worship

n. 崇拜；礼拜；尊敬

vt. 崇拜；尊敬；爱慕

vi. 拜神；做礼拜

中文词源

worship 崇拜

缩写自古英语worthscip,高贵，荣耀，名声，来自worth,价值，力量，-scip,同-ship,抽象名词后缀。后词义引申为对神灵或超自然现象的尊敬，崇拜。

worship: worship: [OE] Worship began life as a compound noun meaning virtually ‘worthiness’. It was formed from the adjective worth and the noun suffix -ship ‘state, condition’, and at first was used for ‘distinction, credit, dignity’. This soon passed into ‘respect, reverence’, but it was not used in specifically religious contexts until the 13th century. The verb dates from the 12th century.
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worship (n.): Old English worðscip, wurðscip (Anglian), weorðscipe (West Saxon) "condition of being worthy, dignity, glory, distinction, honor, renown," from weorð "worthy" (see worth) + -scipe (see -ship). Sense of "reverence paid to a supernatural or divine being" is first recorded c. 1300. The original sense is preserved in the title worshipful "honorable" (c. 1300).
worship (v.): c. 1200, from worship (n.). Related: Worshipped; worshipping.

3. They worship James Brown, Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix.: 他们崇拜詹姆斯·布朗、鲍勃·马利和吉米·亨德里克斯。

4. Singer Brett Anderson inspires old-fashioned hero-worship.: 歌手布雷特·安德森唤起了旧式的个人崇拜狂潮。