awesome的18個同義詞

1. thriven and thro

極好的，卓越的

Thriven here appears to derive from the sense meaning 『advanced in growth』, but thro is not found– instead it was used in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries to mean 『stubborn』. Together, as 『thriven and thro』, they were an epithet used in alliterative poetry to call someone excellent.

這裡thriven的含義由『快速生長』而來，但是並沒發現thro從何處演化而來——相反，在14、15、16世紀它意為『固執的』。『thriven and thro』放到一起，在頭韻詩歌里用來稱讚某人是卓越的。

2. gradely

出色的，漂亮的

Although the earliest known sense of gradely probably referred to people and meant 『ready』or『prompt』, by 1400 the word could be used to refer to objects – to label them awesome. You might not be understood if you said this in London or Cornwall, but it』s still wide in use in the north of England.

雖然gradely原意指人，意為「準備好的」，「迅速的」，但是到1400年時這個詞就用來指物，用來說明某物是極好的。如果你在倫敦或者康沃爾使用這個詞，人們可能無法理解你在說什麼，但是在英格蘭北部，這個詞仍然被廣泛使用。

3. eximious

優良的，卓越的

Eximious comes from Latin eximius, meaning 『select, choice, outstanding, exceptional』. And it was common in 17th-century literature as a way of describing someone distinguished.

Eximious由拉丁單詞eximius演化而來，意為「精選的」、「仔細推敲的」、「傑出的」、「超常的」。Eximious形容某人卓越優秀，在十七世紀的文學中被廣泛使用。

4. jelly

優秀的

Around 1560, according to current research – jelly may be related in some way to jolly, although the phonetic change has no parallel. The use is also a little different – describing someone excellent, but with a high opinion of themselves.

1560年左右，根據當時的一個報告，在某種程度上人們把jelly和jolly聯繫在一起，雖然兩者的發音並不相同。但是jelly的用法有一點不同——他指某個人很優秀，但是主觀色彩濃厚。

5.topgallant

最高的，最佳的

Originally a nautical noun, relating to the head of the topmast, the adjective later developed from this literal sense to a figurative one, to designate anything lofty or grand.

Topgallant原本是一個描述航海的名詞，指的是中桅的最高處。其形容詞詞義後來從其字面意義發展為比喻意義，指某物崇高或者偉大。

6. prestantious

卓越的

From the Latin praestāntia, meaning 『excellence』, this adjective has the distinction of being both rare and obsolete – with only one instance recorded in the OED.

Prestantious由拉丁辭彙praestāntia演化而來，意為「卓越」，「優秀」。這個形容詞還有「稀少的」和「老式的」的意思–僅在牛津詞典中有一個在錄的例子。

7. gallows

美妙的，卓越的

The earliest sense of the adjective gallows means 『fit for the gallows』 – that is, deserving to be hanged. In the same way that wicked and bloody have come to mean their reverse, gallows became a slang adjective meaning 『excellent 』, first found in 1789.

形容詞gallows本意為『適合絞刑架的』–也就是說應該被絞死的。Wicked和bloody的意義也與其本意相反，同樣1789年俚語gallows作為「優秀的」的含義第一次被發現。

8. budgeree

絕妙的，頂好的

This Australian colloquialism dates back to the 18th century, and derives from an Aboriginal language.

這個澳大利亞方言可以追溯到18世紀，是由土著居民的語言演化而來。

9. supernacular

極好的

Particularly used to describe drinks, supernacular is the adjective equivalent of the slang noun supernaculum, meaning 『a drink to be consumed to the last drop』.

Supernacular是名詞俚語supernaculum的形容詞形式。supernaculum用來形容一飲而盡的酒，supernacular也就尤其用來形容酒。

10. jam / jam-up

極好的，卓越的

From the adverb jam or jam-up (meaning 『closely, in close contact 』) developed the adjectival meaning 『excellent, perfect, thorough』, in colloquial use. One could thus, conceivably, jam up jam-up jam, if you were stacking shelves of awesome strawberry preserve.

在口語中，該詞由副詞jam或者jam-up(意為『親密的，緊密聯繫』)演化為形容詞，意為『卓越的，完美的，詳盡的』。

11. boss

卓越的，精巧的

The adjective boss, meaning 『excellent, masterly』, developed earlier than one might imagine from attributive use of the noun in collocation with occupational titles, e.g. 『boss shoemaker』, 『boss carpenter』, etc.— the first truly adjectival use recorded in the OED is from 1881: 『No country in the world could make such a boss-show as the United States.』

形容詞boss意為『卓越的，精巧的』，其發展歷史要比其作為名詞定語置於職業名稱之前的歷史還要長，例如，『卓越的製鞋匠』，『卓越的木匠』等。據牛津詞典記載，boss第一次作為形容詞使用是在1881年：『世界上沒有任何一個國家可以像美國一樣做出如此卓越的表演。』

12. fizzing

卓越的

Many verbs have come to have an adjectival slang sense of 『excellent』 – such as ripping, topping, and rattling. Fizzing is another example.

許多動詞的形容詞都有一層俚語含義，意為『卓越的』。例如，ripping, topping,和rattling。Fizzing 也是一個例子。

13. bad

好的，令人敬畏的

Bad can, of course, be the antonym of awesome, but its slang use to mean 『good』 is well-known – popularized by the 1987 Michael Jackson song 『Bad』.

可想而知，bad是awesome的反義詞，但是邁克爾·傑克遜的歌曲『Bad』，使bad作為『好的，令人敬畏的』的含義為眾人所知曉。

14. deevy

極好的

Deevy is an alteration of divvy, which is (in turn) a slang abbreviation of divine. Early uses cited in OED include examples from the works of Elinor Glyn, Vita Sackville West, and E.F. Benson.

Deevy是divvy的變形,divvy是divine的俚語縮寫形式。其早期的用法在牛津詞典中有所提及。

15. v.g.

極好的

V.g. – as an initialism for 『very good』 – may well not be new to you, but you might be surprised to find that it』s been part of the English language since at least as far back as the 1860s.

V.g.是『very good』的首字母縮略詞–這可能對你來說並不新奇，但是你會很驚訝的發現至少從19世紀60年代以來，v.g.就已經是組成英語的一部分了。

16. bosker

極好的

This Australian and New Zealand slang adjective, of unknown origin, also appears in the form boscar and boshter. More familiar will be the similar bonzer (also meaning 『extremely good』), which – it has been suggested – may be an alteration of bonanza.

Bosker是澳大利亞和紐西蘭的形容詞俚語，出處不明，也以boscar和boshter的形式出現。我們可能更加熟悉bonzer（也意為『極好的』），據說它是bonanza的變形。

17. jake

卓越的

This originally American adjective is now used further afield. If you want some alternatives, Australian and New Zealand slang have jakeloo, jakealoo, and jakerloo.

Jake作為一個美國的形容詞，現在在更加廣泛的地區使用，如果你要找一些jake的替代詞，澳大利亞和紐西蘭俚語中的jakeloo, jakealoo,和jakerloo都是不錯的選擇。

18. bodacious

極好的

Although dating back to the 19th century with the sense 『complete, thorough』, this adjective later appeared in American slang as a synonym for awesome. The word was greatly popularized by the teen film Bill and Ted』s Excellent Adventure (1989).

上溯到19世紀，bodacious意為『完全的，整個的』，後來這個形容詞作為awesome的同義詞出現在美國俚語中。比爾和泰得探險記使bodacious這個詞開始流行。

So, there you have it: 18 words you can use instead of awesome – although, we must admit, some of them might be unfamiliar in 21st-century conversation. Still, there are plenty of options out there.

所以你現在就有18種表達awesome的方式了– 雖然我們必須承認，在21世紀有一些表達方式並不為人們所熟悉。但是還是有許多方式供我們選擇。