awesome
a. 引起敬畏的, 可怕的
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教材释义与例句
令人敬畏的；使人畏惧的；可怕的；极好的
extremely impressive, serious, or difficult so that you feel great respect, worry, or fear
an awesome responsibility
一项令人惊惧的责任
the awesome sweep of the scenery
连绵的壮丽景色
释义与例句
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Clipping of awesomeness (“the quality, state, or essence of being awesome”).
俚语 不可数pure awesome
made of awesome
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A person who is awesome.
可数 非正式 不可数
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Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.
令人敬畏的
The waterfall in the middle of the rainforest was an awesome sight.
The tsunami was awesome in its destructive power.
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Excellent, exciting, remarkable.
厉害
了不起
牛逼
牛
酷
酷毙
棒
劲
正
澳大利亚 加拿大 美国 非正式That was awesome!
Awesome, dude!
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From awe + -some; compare earlier awful and Middle English eiful (“inducing fright or terror, terrible”), from Old English eġeful (“fearful; inspiring awe”). The oldest meaning of awesome is of “something which inspires awe”, but the word is now also a common colloquial expression. It was originally so used in the United States, where it had featured strikingly in the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, as used by Japan's Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto to describe the "awesome" industrial potential of the United States. Consequently, as the word popularly became an expression for anything superb, in its original meaning it has tended to be replaced by the related word, awe-inspiring.
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