godfearing

畏神的

词形变化

more godfearing 比较级 most godfearing 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.

    畏神的

  2. 2.

    Devout; pious; very religious.

    虔诚的

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

devout

近义相关 1

religious

词源

From god + fearing, likely an alteration of Middle English goddfrihti (“god-fearing”, literally “god-frighty”) and god-friht (“god-fearing”) (whence modern English god-fright), from Old English godfyrht (“god-fearing”). Compare Old High German gotforht (“god-fearing”).

来源：wiktionary