August
[ɔ:ˈgʌst] or [ˈɔːɡəst]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the month following July and preceding September.
(adj.) profoundly honored; 'revered holy men' .
(adj.) of or befitting a lord; 'heir to a lordly fortune'; 'of august lineage' .
辛迪校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority.
(a.) The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
錄入:纳丁
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Imposing, awful, solemn, venerable, majestic, stately, pompous, great, regal, noble, dignified, kingly, princely, magnificent, superb.
手打:米格尔
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Majestic, dignified, stately, noble, pompous, imposing, grand, solemn, exalted
ANT:Mean, undignified, unimposing, common, vulgar, despicable, paltry, unnoticeable,beggarly, commonplace
安德鲁手打
解釋/意思:
adj. venerable: imposing: sublime: majestic—adv. August′ly.—n. August′ness.
n. the eighth month of the year so called after the Roman emperor Augustus CéŽ ar.
杰勒德整理
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of the month of August, denotes unfortunate deals, and misunderstandings in love affairs. For a young woman to dream that she is going to be married in August, is an omen of sorrow in her early wedded life.
手打:玛丽安
例句/造句/用法:
- All Russia now is a huge experiment in that dictatorship (August, 1920). 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Many special tools, particularly those designed for _bicycle work_, have been devised, as exhibited by patent to Hillman, August 11, 1891, No. 457,718. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- It was filed in the Patent Office a few days later, but was not issued as a patent until August 30, 1887. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- On a fine Sunday evening, in the month of August, John Edmunds set foot in the village he had left with shame and disgrace seventeen years before. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- It went into service August 15, 1882, about three weeks before the Pearl Street station. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The Otto engine is covered by patent No. 194,047, August 14, 1877. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- It was August; so there could be small hope of relief during the heats. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- All Europe still remembers the strange atmosphere of those eventful sunny August days, the end of the Armed Peace. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- On the 10th of August Sheridan had advanced on Early up the Shenandoah Valley, Early falling back to Strasburg. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The insurgents gathered at the H?tel de Ville, and on the tenth of August the Commune launched an attack on the palace of the Tuileries. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The first bloodshed occurred at Londonderry in August, 1913. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- My fears for Adrian were ceaseless; August had come; and the symptoms of plague encreased rapidly in London. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- On August 11 the cable parted, and 344 miles of the cable were lost in water two miles deep. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- On the 14th of August I was ordered to send two more divisions to Buell. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Some mutton was shipped to me from the Falkland Islands at the beginning of last August; a piece of it is uncooked on the table. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
錄入:奥利维尔