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/ɔːˈɡʌst/
Impressive and respected, often because of being old, important, or powerful.
威嚴的 / 崇高的
核心畫面
You can picture 'august' as the feeling you get standing before something so old, important and that you lower your voice — a grand cathedral, a venerable judge. It carries weight and commands respect rather than warmth.
可以想成:august 是你站在某個又老、又重要、又莊嚴的東西面前,會不自覺放低聲音的那種感覺——像一座古老的大教堂…更多收起
可以想成:august 是你站在某個又老、又重要、又莊嚴的東西面前,會不自覺放低聲音的那種感覺——像一座古老的大教堂、一位德高望重的法官。它帶著份量,讓人肅然起敬,而不是讓人覺得親切。原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Augustname詞源 1/ˈɔː.ɡəst/
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The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.
- Holonyms: calendar year; year
- The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].
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archaicA female given name from English derived from the month (of birth).
- August, Charis named her, because that's when she was born. Warm breezes, baby powder, languorous heat, the smell of mown hay. Such a soft name. Too soft for her daughter, who has added an a. Augusta, she is now — a very different resonance. Marble statues, Roman noses, tight-lipped commanding mouths.
- AUGUST[ 2017]: [Mark] Zuckerberg and [Priscilla] Chan's second daughter, August, is born.
Augustname詞源 2
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A male given name from Latin.
- Thirteen year old August is the eldest; he begins to pull the kite downward. Like his sister and brother, June and July, he has been named after the month in which he was born.
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A surname from Latin.
- 3
A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.
augustadj詞源 1/ɔːˈɡʌst/
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Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.
- an august patron of the arts
- In the book of Pſalms there are many things ſaid of David, which ſeem capable of a much auguſter ſenſe than can be pretended to be anſwered by any thing that befel himſelf.
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Of noble birth.
- an august lineage
- A branch of the house of Lorraine, in comparison with which even the royal race of Capet was mean, the Guises traced back their august lineage through a long line of warrior princes to the Imperial figure of Charlemagne.
augustverb詞源 2/ɔːˈɡʌst/
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obsoleterareTo make ripe; ripen.
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obsoleterareTo bring to realization.
- By divine science and cœlestial art / He for the cause of the dear nations toiled, / And augusted man's heavenly hopes that so, / […] / he might, by awful rites / […] / Adhæsion with Divinity achieve.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。