单词 | awe-hushed |
释义 | > as lemmasawe-hushed C2. With past participles, with the sense ‘with awe’, usually in reference to the inspiring, daunting, or overwhelming effects of awe on a person, as in awe-filled, awe-hushed, awe-inspired.See also awebound adj., awe-stricken adj., awestruck adj. ΚΠ 1720 A. Hill Gideon ii. 52 Through the still Air thin-bodied Whispers play; And voiceless o'er the Awe-hush'd Camp, profound Attention creeps. 1802 J. Finlay Wallace 46 On thy turrets' airy height, With awe-transported thoughts I gaze. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 397 Reverential, awe-filled faith. 1882 M. J. Savage Poems 116 And awe-hushed multitudes knelt down Beneath the priesthood's power. 1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 21 Oct. h1 The guard leads a visitor through the candle-lit vaults to a dark opening at the crypt and says in a hushed, awe-filled voice: ‘There.’ 2009 T. J. Caduto Fight or Die x. 85 He knew Vinny was going to be awe-inspired, meeting Smokin' Joe, the man who knocked down and defeated his boyhood idol. < as lemmas |
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