| 释义 |
awe
I. \ˈȯ\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English awe, age, aghe, from Old Norse agi; akin to Old English ege awe, fear, terror — more at ail
1. obsolete : intense fear : dread, terror
< waits for death with dread and trembling awe — Edmund Spenser >
2. archaic : the power to inspire fear or reverence
< you see, my lord, what an awe you have upon me — John Dryden >
3. : fear mixed with dread, veneration, reverence, or wonder: as
a. : profound and reverent fear inspired by deity
< awe of the judgments of God — Daniel Defoe >
b. : abashed reverence and fear inspired by authority or power
< nothing but an extreme awe of your authority has hitherto prevented me from forcing my impertinent attentions upon you — Dorothy Sayers >
c. : veneration and latent fear inspired by something sacred, mysterious, or morally impressive
< jaguars were regarded with religious awe and were the object of a cult — Alfred Métraux >
d. : reverent wonder with a touch of fear inspired by the grand or sublime especially in nature or art
< the bird was so beautiful that the vision of it … seemed to bring with it an overpowering sense of awe — J.C.Powys >
II. transitive verb
(awed ; awed ; awing \ˈȯ(.)iŋ\ ; awes)
Etymology: Middle English awen, from awe, n.
1. : to inspire with awe : frighten, terrify
< the exalted nature of the personage to whom she was being taken awed her — P.I.Wellman >
< nature among the mountains is too fierce, too strong for man … and she awes him — Charles Kingsley >
2. : to influence, control, or check by inspiring with awe
< her pained reserve had no power to awe them into decency — Joseph Conrad >
III. \ˈȯ, ˈȧ\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French auve, aube, perhaps from Latin alapa box on the ear; perhaps akin to Old Norse lōfi palm of the hand — more at glove
1. : one of the boards or buckets against which the water acts in an undershot mill wheel
2. : one of the sails of a windmill |