英语词汇“awe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

aweawe1 /ɔ/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]

ETYMOLOGYawe¹

Origin: 1200-1300 Old Norse agi

COLLOCATIONS► with awe

He spoke with awe of the nuns who started the hospital.

1a feeling of great respect and admiration for someone or something: I felt enormous awe as I looked at the mountain. He spoke with awe of the nuns who started the hospital.2be/stand in awe of somebody to have great respect and admiration for and sometimes a slight fear of someone: Gelb was clearly in awe of his older friend.

noun | verb

aweawe2 verb [transitive usually passive]

VERB TABLE

awe

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	awe
	he, she, it	awes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	awed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have awed
	he, she, it	has awed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had awed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will awe
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have awed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am aweing
	he, she, it	is aweing
	you, we, they	are aweing
Past	I, he, she, it	was aweing
	you, we, they	were aweing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been aweing
	he, she, it	has been aweing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been aweing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be aweing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been aweing

to fill someone with awe: You can’t help but be awed by the wonderful Alaskan scenery.—awed adjective [only before noun]: an awed silence