Glory

['glɔːrɪ] or ['ɡlɔri]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) brilliant radiant beauty; 'the glory of the sunrise'.

(noun.) a state of high honor; 'he valued glory above life itself'.

(verb.) rejoice proudly.

柏格編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.

(n.) That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honor; that which brings or gives renown; an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor.

(n.) Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.

(n.) The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven.

(n.) An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.

(n.) To exult with joy; to rejoice.

(n.) To boast; to be proud.

安格斯校對

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Honor, renown, fame, celebrity, praise.[2]. Splendor, lustre, brightness, brilliancy, effulgence, pride.[3]. State, pomp, parade, magnificence.[4]. Heavenly bliss, celestial happiness.[5]. Boast, occasion of pride, something to be proud of.[6]. (Painting.) Halo, aureola.

v. n. Exult, vaunt, boast, take pride, triumph, be proud, pride one's self, plume one's self, pique one's self, perk one's self, pat one's self on the back.

弗朗西斯整理

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Brightness, radiance, effulgence, honor, fame, celebrity, pomp, luster, magnificence,splendor, renown

ANT:Obscurity, ignominy, cloud, dishonor, degradation

格拉迪斯校對

解釋/意思:

n. renown: honour: the occasion of praise: an object of pride: excellency: splendour: brightness: in religious symbolism a combination of the nimbus and the aureola but often erroneously used for the nimbus: a burst of sunlight: a luminous glow of reflected light upon clouds: vain-glory: (B.) the presence of God: the manifestation of God to the blessed in heaven: heaven.—v.i. to boast: to be proud of anything: to exult:—pa.p. glō′ried.—adj. Glō′ried (Milt.) illustrious honourable.—ns. Glō′riole a halo or glory; Gloriō′sa a genus of Liliace of which the best-known species a native of India is a herbaceous perennial with beautiful red and yellow flowers.—adj. Glō′rious noble splendid: conferring renown: (coll.) elated tipsy.—adv. Glō′riously.—ns. Glō′riousness; Glō′ry-hole an opening through which to see the inside of a furnace: a place for concealing articles of value; Glō′rying boasting; Glō′ry-pea a leguminous Australian plant with red flowers.

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