awful

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈɔːfʊl/|/ˈɔːfəl/|[ˈɔːfɫ̩]|/ˈoːfəl/|[ˈoːfɫ̩]    美 /ˈoːfəl/|[ˈoːfɫ̩]

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Very bad.
    — The smell of my socks is awful.
  2. Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
    — I have learnt an awful amount today.
  3. Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible. dated
    — There was an air of gravity and importance about the garb of the person, and something indescribably odd, I might say awful, in the perfect, stonelike stillness of the figure, that effectually checked the testy comment which had at once risen to the lips of the irritated artist.
  4. Awe-inspiring; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive. archaic
    — As I am seen could I but gaze on Thee / Awful in majesty and royal might
  5. Struck or filled with awe or reverence. archaic
    — She spoke about Mr. Pendennis (a worthy little gentleman enough, but there are others as good as he) with an awful reverence, as if he had been the Pope of Rome on his throne, and she a cardinal kneeling at his feet, and giving him incense.
  6. Terror-stricken. obsolete
  7. Prone to a particular temptation. Ireland,especially
    — "It's her imagination, that's what it is," Millie said. "She's awful for imagining things, Wilfred agreed with me."
副词 adv.
  1. Awfully; dreadfully; terribly. colloquial,not-comparable
    — The race was run, and the dog ran "awful".
  2. Very, extremely. Canada,US,colloquial,not-comparable
    — That's an awful big house.

词形变化

awfuller comparative more awful comparative awfullest superlative most awful superlative awfull alternative,archaic aweful alternative,obsolete awefull alternative,obsolete awfull alternative,archaic aweful alternative,obsolete awefull alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
awful but lawful awfulization awfulize awfully awfulness god-awful gosh-awful goshawful lawful but awful overawful shitawful something awful

词源

词源 1
From Middle English agheful, awfull, auful, aȝefull, equivalent to awe + -ful. Compare Old English eġeful, eġefull (“terrifying; awful”).
The “very bad” sense is a pejorative semantic shift from the original sense of “awe-inspiring”.
词源 2
From Middle English agheful, awfull, auful, aȝefull, equivalent to awe + -ful. Compare Old English eġeful, eġefull (“terrifying; awful”).
The “very bad” sense is a pejorative semantic shift from the original sense of “awe-inspiring”.
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