worship

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.

1. St Jude's church is a public place of worship.

圣犹大教堂是做礼拜的公共场所.

2. Most of the upper castes worship the Goddess Kali.

印度上层种姓多数崇拜女神时母。

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。

5. They fell prostrate in worship.

他们拜倒在地。