reverence

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context. countable,uncountable
    — Professional hunters and trackers die too, in the pursuit of dangerous animals every year. Stones and his client voice reverence for what they call “fair chase”: an ethical distinction observed in certain sporting circles in which the quarry is felt to have a sporting chance of survival.
  2. An act of showing respect, such as a bow. countable,uncountable
    — August 2, 1758, Oliver Goldsmith, A Letter from a Traveller Make twenty reverences upon receiving […] about twopence.
  3. The state of being revered. countable,uncountable
    — When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government is lost.
  4. A form of address for some members of the clergy. countable,uncountable
    — Your Reverence
  5. That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state. countable,uncountable
    — Thou hast so wrong'd mine innocent child and me That I am forced to lay my reverence by.
动词 v.
  1. To show or feel reverence to. transitive
    — I reverence every precept / And promise in Thy word

词形变化

reverences plural reverences present,singular,third-person reverencing participle,present reverenced participle,past reverenced past

词汇关系

反义词
contempt blasphemy profanity
衍生词
disreverence reverencer reverent reverently revere save-reverence sir-reverence saving your reverence unreverence

词源

词源 1
From Middle English reverence (noun) and reverencen (verb), from Old French reverence and Latin reverentia, from Latin revereor (“to stand in awe, respect, revere”), from re- + vereor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, heed, notice”).
词源 2
From Middle English reverence (noun) and reverencen (verb), from Old French reverence and Latin reverentia, from Latin revereor (“to stand in awe, respect, revere”), from re- + vereor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, heed, notice”).
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