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

单词	god
释义	god I. \ˈgäd sometimes ˈgȯd\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old Frisian & Old Saxon god, Old High German got, Old Norse goth, guth, Gothic guth god and probably to Old Irish guth voice, Greek kauchasthai to boast, Sanskrit havate he calls, invokes; basic meaning: to call, invoke 1. : a being of more than human attributes and powers; especially : a superhuman person conceived as the ruler or sovereign embodiment of some aspect, attribute, or department of reality and to whom worship is due and acceptable < ancestor worship … occurs where gods are thought once to have been human beings — E.A.Hoebel > < the grim wrath of the gods on high — J.B.Noss > < the Greek gods of love and war > — often used interjectionally especially as a cap. oath 2. : an artificial or natural object (as a carved idol or an animal or tree) that is thought to be the seat of divine powers, the expression of a divine personality, or itself a supernatural or divine agency < also he makes a god and worships it — Isa 44:15 (Revised Standard Version) > < not … every mummified and carefully buried animal had been a god — S.A.B.Mercer > 3. : a person or thing that is honored as a god or deified : something held to be of supreme value < his father — the adored god who had unjustly condemned him — Douglas Hubble > < power for power's sake was his mastering god — Hodding Carter > 4. : one who wields great or despotic power < the ruling gods of the circulating libraries — Frederick Pollock > 5. a. : an occupant of the gallery of a theater < one young god between the acts favored the public with a song — W.M.Thackeray > b. gods plural : the gallery of a theater < the applause … came mainly from a crowd of youngsters in the gods — Frank Clune > 6. : a human being of extraordinarily attractive physical stature < a god … with great broad shoulders and a magnificent chest — W.S.Maugham > • - ye gods and little fishes III. transitive verb (godded ; godded ; godding ; gods) : to treat as a god : worship, idolize, deify < how the good priest gods himself — Alfred Tennyson > < this last old man … loved me above the measure of a father; nay, godded me indeed — Shakespeare >
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