astound

FREQ #41913

vt. 使惊骇, 使大惊

发音

CA /əˈstaʊnd/
US /əˈstaʊnd/
US
UK /əˈstaʊnd/
AU /əˈstæɔnd/
NZ /əˈstæʊnd/

词形变化

astounded astoundest astoundeth astounding astounds 三单 astounds astounding 现在分词 astounded 过去式 astounded 过去分词 more astound 比较级 most astound 最高级

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To astonish, bewilder or dazzle.

    使惊奇

    1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 8, These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The vertuous mind […]

    1982, Paul Auster, “On the High Wire” in The Art of Hunger, Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1992, p. 240, A young man had strung a wire between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral and walked and juggled and danced on it for three hours, astounding the crowds of people below.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Stunned; astounded; astonished.

    废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

amaze astonish

上位词 1

surprise

下位词 1

dazzle

词源

From Middle English astouned, astoned, astuned, past participle of astounen, astonen, astunen (“to astonish”). More at astonish.

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