marvel
英 ['mɑːv(ə)l]
美['mɑrvl]
- n. 奇迹
- vt. 对…感到惊异
- vi. 感到惊讶
- n. (Marvel)人名；(英)马弗尔
词态变化
复数: marvels;第三人称单数: marvels;过去式: marvelled;过去分词: marvelled;现在分词: marvelling;
中文词源
marvel 奇迹
来自古法语marveille,惊讶，惊奇，奇迹，来自拉丁语mirari,感到惊讶和惊奇，词源同mirror,miracle,smile.
英文词源
- marvel
- marvel: see mirror
- marvel (n.)
- c. 1300, "miracle," also "wonderful story or legend," from Old French merveille "a wonder, surprise, miracle," from Vulgar Latin *miribilia (also source of Spanish maravilla, Portuguese maravilha, Italian maraviglia), altered from Latin mirabilia "wonderful things," from neuter plural of mirabilis "wonderful, marvelous, extraordinary; strange, singular," from mirari "to wonder at," from mirus "wonderful" (see smile). A neuter plural treated in Vulgar Latin as a feminine singular. Related: Marvels.
- marvel (v.)
- c. 1300, "to be filled with wonder," from Old French merveillier "to wonder at, be astonished," from merveille (see marvel (n.)). Related: Marveled; marveling.
双语例句
- 1. It was a marvel that the floor never gave way.
- 惊奇的是地板居然从未塌陷。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She's marvel to be able to shoot with such accuracy.
- 她的枪法那么好,真不简单.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. Niagara Falls is one of the greatest marvel in the world.
- 尼亚加拉瀑布是世界大奇景之一.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. You're a marvel; how can you work so hard at your age.
- 您是一位奇才; 象您这么大年纪的人怎么会这么拼命干呢.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. The robot is a marvel of modern engineering.
- 机器人是现代工程技术的奇迹.
来自《简明英汉词典》