单词 | behold |
释义 | behold (once / 84 pages) v To behold is to see. You could behold the changing sky as the sun sets. It’s old-fashioned and fancy, so magicians like to use it, as in “Behold! I shall pull a rabbit out of my hat!” Have you ever heard "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"? That can help you remember that to behold is to see something and to hold it in your attention. To behold is to look intensely — it’s much more than a glance. A good example of beholding is when you take the time to check out something special like that beautiful sunset, or a bunny hopping out of a hat and handing out candy. WORD FAMILYbehold: beheld, beholder, beholding, beholds+/beholder: beholders/beholding: beholdings USAGE EXAMPLESAnd lo and behold, she gets the call that evening.” Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Mr. Seidenberg’s simmering anger at how teachers themselves are taught erupts over those last hundred pages, and it’s bracing to behold. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) His plan to stop pyramid schemes was, lo and behold, a pyramid scheme, and he asked viewers to share the video of his show. Salon(Dec 26, 2016) v see with attention behold Christ! Syn|Hyper lay eyes on see perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight |
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