| 单词 | glory |
| 释义 | glory I. 1. obsolete 2. a. < the glory and riches they expect may never come — R.L.Stevenson > b. < giving glory to God > 3. a. < the glory of a brilliant career > : a cause for or occasion of jubilant pride and boasting < her children were a glory to her > : a source of intense joy or satisfaction < pianissimos that were a glory to hear — Winthrop Sargeant > b. < a place to visit … for the sake of its ancient glories — John Buchan > : a resplendent asset or ornamentation < the intellectual glories of the time — H.O.Taylor > < a glory to the medical profession — Carson McCullers > 4. a. (1) < the grandeur of the wild wintry seas is matched only by the glory of the summer combination of blue sea, golden-sanded bay, and purple cliffs — L.D.Stamp > (2) < a grand, red, rosy, crimson day — a perfect glory of a day — John Muir †1914 > b. < thou dost guide me with thy counsel, and afterward thou wilt receive me to glory — Ps 73:24 (Revised Standard Version) > broadly 5. < an epoch of glory for all the arts > : a state of unhindered gratification, self-satisfaction, or enjoyment < when he's teaching, he's in his glory > : height of prosperity, power, or achievement < ancient Greece in its glory > 6. a. (1) (2) (3) (4) b. < the dying glories of evening — George Meredith > : a soft brightness < wild flowers made a glory on the hillside — Edith Hamilton > c. (1) < rockets rushed upward in a complete fiery encirclement and burst into glory against the night sky — L.C.Stevens > specifically (2) Synonyms: see fame II. intransitive verb 1. a. < glorying in their strength > < gloried in their country's success > b. < glorying in this unaccustomed independence, she told herself that she intended … to have a wonderful time — Aurelia Levi > 2. obsolete 3. archaic < a low sea sunset glorying around her hair — Alfred Tennyson > transitive verb archaic III. or glory be — used to express surprise, wonder, or delight |
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