| 单词 | to worship the ground walks on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto worship the ground (a person) walks (also treads) on c. To revere as one would a being or power regarded as supernatural or divine; to regard with extreme respect, affection, or devotion; to adore. Often in to worship the ground (a person) walks (also treads) on, and variants.Not always clearly distinguishable from sense 2a.See also hero-worship v., heroine-worship v., etc. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > revere [verb (transitive)] honourc1275 shamec1384 to hold (also have) (a person or thing) in (great, etc.) reverencec1405 worshipc1450 to have, or hold in veneration?a1475 to worship the ground (a person) walks (also treads) onc1525 reverence1548 revere1558 reverent1565 shrine1592 saint1597 venerate1623 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > revere [verb (transitive)] > greatly or immoderately worshipc1450 to worship the ground (a person) walks (also treads) onc1525 deify1590 idolize1605 idolatrize1615 reverence1748 pedestal1802 to put (also place, etc.) on a pedestal1811 the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > be in love or infatuated with [verb (transitive)] > devote oneself in love to > regard with extreme devotion worshipc1450 to worship the ground (a person) walks (also treads) onc1525 c1450 (a1400) [implied in: Orologium Sapientiæ in Anglia (1888) 10 385 (MED) Also ȝee [read þe] devoute worschepers & disciples of euer-lastynge wisdame mowen..euery daye saye or rede þe schorte seruyse of þat wisdam þat is writen in latyne to clerkes. (at worshipper n. 2)]. c1475 [implied in: tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 45 (MED) She..is the preysar and worchyppar of connyng and vndirstonding [at worshipper n. 2].]. c1525 J. Rastell New Commodye Propertes of Women sig. A.v Myne vnworthines makyth resystence Yet worship I the ground that thou gost on. 1609 S. Grahame Anat. Humors f. 29v Her smile is his heaven, & her frown is his hell, she is the only idoll of his minde, for when he should serue God, he worships her. 1638 W. Melvin tr. C. Garcia Sonne of Rogue x. 194 The woman offendeth not in hating him that worships her, nor any man ought to hate such a woman that disdaineth him. 1720 D. Manley Power of Love i. 126 Why may I not know and worship my Benefactor? 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. ii. 106 Men are strangely inclined to worship what they do not understand. View more context for this quotation 1796 C. Smith Marchmont I. xii. 300 Her father, her mother, and her three brothers, almost worshipped the ground she trod upon! 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott IV. ii. 63 Under the shadow of the genius that he had worshipped almost from boyhood. 1851 C. Kingsley Yeast x She had worshipped intellect, and now it had become her tyrant. 1854 C. Dickens Hard Times iii. iii. 287 There are ladies—born ladies..who next to worship the ground I walk on. 1906 Lit. World 15 Nov. 508/2 His wife simply worshipped him. 1945 in K. Tynan Let. 2 June (1994) i. 75 Ken, for the last six months I've been worshipping the ground you walked on. 1966 F. Nwapa Efuru viii. 171 Of what use is it if your husband licks your body, worships you and buys everything in the market for you and you are not productive? 2000 S. Vickers Miss Garnet's Angel 260 Her dad worshipped the ground she trod on, but there was never any funny stuff. 2006 A. Kuczynski Beauty Junkies ii. 25 The editors and fashionistas and gay men who had worshipped her were now calling her by her newer, matronly sobriquet, ‘Madge’. < as lemmas |
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