资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Awe \Awe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Awed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Awing}.]
   To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to
   control by inspiring dread.

         That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. --Shak.

         His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the
         bystanders.                              --Macaulay.

Awing \A*wing"\, adv. [Pref. a- + wing.]
   On the wing; flying; fluttering. --Wallace.

资料来源 : WordNet®

awing
     adj : inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an
           amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring
           sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this
           sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some
           hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's
           awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent" [syn: {amazing},
            {awe-inspiring}, {awesome}, {awful}]