amaze

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vt. 使吃惊

发音

US /əˈmeɪz/
其它
UK /əˈmeɪz/

词形变化

amazes 复数 amaz'd amazed amazes 三单 amazes amazeth amazing amazing 现在分词 amazed 过去式 amazed 过去分词 amazest amazedst 过去式 amazeth 三单 amazed 复数

教材释义与例句

动词

使吃惊

to surprise someone very much

Dave amazed his friends by suddenly getting married.

戴夫突然结婚，令朋友们非常吃惊。

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Amazement, astonishment; (countable) an instance of this.

    古体 不可数 可数
  2. 2.

    Fear, terror.

    古体 不可数 可数
  3. 3.

    Stupefaction of the mind; bewilderment; (countable) an instance of this.

    废旧 不可数 可数
v. B2
  1. 1.

    To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise.

    及物

    He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot.

  2. 2.

    To stun or stupefy (someone).

    废旧 及物
  3. 3.

    To bewilder or perplex (someone or oneself).

    废旧 及物
  4. 4.

    To fill (someone) with panic; to panic, to terrify.

    废旧 诗歌 及物
  5. 5.

    To experience amazement; to be astounded.

    古体 不及物

词汇关系

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同义词 10

get beat stick puzzle pose gravel vex astonish astound bewilder

上位词 9

throw surprise fox confuse confound bedevil befuddle discombobulate fuddle

下位词 6

escape riddle stump dazzle elude mix up

词源

The verb is derived from Middle English *amasen, *amase (“to bewilder, perplex”) (attested chiefly in the past participle form, and thus often difficult to distinguish from amased (adjective)), from Old English āmasian (“to confuse, astonish”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + *masian (“to confound, confuse, perplex; to amaze”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon, signal”)). The English word is analysable as a- (intensifying prefix) + maze (“(archaic) to astonish, amaze, bewilder; to daze, stupefy”). The noun is derived from Late Middle English amase, from the verb: see above.

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