单词 | wondrous |
释义 | wondrousWord family (noun) wonder wonderment (adjective) wonderful wonder wondrous (verb) wonder (adverb) wonderfully From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwondrouswon‧drous /ˈwʌndrəs/ adjective literaryGOOD/EXCELLENTgood or impressive in a surprising wayExamples from the Corpuswondrous• The versatility of the space is increased and the quality of its output is supposed to be wondrous.• Both Clinton and Reagan showed their wondrous can-do spirit from the start.• A wondrous city, its high towers resembling the Jukeboxes of the Gods.• And in his mind there was firmly sown, A lovely and a wondrous dream.• Stalactites and stalagmites in wondrous formations diminish the sense of bare rock walls.• His amazement can be imagined when there appeared be-fore him the wondrous forms of the three great goddesses.• After hoisting aboard the almost wondrous performance of the aircraft probably the most important single element to master was asymmetric flying.• Suddenly, he held up a wondrous ring upon his finger, and vanished from sight.Origin wondrous (1400-1500) wonders “wondrous” ((13-17 centuries)), from the possessive form of wonder; influenced by marvelous |
随便看 |
英语词典包含170365条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。