Word · Frequency #9178
wow
使惊叹；令…赞叹
impress greatly
- 1.
impress greatly
极大地打动
极大地打动
In use
The singer's performance wowed the crowd at the festival.
The new design wowed everyone who saw it.
She wowed the judges with her amazing cooking skills.
The speaker wowed the audience
wow sb
直接跟宾语，表示令某人惊叹。
The performance wowed the audience.
表演使观众大为赞赏。
wow sb with sth
用具体事物或技能使人惊叹。
She wowed the judges with her singing.
她用歌声令评委惊叹。
be wowed by/at sth
被动结构，表示被某事打动。
I was totally wowed by the fireworks.
我被烟花完全惊艳到了。
Verb forms
base wow · third person wows · -ing wowing · past wowed · past participle wowed
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed，现在分词加-ing。
Common mistakes
The singer's voice is very wow.The singer's voice is very wowing.
“wow”作为动词时是及物动词，不能直接作形容词使用。应使用其现在分词形式“wowing”作为形容词，意为“令人惊叹的”。
The audience wowed.The audience was wowed.
“wow”作为动词是及物动词，后面需要接宾语或用于被动语态。这里想表达“观众被震撼”，应用被动结构“was wowed”。
Connections
Collocations
- wow the audience
- 征服观众；令观众惊叹
- The singer's powerful performance wowed the audience.这位歌手强有力的表演令观众惊叹。
- wow the judges
- 令评委惊叹
- Her innovative design wowed the judges and won first place.她富有创意的设计令评委惊叹，赢得了第一名。
- wow critics
- 赢得评论家赞赏
- The film wowed critics at the festival.这部电影在电影节上令评论家们大为赞赏。
- wow the crowd
- 使观众惊叹不已
- The acrobat wowed the crowd with his daring stunts.这位杂技演员用惊险的动作令观众惊叹不已。
- wow investors
- 让投资者眼前一亮
- The startup's prototype wowed investors enough to secure funding.这家初创公司的原型让投资者眼前一亮，成功获得了融资。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象观众看到表演时发出“wow”的惊叹声，就是被极大地打动了。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：entertainment、product launches、speeches wow 作动词表示‘使惊叹、极大地打动’时，通常带有口语或轻松语气，多用于娱乐演出、产品展示、演讲等场合；正式写作中更常使用 impress。
Grammar Note
常用于被动语态，如 be wowed by sth.
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 wow /waʊ/ 押韵：how /haʊ/, now /naʊ/, cow /kaʊ/, plow /plaʊ/, vow /vaʊ/, allow /əˈlaʊ/（重音在 -low）。注意拼写相似但发音不同的词：low /loʊ/, snow /snoʊ/, grow /ɡroʊ/, show /ʃoʊ/, know /noʊ/；bow 这个词有迷惑性：/baʊ/ 是“鞠躬”，/boʊ/ 是“蝴蝶结、弓”。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.