Bible describes both cities as evil precisely because people there worshipped the Goddess.· There are a lot of well-meaning people in this who worship Ross Perot.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► act of worship

A hymn should be an act of worship in its own right and not something to dispel a silence.
The Commission affirms the value of music for attracting potential believers to acts of worship and to the Church's fellowship.
They picture women gathered together to dance or perform some apparently ritualistic act of worship.

► house of God/worship

But there are legitimate houses of worship here that welcome any serious couple who want to exchange vows before family and friends.
If man is made of clay, why not his houses of worship?
It is not a lack of money that keeps parishioners from expanding the historic house of worship.
No house of worship nor community center should be bereft of personnel or equipment for such education.
The area also has many historical houses of worship, which can be toured.
The Civil War almost devastated these little Baptist houses of worship.
They had no temples or houses of worship.

1[intransitive, transitive] to show respect and love for a god, especially by praying in a religious building:

They all worship the same god.

a church where people have worshipped for hundreds of years2[transitive] to admire and love someone very much:

He absolutely worships her.3worship the ground somebody walks on to admire or love someone so much that you cannot see their faults—worshipper noun [countable]:

She was a regular worshipper at the parish church. → hero worship

worship¹ verbworship² noun

worshipworship2 noun [uncountable]

WORD ORIGINworship2

Origin:

Old English weorthscipe ‘being worthy, respect’, from weorth ( ➔ WORTH1) + -scipe ( ➔ -SHIP)

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Christians, Muslims and Jews came together for an act of communal worship.
Helping the poor is a form of true worship to God.
The villagers gather for worship in the little church every Sunday.
This church has been a place of worship for a thousand years.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

I shall say only that when we returned for worship next day the whole building was pristine.
Pre-Columbian ancestor worship finds expression in prayers to the saints.
Should not worship set forth the gospel and proclaim the faith of the Church?
The Civil War almost devastated these little Baptist houses of worship.
There was always a diversity of practice - as there still is - in religious attitudes, customs and modes of worship.
They had control of the Temple worship, sacrifices and finances.

Longman Language Activatorthe activity of praying► prayer

· The synagogue is used for prayer and study.· The monks here believe strongly in the power of prayer and meditation.in prayer (=while praying) · Their heads were bowed in prayer.

► worship

the activity of praying, singing etc in a religious building, usually in a group, in order to show love and respect for God or a god: · The villagers gather for worship in the little church every Sunday.act of worship: · Christians, Muslims and Jews came together for an act of communal worship.place of worship: · This church has been a place of worship for a thousand years.

WORD SETS► Religion

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► place of worship

The ceremony must take place in a recognized place of worship.

► act of worship

We were invited to join in their act of worship (=religious ceremony).

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► bow down in worship

Come, let us bow down in worship.

► freedom of religion/worship

(=the right to hold/practise any religious belief)· Liberal newspapers made an effort to secure religious toleration and freedom of worship.

► worship God

(=show love and respect for God)· Hinduism tells everyone to worship God in his own faith.

► a place of worship

· The church is much more than a place of worship.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► collective

· The Act required the whole school to meet for the daily act of collective worship unless the school premises made this impracticable.

► public

· Members of the congregation need the foundation of a solid personal spirituality of which public worship is but an ingredient.· Among the Corinthians were some women who, when praying and prophesying in public worship, removed their head coverings.· The Chaplains organise public worship, discussion groups, excursions and other activities all of which are advertised in the University.· Governor John Seymour had seen to the passage of laws designed to prevent public worship and to bar Catholic newcomers.· Largely at Mr Shillington's expense, the unfinished church was completed and opened for public worship in 1802.

► religious

· I also think you can feel such sensations in places where great acts of religious worship have taken place.· But this sequence Freud could not allow in the case of the religious emotion of worship.

NOUN► ancestor

· After all, these islands have been steeped for centuries in everything from witchcraft to ancestor worship.· The sacred, the past, ancestor worship seem to be the chosen grounds in most cases.· Pre-Columbian ancestor worship finds expression in prayers to the saints.· There is no clearer case of ancestor worship in the Western world.

► hero

· He had a tendency toward hero worship and often gushed embarrassingly in correspondence with his heroes.· And it wasn't all hero worship.

► service

· We have enjoyed the openness in prayer and praise in the worship services.· It is a major draw for Christians who gather each Easter for sunrise worship services.· Formats are mainly worship services and information.

► song

· This covers a wide range of worship songs, but only a small amount of hymnody.· Many of the new hymn books include worship songs and they find widespread acceptance.· Modern church worship songs range in style from rock to romantic ballads.· In such establishments the emphasis is usually strongly evangelistic, with worship songs, visiting choirs, pop groups and challenging preaching.· So too does the use of solos or worship songs and instrumental pieces.

VERB► attend

· Also it was expected of Rangers to attend divine worship.· Secondly, about half of those who did attend for worship chose to go to a Nonconformist chapel.

► lead

· But it's power also of concern to those who are responsible for the planning and leading of worship.· Laymen, Columbus among them, would lead shipboard worship.· The ability to sing a service is not, however, as important as having the skills required to lead worship.· For the music to be led by a worship band seems to me to be more appropriate to our culture.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► Your/His Worship

Dionysus came to Thebes to establish his worship there.
Does the worshipper who begins to reflect on his worship become less of a worshipper?
His Dark Elf followers have given themselves over entirely to his worship.
When his worship spread to a town where there was already a divine ruler the two were slowly fused into one.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► act of worship

A hymn should be an act of worship in its own right and not something to dispel a silence.
The Commission affirms the value of music for attracting potential believers to acts of worship and to the Church's fellowship.
They picture women gathered together to dance or perform some apparently ritualistic act of worship.

► house of God/worship

But there are legitimate houses of worship here that welcome any serious couple who want to exchange vows before family and friends.
If man is made of clay, why not his houses of worship?
It is not a lack of money that keeps parishioners from expanding the historic house of worship.
No house of worship nor community center should be bereft of personnel or equipment for such education.
The area also has many historical houses of worship, which can be toured.
The Civil War almost devastated these little Baptist houses of worship.
They had no temples or houses of worship.

1the activity of praying or singing in a religious building in order to show respect and love for a godin worship

They bowed their heads in worship.worship of

Worship of the old gods still continues in remote areas of the country.

The ceremony must take place in a recognized place of worship.

We were invited to join in their act of worship (=religious ceremony).2Your/His Worship British English formal used to talk to or about a public official such as a mayor or magistrate

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