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单词 marvel
释义
marvel1 verbmarvel2 noun
marvelmar‧vel1 /ˈmɑːvəl $ ˈmɑːr-/ verb (past tense and past participle marvelled, present participle marvelling British English, marveled, marveling American English) [intransitive, transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
marvel
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theymarvel
he, she, itmarvels
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theymarvelled (BrE), marveled (AmE)
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave marvelled (BrE), marveled (AmE)
he, she, ithas marvelled (BrE), marveled (AmE)
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad marvelled (BrE), marveled (AmE)
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill marvel
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have marvelled (BrE), marveled (AmE)
Continuous Form
PresentIam marvelling (BrE), marveling (AmE)
he, she, itis marvelling (BrE), marveling (AmE)
you, we, theyare marvelling (BrE), marveling (AmE)
PastI, he, she, itwas marvelling (BrE), marveling (AmE)
you, we, theywere marvelling (BrE), marveling (AmE)
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been marvelling (BrE), marveling (AmE)
he, she, ithas been marvelling (BrE), marveling (AmE)
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been marvelling (BrE), marveling (AmE)
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be marvelling (BrE), marveling (AmE)
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been marvelling (BrE), marveling (AmE)
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • At the back of his mind, he marvelled that Lorton had bothered to give him anything at all.
  • Gratefully Gina covered her nakedness, marvelling at the strange circumstances in which she found herself.
  • Her body had soon regained its youthful shape and he marvelled how trim she looked.
  • I marvel, too, at the confidence exhibited by the hosts of such shows.
  • I walked down it from the top to bottom and could only marvel at the way it had been constructed.
  • Indeed, anyone who has seen her perform can not fail to marvel.
  • Sleep-deprived viewers in altered states of consciousness can marvel at the jaw-dropping splendor of animated Cecil B.. DeMille shots.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· I walked down it from the top to bottom and could only marvel at the way it had been constructed.· But all parties marvel at the way Meier has managed to take advantage of the site.· They marched past it, back and forth, marvelling at the way they were drawn towards it.· I marvel at the way so great a power is falling so gentle on the earth.· John marvelled at the way it seemed to be thinking for itself.
to feel or express great surprise or admiration at something, especially someone’s behaviour:  ‘The man is a genius,’ marvelled Claire.marvel at/over I marvelled at my mother’s ability to remain calm in a crisis. Visitors to Rome marvel over the beauty of the city.marvel that I marvelled that anyone could be so stupid.
marvel1 verbmarvel2 noun
marvelmarvel2 noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINmarvel2
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French merveille, from Late Latin mirabilia ‘things that cause surprise and admiration’, from Latin mirari ‘to wonder’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The bridge is an engineering marvel.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A properly working Macintosh is a marvel, but a Macintosh with an undiagnosed software problem is slow torture.
  • And the engineering marvel turned out to be a slow-motion natural disaster.
  • Stanley Gascgoine, a green marvel with a two-pronged attack, left foot, right foot or head.
  • Suddenly every finger was a marvel and a joy to him.
  • The marvel is that more is different.
  • There was a sensual anticipation about, an assurance of marvels shortly to be, manifest.
  • Under the concentrated fire from front and flank, the marvel is that any escaped.
something or someone that is extremely useful or skilful SYN  miracle, wonder:  an engineering marvel I don’t know how he did it – he’s an absolute marvel!marvel of the marvels of modern science
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