To overawe someone is to fill them with so much respect, or fear, or both, that they go a bit small. They may freeze, speak less, or not dare to argue. The feeling is not only “scared”, like a jump in the dark, and not only “impressed”, like a nice show — it is that mix older English called awe, piled on until it weighs on the person. A huge hall, a famous teacher, or a very strict boss can overawe you. The word is a bit literary; in everyday talk people often say intimidated, or just “I froze”. The big thing overawes the person, not the other way round. Though actually, you will meet the form overawed far more than this verb.

震懾；使敬畏到不敢動。不是單純嚇唬，而是對方又敬又怕、整個人縮起來。