单词 | awful |
释义 | aw·ful I. 1. a. < I am in fear — in awful fear — and there is no escape for me — Bram Stoker > b. < they may hold converse with some saint, their awful, kindly friend — Nathaniel Hawthorne > c. < Westminster Hall … had an awful majesty, so vast, so high, and so silent — E.W.Weeks > 2. a. obsolete < great potentates do kneel with awful fear — Christopher Marlowe > b. < towards the East our awful greetings are wafted — John Keble > 3. < she has an awful voice > < an awful person > < awful manners > < an awful hat > 4. < does an awful lot of talking > < took an awful chance > Synonyms: see fearful II. < my papa always said you were an awful smart boy — Willa Cather > — not often in formal use |
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