blessing

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
    — Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam, ⁠My blessing, like a line of light, ⁠Is on the waters day and night, And like a beacon guards thee home.
  2. A pronouncement invoking divine aid.
    — Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
  3. Good fortune.
    — He was given blessings hoping he would pass his final exam.
  4. A modern pagan ceremony.
  5. The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.
    — We will not proceed without the executive director's blessing.
  6. Something someone is glad of.
    — After two weeks of sun, last night's rainfall was a blessing.
  7. A prayer before a meal; grace.
  8. A group of unicorns.
    — And since we’re laying out our wishes, we’d also like a blessing of unicorns and one million dollars.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of bless form-of,gerund,participle,present

词形变化

blessings plural

词汇关系

反义词
curse
衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English blessinge, blessynge, from Old English blētsung, blēdsung (“a blessing”), equivalent to bless + -ing.
词源 2
From Middle English blessinge, blessynge, from Old English blētsung, blēdsung (“a blessing”), equivalent to bless + -ing.
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