marvellous
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mar·vel·lous British English, marvelous American English /ˈmɑːvələs $ ˈmɑːr-/ ●●○ S3 adjective GOOD/EXCELLENTextremely good, enjoyable, impressive etc 极好的，绝妙的；了不起的 SYN wonderful ‘How was your holiday?’ ‘Marvellous!’ “假期过得好吗？”“好极了！” We had a marvellous time. 我们度过了美好的时光。 I can’t stand him, but my wife thinks he’s marvellous. 我受不了他，但我的妻子认为他很了不起。 It’s marvellous what they can do these days. 他们现在真有本事。 —marvellously adverb
Examples from the Corpus
marvellous• Its foliage is pleasing and the seed pods are marvellous.• The bees think they're marvellous.• There are lots of galleries and museums and marvellous churches and castles.• How marvellous it was to hear him say that.• This is where that marvellous rag-bag of feeling we relieve through our tears comes to our aid.• Now, all kinds of marvellous technologies are used to read the message of the nucleic acids.• Anyway, they were marvellous, they couldn't do enough for you.It’s marvellous• If he can be found ... Female speaker It's marvellous.• It's a triumph for integrity. It's marvellous for all of us.• Male speaker It's marvellous to hold a first telephone conversation for many years.He would like one himself.mar·vel·lous adjectiveChineseSyllable
enjoyable, Corpus extremely impressive etc good,
marvellous
mar‧vel‧lous S2
British English, marvelous American English /ˈmɑːvələs $ ˈmɑːr-/ adjective
extremely good, enjoyable, impressive etc
SYN wonderful:
‘How was your holiday?’ ‘Marvellous!’
We had a marvellous time.
I can’t stand him, but my wife thinks he’s marvellous.
It’s marvellous what they can do these days.
—marvellously adverb
▪ fantastic/terrific spoken extremely good, in a way that makes you feel excited and happy – used mainly in spoken English: The view from the top was fantastic. | He did a fantastic job. | That’s a terrific idea! | ‘I passed!’ ‘That’s terrific!’
▪great spoken extremely good – used mainly in spoken English: Thanks for a great afternoon. | ‘Did you have a good holiday?' ’It was great!'
▪excellent extremely good – used especially about the quality of something. Excellent is more formal than fantastic/terrific or great, and is used in both spoken and written English: Our local theatre has put on some excellent productions. | It is an excellent film.
▪wonderful extremely good in a way that impresses you or makes you very pleased: She is really a wonderful person. | That’s wonderful news!
▪marvellous British English, marvelous American English extremely good in a way that impresses you or makes you very pleased. Marvellous sounds a little old-fashioned, but is still fairly common: We had a marvellous dinner at a little restaurant near the hotel. | Martino’s performance was marvelous.
▪amazing extremely good in a surprising and exciting way: Standing there on top of Mount Fuji was an amazing experience.
▪incredible extremely good in a surprising and exciting way. Incredible is often used when something is so good that it almost seems unlikely: What a goal! That was incredible! | It was an incredible moment - one that I will never forget.
▪brilliant British English informal extremely good: ‘How was your trip?’ ‘Absolutely brilliant!’ | What a brilliant idea!
▪be out of this world used when saying that something is so good that you cannot imagine anything better: Their desserts are out of this world.
mar‧vel‧lous S2
British English, marvelous American English /ˈmɑːvələs $ ˈmɑːr-/ adjectiveextremely good, enjoyable, impressive etc
SYN wonderful:
—marvellously adverb
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