- poetic/literary inspiring a feeling of wonder or delight; marvellous〈诗/文〉令人惊奇的; 使人高兴的; 奇妙的:
this wondrous city.
这个令人惊叹的城市。
as submodifier
- archaic marvellously; wonderfully〈古〉出奇地; 极其, 非常:
she is grown wondrous pretty.
她出落得美丽无比。
派生词
wondrously
adverbwondrousness
noun词源
late 15th cent.: alteration of obsolete wonders (adjective and adverb), genitive of WONDER, on the pattern of marvellous.