Bless

[bles] or [blɛs]

解释:

(verb.) give a benediction to; 'The dying man blessed his son'.

(verb.) make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate.

(verb.) confer prosperity or happiness on.

手打:斯蒂芬--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate

(v. t.) To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.

(v. t.) To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.

(v. t.) To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.

(v. t.) To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).

(v. t.) To guard; to keep; to protect.

(v. t.) To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.

(v. t.) To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.

(v. t.) To wave; to brandish.

卡莱尔编辑

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Ask or implore a blessing upon.[2]. Delight, gladden, make happy.[3]. Wish happiness to.[4]. Glorify, exalt, celebrate, magnify, praise.

手打:波莱特

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Felicitate, endow, enrich, gladden, rejoice, cheer, thank

ANT:Deprive, sadden, impoverish, ignore, curse, anathematize

编辑:凯利

解释:

v.t. (Spens.) to brandish.

v.t. to invoke a blessing upon: to make joyous happy or prosperous: to consecrate by some religious rite to cross one's self: to extol as holy to pronounce happy to invoke the divine favour upon: to wish happiness to: to praise or glorify:—pa.p. blessed (blest) or blest.—adj. Bless′ed happy: prosperous: happy in heaven beatified.—adv. Bless′edly.—ns. Bless′edness; Bless′ing a wish or prayer for happiness or success: any means or cause of happiness: (B.) a gift or present: a form of invoking the favour of God at a meal.—adv. Bless′ingly.—Single blessedness the celibate life the unmarried state generally.

编辑:蒂姆