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marvellous a. 不可思议的;惊异的 不可思议的;惊异的 marvellous adj 1: 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" [ synonym: { fantastic}, { grand}, { howling( a)}, { marvelous}, { marvellous}, { rattling( a)}, { terrific}, { tremendous}, { wonderful}, { wondrous}] 2: being or having the character of a miracle [ synonym: { marvelous}, { marvellous}, { miraculous}] 3: too improbable to admit of belief; " a tall story" [ synonym: { improbable}, { marvelous}, { marvellous}, { tall( a)}] marvellous \ marvellous\ adj. Marvelous. Syn: improbable, marvelous, tall( prenominal). [ WordNet 1. 5]
Marvelous \ Mar" vel* ous\, a. [ OE. merveillous, OF. merveillos, F. Merveilleux. See { Marvel}, n.] [ Written also { marvellous}.] 1. Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful. [ 1913 Webster] This is the Lord' s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. -- Ps. cxiii. 23. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Partaking of the character of miracle, or supernatural power; incredible; so improbable as to defy belief. [ 1913 Webster PJC] The marvelous fable includes whatever is supernatural, and especially the machines of the gods. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] { The marvelous}, that which exceeds natural power, or is preternatural; that which is wonderful; -- opposed to { the probable}. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Wonderful; astonishing; surprising; strange; improbable; incredible. Usage: { Marvelous}, { Wonderful}. We speak of a thing as wonderful when it awakens our surprise and admiration; as marvelous when it is so much out of the ordinary course of things as to seem nearly or quite incredible. [ 1913 Webster] 30 Moby Thesaurus words for " marvellous": amazing, astonishing, astounding, breathtaking, crazy, excellent, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, glorious, great, groovy, incredible, marvy, mind- boggling, miraculous, phenomenal, remarkable, sensational, smashing, spectacular, splendid, super, superb, surprising, terrific, unbelievable, unparalleled, wild, wonderful
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