sublimest 伟大的(sublime的最高级)
高尚的
壮观的
非凡的
极其的
- Close by is a tomb, once beautiful with the sublimest sculptures, but now fallen into as great decay as the house.
在它近旁竖立着一块墓碑,上面庄严的雕塑曾经美丽非常,现在却也如那座古厦般腐朽不堪。
Sublime \Sub*lime"\, a. [Compar. {Sublimer}; superl.
{Sublimest}.] [L. sublimis; sub under + (perhaps) a word akin
to limen lintel, sill, thus meaning, up to the lintel: cf. F.
sublime. Cf. {Eliminate}.]
1. Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared.
--Dryden.
2. Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said
of persons. ``The sublime Julian leader.'' --De Quincey.
3. Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration,
veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand;
solemn; stately; -- said of an impressive object in
nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of
a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed.
Easy in words thy style, in sense sublime. --Prior.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong. --Longfellow.
4. Elevated by joy; elate. [Poetic]
Their hearts were jocund and sublime,
Drunk with idolatry, drunk with wine. --Milton.
5. Lofty of mien; haughty; proud. [Poetic] ``Countenance
sublime and insolent.'' --Spenser.
His fair, large front and eye sublime declared
Absolute rule. --Milton.
Syn: Exalted; lofty; noble; majestic. See {Grand}.