對人的崇拜
把原本給神的那份「你值得到我願意放低自己」轉向一個人。動作沒變，只是對象換了——所以英文用這個字形容人的時候，自帶一點份量過重的味道。
adore someone · verb · C1
To admire and love someone very much, sometimes more than is sensible.
崇拜／愛慕
核心畫面
Picture someone with their head lowered in front of something they hold to be worth far more than themselves. The old shape of the word is literally 'worth-ship' — the condition of being worthy — so the picture starts with the worth you assign, and the bowing follows from it. Point that at a god and you get religion; point it at a person and you get love that has stopped asking questions.
可以想成：一個人在某個對象面前低下頭，因為他心裡認定那個對象「值得」——值得到自己願意放低。這個字最早的形狀就是 w…更多收起
可以想成：一個人在某個對象面前低下頭，因為他心裡認定那個對象「值得」——值得到自己願意放低。這個字最早的形狀就是 worth（值得）+ -ship（狀態），所以畫面的起點其實不是動作，而是那份「你有多重」的評價；跪下、讚美、順服，都是那份評價流出來的結果。把它指向神，就是宗教上的敬拜；指向一個人，就變成一種不再挑毛病的愛慕。From the word’s history
From Old English weorthscipe, literally 'the condition of being worthy' (weorth 'worthy' + -scipe). The religious sense — reverence paid to a divine being — grew out of that by late Old English, while the older 'honour, dignity, social standing' sense survives in the British address Your Worship.
來自古英語 weorðscipe，字面是「值得的狀態」（weorð 值得 + -scipe 狀態）。到古英語晚期才長出「對神的崇敬」這一層；而更早的「榮譽、尊貴身分」則保留在英式的 Your Worship（閣下）裡——那個尊稱並不是從拜神引申來的，它其實是這個字更老的原意。
Etymonline, https://www.etymonline.com/word/worship
From the picture
對官員的尊稱
這一支走的是更早的路：worth-ship 本來就指「值得被敬重的身分」，這個稱呼直接沿用那層意思，和宗教無關。
Your Worship · noun · C1
A polite title used in Britain to talk to or about a public official such as a mayor or judge.
（尊稱）閣下／大人
Also in this word
worship a god · verb · C1
To honour a god through prayer, song, and ceremony, showing deep love and respect.
敬拜（神）
religious worship (service) · noun · C1
The praying and singing done in a religious building to honour a god.
敬拜／禮拜
原始詞典資料17 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。
Worshipnoun
- 1
A form of address of a mayor and other dignitaries
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archaicA form of address of a mayor.
Worshipname
- 1
A surname.
worshipnoun/ˈwɜː.ʃɪp/
- 1
The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
- Polytheistic theology and worship had to go underground.
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CatholicismChristianityThe adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperdulia that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
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The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
- The worſhip of God is an eminent part of Religion; and Prayer, which is often in Scripture expreſſed by ſeeking God, and calling upon his Name, is a chief part of Religious Worſhip.
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Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
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Ardent love.
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An object of worship.
- In attitude and aspect formed to be / At once the artist's worship and despair!
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Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.
- “I beg your worship’s pardon,” said Mr. Bumble, incredulous of his having heard aright,—“did your worship speak to me?”
- 'Your Worships, I have a submission to put before the court. As Your Worships are aware, it is the duty of the court under Section thirty-nine of the Children and Young Persons Act to protect the identity of minors who are victims of offences […]
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obsoleteHonour; respect; civil deference.
- And many ſtrange aduentures to bee fond, / Of which great worth and worſhip may be wonne; […]
- But when thou art bidden, goe and sit downe in the lowest roume, that when he that bade thee commeth, hee may say vnto thee, Friend, goe vp higher: then shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at meate with thee.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
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obsoleteThe condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.
- I will be on horsbak said the knyght / thenne was Arthur wrothe and dressid his sheld toward hym with his swerd drawen / whan the knyght sawe that / he a lyghte / for hym thought no worship to haue a knyght at suche auaille he to be on horsbak and he on foot and so he alyght & dressid his sheld vnto Arthur
- Then he forth on his iourney did proceede, / To ſeeke aduentures, which mote him befall, / And win him worſhp through his warlike deed, […]
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slangentertainmentlifestylemusicThe fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does this.
- In that time, McLachlan’s music has developed from adolescent Kate Bush worship to mature roots-driven folk (like the hits “Building a Mystery” and “Sweet Surrender”) and ballads (“Witness,” “I Love You”) that border on hymnody.
- During his 15-year recording career, first with Galaxie 500 and now with Luna, Dean Wareham has shown all the signs of incurable Velvet Underground worship. The predilection for churning out ironic but always melodic rhythm-guitar-based tunes; the deadpan, almost-bored vocals: Why, it's enough to send you to the cover of the third Velvet Underground album, the one with Lou Reed and company sitting on a sofa, to see if Wareham's head is peeking out from behind it.
worshipverb/ˈwɜː.ʃɪp/
- 1
To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
- […] well ſaid yfaith neighbour Verges, God's a good man, and two men ride of a horſe, one muſt ride behinde, an honeſt ſoule yfaith ſir, by my troth he is, as euer broke bread, but God is to bee worſhipt, all men are not alike, alas good neighbour.
- When all our Fathers worſhip't Stocks and Stones, […]
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To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
- With bended knees I daily worship her, / Yet she consumes her own Idolater.
- “[…] And she would sit in the car and pretend to hold the wheel. All the household worshipped her! Even the police came to understand that. Ah, the beautiful little one!”
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To participate in religious ceremonies.
- We worship at the church down the road.
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To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.
- The kiss is heady and passionate. I show him how far we are from being over by worshipping him with my lips.
- He moves lower to worship my breasts with his mouth, his teeth raking lightly over my nipple with the perfect amount of friction to build the pleasure coiling tight within me.
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。