glory

• n. 光榮，榮譽；讚頌
• vi. 自豪，驕傲；狂喜
• n. (Glory)人名；(法)格洛裏

來自拉丁語gloria, 名聲，頌揚。原指神或耶穌的榮光，對神的頌揚。詞源不詳，可能來自call, 呼喊，呼叫，對神的呼喚。

glory

glory: [13] Latin glōria had two separate descendants in Old French: glore, which produced modern French gloire, and glorie, which English took over via Anglo-Norman. The source of the Latin word, which is also the ancestor of Italian and Spanish gloria and Irish Gaelic glōir, is not known. The now obsolete English sense ‘pride’, inherited from Latin, is preserved in vainglorious [15].

glory (n.)

c. 1200, gloire "the splendor of God or Christ; praise offered to God, worship," from Old French glorie "glory (of God); worldly honor, renown; splendor, magnificence, pomp" (11c., Modern French gloire), from Latin gloria "fame, renown, great praise or honor," a word of uncertain origin.

The etymology as *gnoria "knowledge, fame" to gnarus "known" and i-gnorare has been acknowledged by some scholars, and rejected by others. In its favour speak the semantics of words for "glory", which in Indo-European societies mostly have to do with "spoken praise", "reputation by hearsay". Against the assumed etymology speak the phonetics. [da Vaan]

Meaning "one who is a source of glory" is from mid-14c. Also in Middle English "thirst for glory, vainglory, pride, boasting, vanity" (late 14c.), Sense of "magnificence" is late 14c. in English. Meaning "worldly honor, fame, renown." Latin also had gloriola "a little fame." Glory days was in use by 1970. Old Glory for "the American flag" is first attested 1862.

The Christian sense are from the Latin word's use in the Bible to translate Greek doxa "expectation" (Homer), later "an opinion, judgment," and later still "opinion others have of one (good or bad), fame; glory," which was used in Biblical writing to translate a Hebrew word which had a sense of "brightness, splendor, magnificence, majesty of outward appearance." The religious use has colored that word's meaning in most European tongues. Wuldor was an Old English word used in this sense.

glory (v.)

mid-14c., "to rejoice" (now always with in), from Old French gloriier "glorify; pride oneself on, boast about," and directly from Latin gloriari which in classical use meant "to boast, vaunt, brag, pride oneself," from gloria (see glory (n.)). Related: Gloried; glorying.

1. The glory of the idea blossomed in his mind.

在他的腦海中這一想法變得越來越宏大。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The crowd sang "Land of Hope and Glory" and other patriotic songs.

人群高唱《希望和光榮之地》等愛國歌曲。

來自柯林斯例句

3. What joy, what rapture, what glory to see him again!

再見到他是多麽高興、多麽歡欣、多麽美妙的事啊！

來自柯林斯例句

4. The cathedral is the crowning glory of the city.

大教堂是這座城市至高無上的驕傲。

來自《權威詞典》

5. Olympic glory in the 100 metres

奧林匹克100米賽跑的桂冠

來自《權威詞典》