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as·ton·ish·ment
词根:astonish
adj.astonishing 惊人的;令人惊讶的
adv.astonishingly 令人惊讶地
v.astonishing 使…惊讶;使…诧异(astonish的ing形式)
vt.astonish 使惊讶
noun
a feeling of great surprise and wonder : the state of being astonished : amazement
The garden's beauty filled me with astonishment.
consternation
something that astonishes : a cause of amazement or wonder
Everything that he had seen so far … had been so astonishing that he began to wonder whether there could possibly be any more astonishments left.—Roald Dahl
1590年代,“惊奇或震惊的状态”; 见 astonish + -ment。早期它的意思是“瘫痪”(1570年代)。
astonish + -ment
The first known use of astonishment was in 1566
1 Thor raised the horn to his lips and he drank, and he drank like a god drinks, drank so long and so deeply that Loki and Thialfi simply stared at him in astonishment.
2 Then he heard the gasp—the sudden intake of breath, drawn sharply in astonishment, by each of the seated citizens.
3 Bigger extended a limp palm, his mouth open in astonishment.
4 To his astonishment and terror, and lasting delight, Sam saw a vast shape crash out of the trees and come careering down the slope.
5 Even, to my astonishment, a sly smile spreading over my mother’s face.
6 His only reaction was astonishment at his good luck.
7 While everyone else stared at her in astonishment, Josie lifted the papers high in the air and ripped them exactly in half.
8 The city man watched this activity for some time with great astonishment.
这个城里人非常惊讶地观察了好一会儿.
9 He leaned forward and hung on every word, reacting at appropriate intervals with astonishment, sympathy, dismay.
10 The man looked at Sid in astonishment. " Listen, Mister, my name's not Peter, it's Wilfred. "
这个人十分吃惊地看着席德说: “ 听着, 先生, 我的名字不叫彼得, 我叫威尔弗莱德. ”
11 “Well, hello,” Penelope said again, even more gently, to hide her astonishment.
12 It was a sort of haggard astonishment.
那只是一副凶顽而又惊骇的面孔。
13 Then, to the astonishment of many, including many astronomers, evidence was actually found for the existence of black holes in space.
14 The spy looked round at the two gentlemen; they both looked in unspeakable astonishment at Jerry.
密探回头望望另外两人, 两人都以难以描述的惊讶望着杰瑞.
15 They stared at each other, their mouths open in astonishment.
16 He stared with astonishment.
他吃惊地盯着这一幕。
17 We watched in complete astonishment as she put the skeleton through various contortions, thrusting her pointer around without the slightest self-consciousness.
18 He imagined them slamming against his net in astonishment at this invisible thing that finished their lives in the last days of an urgent journey.
19 Kay looked at her father in astonishment.
恺用诧异的目光望着父亲.
20 His voice was filled more with astonishment than with excitement.
1 惊讶
wonder wonderment nonplus surprised surprise astonish dumbfound wondering wonderingly stunning jolt throw stun stupefy throw a curve ball throw a curve sit up and take notice sit up astonished confound big-eyed wide-eyed bug-eyed large-eyed marvel astonied surprisedly amazement gobsmack with surprise
2 惊奇
surprised marvellous aghast wonder surprise jolt astound astonied surprisedly amazement wonderment amaze wondrously wonderingly stound surprisal with surprise
4 震惊
shocked stunned astonished astounded appalled gobsmacked shock trauma jolt floor rock reel stun stagger astound horrify astonish boggle sicken convulse scandalize shake up
5 令人惊异的事物