adore
verb[Tnot continuous]
uk/əˈdɔːr/us/əˈdɔːr/adoreverb[T not continuous](LOVE)
tolovesomeone very much,especiallyin a way thatshowsa lot ofadmirationorrespect, or to like something very much:
(尤指崇敬地)爱慕,热爱;非常喜欢She has onesonand she adores him.她只有一个儿子,是她的心肝宝贝。
Iabsolutelyadorechocolate.我非常爱吃巧克力。
[+ -ing verb]Don't you just adore lyingin ahotbath?你难道不喜欢泡热水澡吗?
to love someone
- loveI love you.
- adoreHe absolutely adores his wife.
- dote onShe dotes on her grandkids.
- be crazy aboutI'm just crazy about our new daughter-in-law - she's perfect for our son.
- be mad aboutUKHe's absolutely mad about his new boyfriend.
- be in loveI think I'm in love with her.
to like someone or something
- likeDo you like pasta?
- loveI love seafood.
- adoreI adore a good book.
- think the world of someoneAnnabel's like a daughter to him - he thinks the world of her.
- have a soft spot for someoneI've always had a soft spot for Rebecca ever since she was tiny.
Loving and in love
- absence
- absence makes the heart grow fonderidiom
- adoring
- adoringly
- adorkable
- dotty
- endearment
- ever-loving
- fall forsomeone
- fall in loveidiom
- gaga
- lurve
- madly
- moon
- moon oversomeone/something
- pash
- shine
- steal
- treasure
- worship
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Liking
adoreverb[T not continuous](RELIGION)
formal
toworship:
崇拜;敬仰Let us adoreGodfor all hisworks.让我们崇拜上帝所创造的一切。
Worshipping a god
- churchgoing
- deification
- deify
- devotional
- devout
- devoutly
- devoutness
- godliness
- godly
- homage
- idolater
- Pharisee
- piety
- pious
- piously
- practising
- praise
- votive
- worship
- worshipper