worship: [OE] Worship began life as a compound noun meaning virtually ‘worthiness’. It was formed from the adjective worth and the noun suffix -ship ‘state, condition’, and at first was used for ‘distinction, credit, dignity’. This soon passed into ‘respect, reverence’, but it was not used in specifically religious contexts until the 13th century. The verb dates from the 12th century. => worth
worship (n.)
Old English worðscip, wurðscip (Anglian), weorðscipe (West Saxon) "condition of being worthy, dignity, glory, distinction, honor, renown," from weorð "worthy" (see worth) + -scipe (see -ship). Sense of "reverence paid to a supernatural or divine being" is first recorded c. 1300. The original sense is preserved in the title worshipful "honorable" (c. 1300).
worship (v.)
c. 1200, from worship (n.). Related: Worshipped; worshipping.
实用例句
1. St Jude's church is a public place of worship.
圣犹大教堂是做礼拜的公共场所.
来自柯林斯例句
2. Most of the upper castes worship the Goddess Kali.
印度上层种姓多数崇拜女神时母。
来自柯林斯例句
3. They worship James Brown, Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix.
他们崇拜詹姆斯·布朗、鲍勃·马利和吉米·亨德里克斯。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Singer Brett Anderson inspires old-fashioned hero-worship.
