Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter W - Page 38
Women (n.) pl. of Woman.
Won () imp. & p. p. of Win.
Won (v. i.) To dwell or abide. [Obs. or Scot.] " Where he wans in forest wild." -- Milton.
This land where I have woned thus long. -- Spenser.
Won (n.) Dwelling; wone. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Won (a.) Not subject to defeat; "with that move it's a won game" [ant: lost].
Won (n.) The basic unit of money in South Korea [syn: South Korean won, won].
WON, () World-O-Networking (BeOS).
Wonder (n.) 驚奇；驚異；驚歎 [U]；奇跡；奇觀；奇事 [C] That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement.
They were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. -- Acts iii. 10.
Wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance. -- Johnson.
Note: Wonder expresses less than astonishment, and much less than amazement. It differs from admiration, as now used, in not being necessarily accompanied with love, esteem, or approbation.
Wonder (n.) A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange thing; a prodigy; a miracle. " Babylon, the wonder of all tongues." -- Milton.
To try things oft, and never to give over, doth wonders. -- Bacon.
I am as a wonder unto many. -- Ps. lxxi. 7.
{Seven wonders of the world}. See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Wondered (imp. & p. p.) of Wonder
Wondering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wonder
Wonder (v. i.) 納悶；想知道 [（+about）]；覺得奇怪；不明白 [（+at）] [（+to-v）] To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.
I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity of these diminutive mortals. -- Swift.
We cease to wonder at what we understand. -- Johnson.
Wonder (v. i.) To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why they came.
I wonder, in my soul, What you would ask me, that I should deny. -- Shak.
Wonder (a.) 非凡的；奇妙的，不可思議的 Wonderful. [Obs.] -- Gower.
After that he said a wonder thing. -- Chaucer.
Wonder (adv.) Wonderfully. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Wonder (n.) The feeling aroused by something strange and surprising [syn: {wonder}, {wonderment}, {admiration}].
Wonder (n.) Something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of modern science" [syn: {wonder}, {marvel}].
Wonder (n.) A state in which you want to learn more about something [syn: {curiosity}, {wonder}].
Wonder (v.) (v. t.) [Y] 想知道 [+wh-]；對……感到奇怪 [+（that） Have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church" [syn: {wonder}, {inquire}, {enquire}].
Wonder (v.) Place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight" [syn: {wonder}, {question}].
Wonder (v.) Be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities" [syn: {wonder}, {marvel}].
Wonder (v.) (Question) (B1) [ I ] 疑惑；想知道 To ask yourself questions or express a wish to know about something.
// [ + question word ] Shouldn't you phone home? Your parents will be wondering where you are.
// He's starting to wonder whether he did the right thing in accepting this job.
// [ + speech ] Will this turkey be big enough for eight, I wonder?
// "Have you decided where you're going next summer?" "I've been wondering about (= considering) going to Florida."
Wonder (v.) (Question) (B1) （用於短語中，使某一請求更加正式和禮貌）不知能否… Used in phrases, at the beginning of a request, to make it more formal and polite.
// We were wondering if/ whether you'd like to have dinner with us some time?
// [ + question word ] I wonder whether you could pass me the butter?
// I wonder if you could give me some information about places to visit in the area?
Wonder (v.) (Surprise) [ I ] (Formal) 感到驚訝，覺得驚奇 To feel or express great surprise at something.
// [ + (that) ] I don't wonder (that) she burst into tears after the way you spoke to her.
Idiom:
I shouldn't wonder (UK) 大概，也許 Probably.
// "Where's Mark been recently?" "Up to no good, I shouldn't wonder."
Wonder (n.) [ U ] 驚訝；驚嘆 A feeling of great surprise and admiration caused by seeing or experiencing something that is strange and new.
// The sight of the Grand Canyon stretching out before them filled them with wonder.
// The boys gazed in wonder at the shiny red Ferrari.
Wonder (n.) [ C usually plural ] 奇觀；奇跡；奇事 An object that causes a feeling of great surprise and admiration.
// We spent a week visiting the wonders of Ancient Greek civilization.
// With all the wonders of modern technology, why has no one come up with a way to make aircraft quieter?
Wonder (n.) [ C ] (Informal) 極其有用的人；能人 An extremely useful or skilful person.
// Our new babysitter's a wonder - she'll come at very short notice and the kids love her.
Idiom:
Work/ do wonders (Informal) 產生奇妙的作用 To have a very good effect.
// Doctors have discovered that keeping a pet can do wonders for your health.
Idiom:
It's a wonder 真奇怪；真令人驚訝 It is surprising.
// It's a wonder (that) he ever reached Paris, because he set off with only £5 in his pocket.
Idiom:
Little/ small wonder 並不奇怪 It is not really surprising.
// Her car isn't working, so it's little wonder (that) she hasn't come to visit you recently.
Idiom:
No wonder (B2) 並不讓人驚訝；並不奇怪 It is not surprising.
// No wonder the children are excited - this is the first time they've been abroad.
// "If brutal killers like these two are at work, it is no wonder that so many Iraqis have fled," he said.
Idiom:
Wonders never cease (Humorous) 真是令人驚訝；奇跡總是會發生的 An expression of surprise used when something unusual or unexpected happens.
// Lynda actually managed to get up before ten o'clock. Wonders never cease!
Wondered (a.) Having performed wonders; able to perform wonderful things.
Wonderer (n.) 漫遊者；流浪者 One who wonders. a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty.
Wanderer (n.) Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life [syn: {wanderer}, {roamer}, {rover}, {bird of passage}].
Wanderer (n.) A computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine [syn: {spider}, {wanderer}].
Wanderer (n.) Someone who is curious about something.
Wanderer (n.) Someone filled with admiration and awe; someone who wonders at something [syn: wonderer, marveller].
Wonderful (a.) 極好的；精彩的；驚人的；奇妙的；非同尋常的 Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing.
Syn: Marvelous; amazing. See {Marvelous}. -- {Won"der*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Won"der*ful*ness}, n.
Wonderful (a.) Extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" [syn: {fantastic}, {grand}, {howling(a)}, {marvelous}, {marvellous}, {rattling(a)}, {terrific}, {tremendous}, {wonderful}, {wondrous}].
Wonderfully (adv.) 精彩地；極好地；驚人地；奇妙地 (Used as an intensifier) Extremely well; "her voice is superbly disciplined"; "the colors changed wondrously slowly" [syn: {wonderfully}, {wondrous}, {wondrously}, {superbly}, {toppingly}, {marvellously}, {terrifically}, {marvelously}].
Wonderfully (adv.) In a way that inspires delight or admiration; extremely well.
‘The system works wonderfully.’
‘Wonderfully crafted songs.’
[As submodifier] ‘A wonderfully entertaining show.’
Compare: Submodifier
Submodifier (n.) 次修飾語 (Grammar) An adverb used in front of an adjective or another adverb to modify its meaning, for example very in very cold or unusually in an unusually large house.
Wonderfulness (n.) 極好 Admirable excellence [syn: {admirability}, {admirableness}, {wonderfulness}].
Wonderfulness (n.) See Wonderful.
Compare: Wonderful
Wonderful (a.) Inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvellous.
‘They all think she's wonderful.’
‘The climate was wonderful all the year round.’
Compare: Inspiring
Inspiring (a.) 激勵人心的；啟發靈感的；inspire的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Having the effect of inspiring someone.
‘He was an inspiring teacher.’
‘The scenery is not very inspiring.’
Inspire (v.) [With object] (v. t.) 鼓舞，激勵，驅使 [（+to）] [O2]；賦予……靈感，給……以啟示；激起，喚起（感情，思想等）[（+in/ with）] (v. i.) 吸氣；賦予靈感 Fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.
‘His philosophy inspired a later generation of environmentalists’
[With object and infinitive] ‘His passion for literature inspired him to begin writing.’
‘Their past record does not inspire confidence.’
Inspire (v.) [With object] (Inspire someone with) Animate someone with (a feeling).
‘He inspired his students with a vision of freedom.’
‘The film was successful enough to inspire a sequel.’
Inspire (v.) [With object] Breathe in (air); inhale.
‘They can expand their lungs and inspire enough gas to satisfy oxygen requirements.’
Compare: Environmentalist
Environmentalist (n.) 環境保護論者；環境論者 A person who is concerned about protecting the environment.
[As modifier] ‘The environmentalist movement.’
Environmentalist (n.) A person who considers that environment, as opposed to heredity, has the primary influence on the development of a person or group.
Wonderingly (adv.) 驚訝地；疑惑地 In a wondering manner.
Wonderingly (adv.) See Wondering
Compare: Wondering
Wondering (a.) 覺得奇怪的；疑惑的；wonder的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Characterized by or expressive of a desire to know something; curious.
‘Unsure where she was leading to, I cast her a wondering look.’
Wondering (a.) Characterized by or expressive of admiration and amazement.
‘Peter listened with an air of wondering astonishment.’
Wonderingly (adv.) 驚訝地 In a curious and questioning manner; "they turned their heads questioningly, as if awaiting further instructions" [syn: {questioningly}, {wonderingly}].
Wonderland (n.) 仙境；非常好的地方 A land full of wonders, or marvels. -- M. Arnold.
Wonderland (n.) A place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder.
Wonderland (n.) An imaginary realm of marvels or wonders.
Wonderly (adv.) 精彩地；極好地；驚人地；奇妙地 Wonderfully; wondrously. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Wonderment (n.) 驚奇；奇觀；奇事；好奇 Surprise; astonishment; a wonderful appearance; a wonder. -- Bacon.
All the common sights they view, Their wonderment engage. -- Sir W. Scott.
Wonderment (n.) The feeling aroused by something strange and surprising [syn: {wonder}, {wonderment}, {admiration}].
Wonderous (a.) Same as {Wondrous}.
Wonders (adv.) See Wondrous. [Obs.]
They be wonders glad thereof. -- Sir T. More.
Wonderstruck (a.) 驚訝萬分的 Struck with wonder, admiration, or surprise.
Wonderwork (n.) 奇蹟；奇妙的事物 A wonderful work or act; a prodigy; a miracle.
Wonder-worker (n.) 創造奇跡的人 One who performs wonders, or miracles.
Wonder-working (a.) 創造奇跡的 Doing wonders or surprising things.
Wondrous (adv.) 【古】極其 In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree; wonderfully.
For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place. -- Pope.
And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold. -- Coleridge.
Wondrous (a.) 令人驚奇的；不可思議的；奇妙的 Wonderful; astonishing; admirable; marvelous; such as excite surprise and astonishment; strange.
That I may . . . tell of all thy wondrous works. -- Ps. xxvi. 7. -- {Won"drous*ly}, adv. -- {Won"drous*ness}, n.
Chloe complains, and wondrously's aggrieved. -- Granville.
Wondrous (adv.) (Used as an intensifier) Extremely well; "her voice is superbly disciplined"; "the colors changed wondrously slowly" [syn: {wonderfully}, {wondrous}, {wondrously}, {superbly}, {toppingly}, {marvellously}, {terrifically}, {marvelously}].
Wondrous (a.) Extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" [syn: {fantastic}, {grand}, {howling(a)}, {marvelous}, {marvellous}, {rattling(a)}, {terrific}, {tremendous}, {wonderful}, {wondrous}].
Wone (a.) To dwell; to abide.
Wone (a.) Dwelling; habitation; abode.
Wone (a.) Custom; habit; wont; use; usage.
Wong (n.) A field.
Wonger (n.) See Wanger.
Woning (n.) Dwelling.
Won't () A colloquial contraction of woll not. Will not. See Will.
Wont (a.) Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used.
Wont (n.) Custom; habit; use; usage.
Wont (imp.) of Wont
Wont (p. p.) of Wont
Wonted () of Wont
Wonting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wont
Wont (v. i.) 習慣，慣常 To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.
Wont (v. t.) 使習慣於 [H] To accustom; -- used reflexively.
Wonted (a.) 習慣的；平常的；慣例的；wont 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Accustomed; customary; usual.
Wontedness (n.) The quality or state of being accustomed.
Wontless (a.) Unaccustomed.
Wooed (imp. & p. p.) of Woo
Wooing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Woo
Woo (v. t.) 向……求愛，向……求婚；追求，追逐；極想得到 To solicit in love; to court.
Woo (v. t.) To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
Woo (v. i.) 求愛，求婚；懇求；爭取 To court; to make love.
Wood (a.) 〔古語〕失去理智的，精神錯亂的；大怒，暴怒；憤怒，激憤 Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic.
Wood (v. i.) To grow mad; to act like a madman; to mad.
Wood (n.) 木頭；木材；木柴 [U]；森林，樹林 [C] A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; -- frequently used in the plural.
Wood (n.) The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber.
Wood (n.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain.
Wood (n.) Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
Wooded (imp. & p. p.) of Wood
Wooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wood
Wood (v. t.) 植林於 To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or a locomotive.
Wood (v. i.) 採集木柴；收集木材 To take or get a supply of wood.
Woodbind (n.) Woodbine.
Woodbine (n.) (Bot.) 忍冬屬植物 A climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance (Lonicera Periclymenum); the honeysuckle.
Woodbine (n.) The Virginia creeper. See Virginia creeper, under Virginia. [Local, U. S.]
Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture. -- Shak.
Wood-bound (a.) Incumbered with tall, woody hedgerows.
Woodbury-type (n.) A process in photographic printing, in which a relief pattern in gelatin, which has been hardened after certain operations, is pressed upon a plate of lead or other soft metal. An intaglio impression in thus produced, from which pictures may be directly printed, but by a slower process than in common printing.
Woodbury-type (n.) A print from such a plate.
Woodchat (n.) Any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to the genera Ianthia and Larvivora. They are closely allied to the European robin. The males are usually bright blue above, and more or less red or rufous beneath.
Woodchat (n.) A European shrike (Enneoctonus rufus). In the male the head and nape are rufous red; the back, wings, and tail are black, varied with white.
Woodchuck (n.) A common large North American marmot (Arctomys monax). It is usually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray. It makes extensive burrows, and is often injurious to growing crops. Called also ground hog.
Woodchuck (n.) The yaffle, or green woodpecker.
Woodcock (n.) 【動】丘鷸；山鷸 [C] (Zool.) Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds.
Note: The most important species are the European ({Scolopax rusticola) and the American woodcock ({Philohela minor), which agree very closely in appearance and habits.
Woodcock (n.) Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.]
If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!" -- Beau. & Fl.
Little woodcock, The common American snipe.
Little woodcock, The European snipe.
Sea woodcock fish, The bellows fish.
Woodcock+owl,+The+short-eared+owl+({Asio+brachyotus">Woodcock owl, the short-eared owl ({Asio brachyotus).
Woodcock shell, The shell of certain mollusks of the genus
Murex, having a very long canal, with or without spines.
Woodcock snipe. See under Snipe.
Woodcock (n.) Game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe.
Woodcock, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 146
Housing Units (2000): 57
Land area (2000): 0.561118 sq. miles (1.453290 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.561118 sq. miles (1.453290 sq. km)
FIPS code: 86160
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 41.754726 N, 80.084569 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Woodcock, PA
Woodcock
Woodcracker (n.) (Zool.) The nuthatch. [Prov. Eng.]
Compare: Nuthatch
Nuthatch (n.) (Zool.) 【動】五十雀 Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species ({Sitta Europaea). The white-breasted nuthatch ({Sitta Carolinensis}), the red-breasted nuthatch ({Sitta Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch ({Sitta pygmaea}), and others, are American.
Nuthatch (n.) Any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
[syn: {nuthatch}, {nutcracker}].
Woodcraft (n.) 森林生活知識；木工技術；木雕技術 Skill and practice in anything pertaining to the woods, especially in shooting, and other sports in the woods.
Woodcut (n.) 木刻；木刻畫；木刻印刷 An engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut, under Wood.
Woodcutter (n.) 樵夫，伐木工人；木刻家 A person who cuts wood.
Woodcutter (n.) An engraver on wood.
Woodcutting (n.) 伐木；木刻 The act or employment of cutting wood or timber.
Woodcutting (n.) The act or art of engraving on wood. [R.]
Wooded (a.) 長滿樹木的；樹木繁茂的 [Z]；wood 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Supplied or covered with wood, or trees; as, land wooded and watered.
Wooden (a.) 木製的；木的；呆板的；僵硬的；笨拙的 Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding.
Wooden (a.) Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless.
Woodenly (adv.) 木製地；呆板地，笨拙地 Clumsily; stupidly; blockishly.
Woodenness (n.) 木製品；粗魯的人 Quality of being wooden; clumsiness; stupidity; blockishness.
Woodhack (n.) Alt. of Woodhacker
Woodhacker (n.) The yaffle.
Woodnewer (n.) A woodpecker.
Woodhole (n.) A place where wood is stored.
Woodhole (In British English) (n.) A storage area for wood.
Woodhouse (n.) 儲木房 A house or shed in which wood is stored, and sheltered from the weather.
Woodiness (n.) [U] 樹林茂密；木質 The quality or state of being woody.
Woodknacker (n.) (Zool.) The yaffle.
Compare: Yaffle
Yaffle (n.) 【英】綠色啄木鳥 (Zool.) The European green woodpecker ({Picus viridis syn. Genius viridis). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also eccle, hewhole, highhoe, laughing bird, popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler, yaffingale, yappingale, yackel, and woodhack.
Woodland (n.) 森林地帶，林地 [U] [P] Land covered with wood or trees; forest; land on which trees are suffered to grow, either for fuel or timber.
Woodland (a.) 林地的，樹林的；林棲的Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest; sylvan.
Woodlander (n.) 林中居民 A dweller in a woodland.
Wood-layer (n.) A young oak, or other timber plant, laid down in a hedge among the whitethorn or other plants used in hedges.
Woodless (a.) 無森林的 Having no wood; destitute of wood.
Woodly (adv.) In a wood, mad, or raving manner; madly; furiously.
Compare: Furiously
Furiously (adv.) 狂怒地；狂暴地；猛烈地In an extremely angry manner.
‘He furiously denies the claims.’
Furiously (adv.) In an extremely energetic or hurried manner; intensely.
‘Terry was furiously scribbling away.’
Woodmen (n. pl. ) of Woodman
Woodman (n.) [C] 住於森林中的人；樵夫；獵人 A forest officer appointed to take care of the king's woods; a forester. [Eng.]
Woodman (n.) A sportsman; a hunter.
[The duke] is a better woodman than thou takest him for. -- Shak.