英:[əˈstɒnɪʃ]
美:[əˈstɑːnɪʃ]
英:[əˈstɒnɪʃ]
美:[əˈstɑːnɪʃ]
as·ton·ish
sta nihsh
astonishes, astonishing, astonished
astonishedly (adv.), astonishingly (adv.), astonishment (n.)
词根:astonish
adj.astonishing 惊人的;令人惊讶的
adv.astonishingly 令人惊讶地
n.astonishment 惊讶;令人惊讶的事物
v.astonishing 使…惊讶;使…诧异(astonish的ing形式)
verb
transitive verb
to strike with sudden and usually great wonder or surprise They were astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral. In retrospect, it astonishes me that we avoided a major quarrel for so long.—Christopher Hitchens
He was too astonished to speak
obsolete to strike with sudden fear
这些单词都可作及物动词,意思相近,一般都是以事物作主语,人称作宾语。
astonish表示“使大吃一惊”,“几乎使人无法相信”之意。
surprise只表“出乎意料之外”。
amaze强调“使惊讶”,有时还有“惊叹”,“佩服”等意。
以上来源于网络
这组词都有“使惊愕,使惊讶,使惊奇”的意思,其区别是:
stun语气最强,指极度惊讶而目瞪口呆,不知所措。
astound语气强,指由于事情令人难以置信或实在罕见而使人感到震惊。
astonish语气较强,指出乎预料,意外发生,但又无法解释而感到惊奇。
surprise普通用词,多指因未预料或意外的事而引起的惊奇之感。
amaze语气较强,指因认为不可能或极少可能发生情况的出现而感到惊讶或迷惑不解。
startle指因突然的惊吓或意料不到的刺激等而使人惊跳或震惊。
以上来源于网络
公元1300年, astonien,"使昏迷,击晕",源自古法语 estoner "使昏迷,使目眩,使聋,使震惊",源自通俗拉丁语 *extonare,源自拉丁语 ex "出"(参见 ex-)+ tonare "打雷"(参见 thunder(名词)); 因此,字面意思是"使某人震惊"。现代形式(受到英语动词 -ish 的影响,例如 distinguish, diminish)可追溯到1520年代。"使惊讶,使惊奇"的意思可追溯到1610年代。
No wonder is thogh that she were astoned [Chaucer, "Clerk's Tale"]
难怪她会被震惊 [乔叟,《学士的故事》]
相关词汇: Astonished; astonishing。
extension by -ish, transitive verbal suffix (as in accomplish, diminish) of astone, astonne, astony "to strike with surprise or fear, stun," going back to Middle English astonen, astonien "to stun, daze, surprise, astound," borrowed from Anglo-French astuner (attested once), estoner, estuner (also continental Old French estoner), going back to Vulgar Latin *extonāre, alteration, by substitution of the suffix ex- ex- >entry 1, of Latin attonāre "to strike with lightning, drive crazy" (past participle attonitus "struck with lightning, stupefied, dumbfounded"), from at- ad- + tonāre "to thunder" — more at thunder >entry 1
The first known use of astonish was circa 1534
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a legal taking of property
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attach no importance to a remark
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a unit of pressure equal to the pressure of the air at sea level or about 10 newtons per square centimeter (about 14.7 pounds per square inch)
astonishverb
to strike with sudden wonder or surprise
1 The next day the skies over Chicago grew dark as the dust cloud traveled eastward, and a few days later people in upstate New York looked up, astonished, into skies the color of rust.
2 Students were advised to leave early, as travel might be slowed by the snow-like this was the most astonishing observation of the century.
3 His boldness in speaking of such delicate matters in the presence of Dr. Wellington and other whites seemed utterly astonishing to us.
4 Then, out of Dale, came the most astonishing words.
5 They were wrenching, sometimes astonishing, an electronic outpouring of breathtaking anger and compassion.
6 She astonished me with her beautiful handwriting.
她以其秀丽的书法而使我惊异。
7 Zeitoun looked down to his wife, astonished at how ethereally beautiful she looked, her skin radiant, her eyes so tired.
8 It all astonished me for a while, sure, but then it became part of the scene.
9 And then one by one they threw their weapons at Balder, and each of them was astonished and amazed.
10 She had been befriended by stout German farmers, whose guttural speech surprised her and whose well-kept farms astonished her.
11 One summer’s evening an astonishing piece of news reached the Ivy Bush and Green Dragon.
12 I astonished myself by calmly replying, “You may think I haven’t been raised properly, but many people would disagree!”
13 At that moment, my brothers swept to the cart with astonishing speed, clutched its big handles, threw their bodies against it, and wheeled it toward our home while I watched astounded.
14 She was no longer astonished to look in the mirror and find she had developed the breasts and hips of an attractive, grown-up woman.
15 It was astonishing what a peculiar and uncomfortable state of things was produced by the ‘resting and reveling’ process.
16 Fermi’s associate Franco Rasetti came away from a brief visit in 1935 astonished at the “enormous superiority” of the twenty-seven-inch cyclotron for the production of neutrons, far beyond anything available in Europe.
17 He looks at it, astonished and dismayed, and then quickly pulls it inside his sleeve.
18 If Jack was astonished by their fervor he did not show it.
19 They were so astonished and so pleased that they just stood looking at their candies.
20 In fact, I am astonished that you would make such an unreasonable request.
1 惊讶
surprised surprise astonishment wonder dumbfound wonderment amaze knock socks off take breath away raise eyebrows 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 wondering bug-eyed large-eyed marvel
4 惊愕
surprise marvel wonder boggle dumbfound flabbergast dumbfounder thunderstrike in wonder amazed astonished stupefied bigeyed amazedly startle amazement astonishment consternation amaze devastate stagger mesmerize stupefy
5 大为惊奇
6 惊恐
planet-stricken ghastful scared ghastly horror panic scare tremor trepidation stickle funk frighten fley fear chill flurry fray flummox scarify gally feeze take fright
8 吃惊
surprised astonished unawares surprise electrify amazement scared aghast open-mouthed open-eyed start turn startle boggle scare amaze jolt
9 震惊
shell-shocked turn shock jolt astound horrify gobsmacked horror-struck horror surprise stun electrify scandalize stupefy shake knock knock socks off shocked stunned astonished astounded appalled trauma astonishment floor rock reel stagger boggle sicken convulse shake up shattered astoundment shatter
12 惊异
13 使大为惊奇
16 讶异
17 使惊吓