bless
verbVerb Forms
Idioms present simple I / you / we / they bless | |
he / she / it blesses | |
past simple blessed | |
past participle blessed | |
-ing form blessing |
- bless somebody/something
to ask God to protect somebody/something Topics Religion and festivalsc1求上帝降福;祝福 - bless something
to make something holy by saying a prayer over it Topics Religion and festivalsc1祝圣 - bless somebody/something (formal)
to call God holy; to praise God 称颂上帝;赞美上帝 - bless somebody/something (old-fashioned, informal)
used to express surprise (表示惊奇)
Word OriginOld English blēdsian, blētsian, based on blōd ‘blood’ (i.e. originally perhaps ‘mark or consecrate with blood’). The meaning was influenced by its being used to translate Latin benedicere ‘to praise, worship’, and later by association with bliss.
Idioms
be blessed with something/somebody
bless you
said to somebody after they have sneezed (别人打喷嚏时说)
bless you, her, him, etc.
God bless