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单词 glorious
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Definition of glorious in English:

glorious

adjective ˈɡlɔːrɪəsˈɡlɔriəs
  • 1Having, worthy of, or bringing fame or admiration.

    光荣的,荣耀的;值得称道的

    the most glorious victory of all time

    有史以来最荣耀的胜利。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It would be tragic if we backed off now, when revolution is gathering momentum for a glorious victory.
    • Nevertheless, there are already those predicting a glorious future for him in the paid ranks.
    • Rarely, however, has potential upset turned into such glorious victory in the time it takes the eye to close and re-open.
    • The blues has a complex and glorious history, but does it have a future?
    • He even anchored the Canadian 4x100m relay team to glorious victory over the Americans.
    • He is the last member of a glorious tradition and a legend by himself.
    • This event was hailed as a glorious triumph, in which all of mankind was united in celebration.
    • It was a glorious way to bring up the century for the season.
    • This, friends, is the glorious future he has spread out before him.
    • This is the tenth anniversary of a glorious victory - and it is also a memorial.
    • So, in his honour, we take time out today to mourn his passing and celebrate his brief but glorious career.
    • To burden you with so many new things will lead to a tragic end rather then a glorious future.
    • He has presided over the transition of the team from one glorious generation to the next in exemplary fashion.
    • The city combines beauty with picturesque association of a glorious past.
    • For one club the journey home will be triumphant and glorious for the other it will be mournful and bitter.
    • They had sailed back to England the following week after a glorious victory at Crecy.
    • It is time to get over our memories about the brief ignominious period and look forward to a much more glorious future.
    • He loved being wound up, made the impending victory all the more glorious.
    • Then this beginning expanded, building itself a palace, worthy of glorious praise.
    • That glorious event will finally bring life, light, fire and love to their complete fruition.
    Synonyms
    illustrious, celebrated, famous, famed, renowned, acclaimed, distinguished, honoured, eminent, excellent, outstanding, great, magnificent, splendid, impressive, noble, supreme, sublime, triumphant
    immortal, unforgettable
  • 2Having a striking beauty or splendour.

    a glorious autumn day

    美丽宜人的秋日。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But it is a glorious late autumn afternoon, and the study window is open.
    • We can thank author Elisabeth Beresford for making famous this glorious expanse of open space.
    • For sure it has a wealth of exceptional buildings and a glorious urban beauty.
    • It was her first visit to the glorious city and I was keen to get her initial impression.
    • I anticipated a glorious view from the summit or some clearing where I could see Sligo from this new vantage.
    • He stood there for a few minutes looking onto the glorious beauty of the forest below.
    • Like me, many of the hotel guests simply wanted to unwind, chill out and view the glorious changing scenery.
    • The Hampden of that time was glorious in its shabby splendour.
    • In addition, the tree has beautiful peeling bark not unlike that of Eucalyptus species, and glorious autumn colour.
    • I think that's all the news this morning, apart from the fact that it's finally stopped raining and it's a glorious autumn day.
    • Sure, his inner beauty might be glorious, but visually he's more like a Quasimodo.
    • America is supposedly a land of great natural beauty but I have found nothing to compare with those glorious Welsh hills.
    • Just the thing for Swaledale's glorious and famous traditional hay meadows which are best in June and July.
    • In less than a mile it takes in glorious views of Edinburgh Castle, Calton Hill and Princes Street Gardens.
    • Since we left at four in the morning, I got a glorious view the sun rise over the jungle.
    • Letting out a sigh, she turned to the lake, silently viewing its glorious wonders.
    • The fresh green leaves in spring will turn a glorious golden yellow in autumn and are light and easy to sweep up when they finally fall.
    • Instead they have been brought back to their glorious best and rehabilitated as homes, offices, cafés and shops.
    • The weather was glorious, the view amazing, the food delicious.
    • You can lounge in the bath and look out the window to glorious views to the west and south-west over the roofs of the oldest part of Tunbridge Wells.
    • It is well reputed for its fine teaching but the pinnacle of its fame is its glorious chapel with its murals of intricate artwork.
    • Strolling into the glorious sunshine, we were immediately impressed by the sights.
    Synonyms
    wonderful, marvellous, magnificent, superb, sublime, spectacular, lovely, excellent, fine, delightful, enjoyable, pleasurable
    informal super, great, smashing, amazing, amazeballs, stunning, fantastic, terrific, tremendous, incredible, sensational, stellar, heavenly, divine, gorgeous, dreamy, grand, fabulous, fab, fabby, fantabulous, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, awesome, magic, ace, out of this world
    British informal brilliant, brill, bosting
    North American informal peachy, dandy, jim-dandy, neat
    Australian/New Zealand informal beaut, bonzer
    British informal, dated capital, champion, wizard, corking, ripping, spiffing, top-hole, topping, beezer
    North American informal, dated swell, keen
    literary wondrous, beauteous
    archaic goodly
    rare frabjous, splendacious, splendiferous, splendorous
    1. 2.1informal Very enjoyable.
      glorious platters of succulent crabs
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Combine the two, with an excellent cast, and it's glorious entertainment.
      • The hotels also offer fine cuisine, particularly exciting, glorious tapas at the sophisticated bistrot.
      • It is a terrifyingly glorious racket guaranteed to make any party go atomic.
      • And what could be more wonderful at this time of year than the glorious sweet waft of baking coming from the kitchen?
      • Not so bad, actually; met some lovely people and had another glorious day.
      • The 1905 Christmas Eve Caledonian dinner was a glorious and enjoyable function.
      • Huge crowds enjoyed another glorious day at the fantastic Gala.
      • My three children and I spent a glorious seven days in Austria skiing and it was absolutely wonderful.
      • It is the sort of thing that Jim and I would have fantasised about amid the glorious laughter of youth.
      • They have a fine carvery and always have glorious desserts.
      • Marvellous, glorious, terrific, delightful: Paul enjoyed the books he wrote about.
      Synonyms
      wonderful, marvellous, magnificent, superb, sublime, spectacular, lovely, excellent, fine, delightful, enjoyable, pleasurable

Derivatives

  • gloriousness

  • noun
    • One of the things that draws me to Brodie is the gloriousness of playing a woman in her 40s who gets up and looks at herself and thinks, ‘Today I look marvellous.’.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The one television station will be running back-to-back feature films that espouse the virtue of self-reliance and the gloriousness of the revolution.
      • He had never been a morning person before, but letting the beautiful sunrise pass without him absorbing its gloriousness in an area such as this seemed wasteful, from his perspective.
      • She had opened all the windows to let that gloriousness in and decided quickly that it was just too nice of a day to stay inside.
      • The complete version needed nothing less than an entire website to contain its full gloriousness.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French glorieus, from Latin gloriosus, from gloria 'glory'.

Rhymes

censorious, laborious, meritorious, notorious, uproarious, uxorious, vainglorious, victorious

Definition of glorious in US English:

glorious

adjectiveˈɡlôrēəsˈɡlɔriəs
  • 1Having, worthy of, or bringing fame or admiration.

    光荣的,荣耀的;值得称道的

    the most glorious victory of all time

    有史以来最荣耀的胜利。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is the tenth anniversary of a glorious victory - and it is also a memorial.
    • Then this beginning expanded, building itself a palace, worthy of glorious praise.
    • Nevertheless, there are already those predicting a glorious future for him in the paid ranks.
    • This, friends, is the glorious future he has spread out before him.
    • He even anchored the Canadian 4x100m relay team to glorious victory over the Americans.
    • That glorious event will finally bring life, light, fire and love to their complete fruition.
    • It was a glorious way to bring up the century for the season.
    • This event was hailed as a glorious triumph, in which all of mankind was united in celebration.
    • It would be tragic if we backed off now, when revolution is gathering momentum for a glorious victory.
    • He has presided over the transition of the team from one glorious generation to the next in exemplary fashion.
    • It is time to get over our memories about the brief ignominious period and look forward to a much more glorious future.
    • He loved being wound up, made the impending victory all the more glorious.
    • To burden you with so many new things will lead to a tragic end rather then a glorious future.
    • The city combines beauty with picturesque association of a glorious past.
    • He is the last member of a glorious tradition and a legend by himself.
    • Rarely, however, has potential upset turned into such glorious victory in the time it takes the eye to close and re-open.
    • For one club the journey home will be triumphant and glorious for the other it will be mournful and bitter.
    • So, in his honour, we take time out today to mourn his passing and celebrate his brief but glorious career.
    • The blues has a complex and glorious history, but does it have a future?
    • They had sailed back to England the following week after a glorious victory at Crecy.
    Synonyms
    illustrious, celebrated, famous, famed, renowned, acclaimed, distinguished, honoured, eminent, excellent, outstanding, great, magnificent, splendid, impressive, noble, supreme, sublime, triumphant
  • 2Having a striking beauty or splendor that evokes feelings of delighted admiration.

    漂亮的;绚丽的;壮观的;令人愉快的;令人赞羡的

    a glorious autumn day

    美丽宜人的秋日。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Letting out a sigh, she turned to the lake, silently viewing its glorious wonders.
    • You can lounge in the bath and look out the window to glorious views to the west and south-west over the roofs of the oldest part of Tunbridge Wells.
    • The fresh green leaves in spring will turn a glorious golden yellow in autumn and are light and easy to sweep up when they finally fall.
    • We can thank author Elisabeth Beresford for making famous this glorious expanse of open space.
    • It was her first visit to the glorious city and I was keen to get her initial impression.
    • He stood there for a few minutes looking onto the glorious beauty of the forest below.
    • I anticipated a glorious view from the summit or some clearing where I could see Sligo from this new vantage.
    • Sure, his inner beauty might be glorious, but visually he's more like a Quasimodo.
    • The weather was glorious, the view amazing, the food delicious.
    • Strolling into the glorious sunshine, we were immediately impressed by the sights.
    • The Hampden of that time was glorious in its shabby splendour.
    • In less than a mile it takes in glorious views of Edinburgh Castle, Calton Hill and Princes Street Gardens.
    • In addition, the tree has beautiful peeling bark not unlike that of Eucalyptus species, and glorious autumn colour.
    • America is supposedly a land of great natural beauty but I have found nothing to compare with those glorious Welsh hills.
    • For sure it has a wealth of exceptional buildings and a glorious urban beauty.
    • Since we left at four in the morning, I got a glorious view the sun rise over the jungle.
    • Just the thing for Swaledale's glorious and famous traditional hay meadows which are best in June and July.
    • But it is a glorious late autumn afternoon, and the study window is open.
    • It is well reputed for its fine teaching but the pinnacle of its fame is its glorious chapel with its murals of intricate artwork.
    • I think that's all the news this morning, apart from the fact that it's finally stopped raining and it's a glorious autumn day.
    • Like me, many of the hotel guests simply wanted to unwind, chill out and view the glorious changing scenery.
    • Instead they have been brought back to their glorious best and rehabilitated as homes, offices, cafés and shops.
    Synonyms
    wonderful, marvellous, magnificent, superb, sublime, spectacular, lovely, excellent, fine, delightful, enjoyable, pleasurable

Origin

Middle English: from Old French glorieus, from Latin gloriosus, from gloria ‘glory’.

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