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上帝,神;被极度崇拜的人或物
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
God \God\, v. t.
To treat as a god; to idolize. [Obs.] --Shak.
God \God\, a. & n.
Good. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
God \God\ (g[o^]d), n. [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got,
G. gott, Icel. gu[eth], go[eth], Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup,
prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. h[=u], p.
p. h[=u]ta, to call upon, invoke, implore. [root]30. Cf.
{Goodbye}, {Gospel}, {Gossip}.]
1. A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and
to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity;
a deity; an object of worship; an idol.
He maketh a god, and worshipeth it. --Is. xliv.
15.
The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down To
bestial gods. --Milton.
2. The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the
Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.
God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must
worship him in spirit and in truth. --John iv. 24.
3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good;
an object of supreme regard.
Whose god is their belly. --Phil. iii.
19.
4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic
power. [R.] --Shak.
{Act of God}. (Law) See under {Act}.
{Gallery gods}, the occupants of the highest and cheapest
gallery of a theater. [Colloq.]
{God's acre}, {God's field}, a burial place; a churchyard.
See under {Acre}.
{God's house}.
(a) An almshouse. [Obs.]
(b) A church.
{God's penny}, earnest penny. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
{God's Sunday}, Easter.
资料来源 : WordNet®
God
n 1: the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and
omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the
universe; the object of worship in monotheistic
religions [syn: {Supreme Being}]
2: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part
of the world or some aspect of life or who is the
personification of a force [syn: {deity}, {divinity}, {immortal}]
3: a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity
to other people; "he was a god among men"
4: a material effigy that is worshipped as a god; "thou shalt
not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"
[syn: {idol}, {graven image}]