awesome英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Clipping of awesomeness (“the quality, state, or essence of being awesome”). abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,slang,uncountable

— pure awesome
A person who is awesome. countable,informal

— When an awesome is dreadful and making even the living of a common person miserable then someone from the community must stand up to resist the dreadful and check the excesses.

形容词 adj.

Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.

— The waterfall in the middle of the rainforest was an awesome sight.
Excellent, exciting, remarkable. Australia,Canada,US,colloquial

— That was awesome!

词形变化

more awesome comparative awesomer comparative most awesome superlative awesomest superlative orsum alternative,Australia,New-Zealand,slang orsum alternative,Australia,New-Zealand,slang

词汇关系

近义词

amazing astounding awe-inspiring awesome awful sensational awesomesauce based beatific bewildering blissful celestial cool delightful divine dope enchanting excellent extraordinary far out fire heavenlike heavenly hellagood impressive incredible inspiring goshwow glorious gnarly goated grand grandiose great groovy magnificent major majestic marvellous mystifying mythic neat lit outstanding phenomenal powerful rad righteous selcouth splendent stupendous stupefying sublime surpassing terrific tight unbelievable unreal wicked wonderful wondrous

反义词

horrible horrific terrible mediocre

衍生词

awesomazing awesomely awesomeness awesomenessness awesomeosity awesome sauce awesometastic awesomitude gnarlsome unawesome

词源

词源 1

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.

词源 2

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.