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of
her grandfather, she
adored her grandmother. H % M Wi
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verb [VN] [usually passive] (formal)
to fill sb with awe
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presence of so
many famous people. JS M & & g £ A ft ,
fel A 4 itfe $ ► awed adj. : We watched in awed
silence.
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'awe-inspiring adj. impressive; making you
feel respect and admiration 4 A ist 9X. W; $ A 4R M W; 4 A f : The building was
awe-inspiring in size and
design.
awe-some /'oisam/ adj. 1 very impressive or
very difficult and perhaps rather frightening 4" AW- 9X. W ; ]*£ A IBBltW; *tl#BTAW: an awesome sight WA W hT || 0 awesome beauty/power A fill 1L H; A I# HF A W IX. A o They had an awesome
task ahead. 1 It
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2 (NAmE,
informal) very good, enjoyable,
etc. |B#?$J ( ) : I just bought this
awesome new CD! ik!}B#f$WlJr CD i o Wow!
That’s totally awesome! Pi ! If Jl1# IB 7 ! C> note at great
► awe-some-ly adv.: awesomely beautiful |B ^
awe-struck /'oistrAk/ adj. (literary) feeling very
impressed by sth gX W: People were awestruck
by the pictures the satellite sent back to earth. AlP^Ala-EM
awful o-w /-o:fi/ adj., adv.
■
adj. 1 (informal) very bad or unpleasant
IBAW; IB M A
W: That’s an awful
colour. O ‘They
didn’t even offer to pay.’
‘Oh that’s awful’
” “Bt, ” 0 It’s awful,
isn’t it?
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summer was awfiil. o I feel awful about forgetting
her birthday. & 7 W A. 0
, ^ 3\ IS 1$ ik 0 0 to
look/feel awful (= to look/feel ill) IB7
$?JIB 0 There’s an awful smell
in here. i<WJiBIBiM W il o o The awful thing
is, it was my fault. fl§f H W H, i£|§J!c Wi3A<, o note at terrible 2 (informal) used to emphasize sth,
especially that there is a large amount or too much of sth # W; IB£ W; Mg (ft : It’s going to
cost an awful lot of money.
o 0 There’s not an awful
lot of room. WIB £ W 4 |h] 0 o I feel an awful lot
better than I did yesterday.
0 O (BrE)
I had an awful job persuading him to come (= it was very
difficult). iftSB#, 3 very shocking An/r0W; RpteW
terrible : the awful horrors of
war ^ A n/f 0 W
► aw-ful-ness noun [U]: the sheer awfulness of
the situation
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■
adv. (informal, especially
NAmE) very; extremely If- #; IB^: Clint is awful smart. ^##1)1^.®7«
awful ly 0-w/o:fli/ adv.
very; extremely ##; |B^ SCI terribly: I’m awfully sorry about that problem the
other day. il AW
awhile /a'wail/ adv. (formal or literary) for a short time
awk ward /'oikwad; NAmE-ward/ adj.
1 making you feel embarrassed 4 A )$i M; W; {£ A jt| il W: There was an awkward
silence. — ^4AjltM;
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iL 2 difficult to deal
with ^fiXtftW; atfctSW SCI difficult : Don’t
ask awkward questions. 7
3c W 7 if
0
^ W jo] j§i o 0 You’ve put me in an awkward position, ifo I# IB ® 7 IS o 0 an awkward customer (= a person who is
difficult to deal with) MMH Milk 0 Please don’t be
awkward about letting him come. A A it 3 not
convenient 7MW SCI
inconvenient: Have I come at an
awkward time? f£A#7>l:07(^nE?
4 difficult or dangerous because of its shape or design ( i&i+M ) j^lEalW, it
|&W: This box is very
awkward for one person to carry. i£RftA“4AIS7#?#z0 5 not moving in an easy
way; not comfortable ( )
3£#jW; 7#fiiW: He
tried to dance, but he was
too clumsy and awkward.
A^Jfflo o I must have slept in an awkward
position—I’m aching all over. if ^ fg§
► awk
ward ly adv.: