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

To bless is to offer a holy seal of approval, like when a priest blesses water, making holy water. It’s also what people say when you sneeze: bless you, which is short for “may God bless you.”

If you go back far enough, the word bless is related to the word blood, because of the blood sprinkled on pagan alters. It moved on to mean “to praise,” and now it’s a little of both (minus the pagans). In religious contexts, things are made holy when they're blessed. Also, people are blessed by good things that happen. People often say things like "I've been blessed with good health.” That means they were lucky to receive such good things.

WORD FAMILY

bless: Blessed, blessed, blesses, blessing+/Blessed: Blessedest/blessed: blessedest, blessedly, blessedness, unblessed/blessedness: blessednesses/blessing: blessings/unblessed: unblessedly

USAGE EXAMPLES

In 1985 he and his wife, Barbara, wrote a book, “Mixed Blessings,” about the challenges they faced as the parents of an autistic child.

New York Times(Jan 01, 2017)

She called the program a “blessing” for her family.

Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017)

There are 150 Blessed Sacrament nuns scattered across the country and abroad, including 50 in Philadelphia and others in New Orleans, Arizona, Haiti and Jamaica.

Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016)

1v make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate

Syn|Hyper

sign

gesticulate, gesture, motion

show, express or direct through movement

2v render holy by means of religious rites

Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper

consecrate, hallow, sanctify

deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow

remove the consecration from a person or an object

reconsecrate

consecrate anew, as after a desecration

declare

state emphatically and authoritatively

3v give a benediction to

The dying man blessed his son

Ant|Hypo|Hyper

anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict

wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

anele, anoint, embrocate, inunct, oil

administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir

summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

4v confer prosperity or happiness on

Hyper

bestow, confer

present

单词	bless
释义	bless (once / 57 pages) v To bless is to offer a holy seal of approval, like when a priest blesses water, making holy water. It’s also what people say when you sneeze: bless you, which is short for “may God bless you.” If you go back far enough, the word bless is related to the word blood, because of the blood sprinkled on pagan alters. It moved on to mean “to praise,” and now it’s a little of both (minus the pagans). In religious contexts, things are made holy when they're blessed. Also, people are blessed by good things that happen. People often say things like "I've been blessed with good health.” That means they were lucky to receive such good things. WORD FAMILY bless: Blessed, blessed, blesses, blessing+/Blessed: Blessedest/blessed: blessedest, blessedly, blessedness, unblessed/blessedness: blessednesses/blessing: blessings/unblessed: unblessedly USAGE EXAMPLES In 1985 he and his wife, Barbara, wrote a book, “Mixed Blessings,” about the challenges they faced as the parents of an autistic child. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) She called the program a “blessing” for her family. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) There are 150 Blessed Sacrament nuns scattered across the country and abroad, including 50 in Philadelphia and others in New Orleans, Arizona, Haiti and Jamaica. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) 1v make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate Syn\|Hyper sign gesticulate, gesture, motion show, express or direct through movement 2v render holy by means of religious rites Syn\|Ant\|Hypo\|Hyper consecrate, hallow, sanctify deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow remove the consecration from a person or an object reconsecrate consecrate anew, as after a desecration declare state emphatically and authoritatively 3v give a benediction to The dying man blessed his son Ant\|Hypo\|Hyper anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict wish harm upon; invoke evil upon anele, anoint, embrocate, inunct, oil administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic 4v confer prosperity or happiness on Hyper bestow, confer present
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