nonplussed

a. 惊讶不止的, 不知所措的

发音

UK /nɒnˈplʌst/
其它
US /ˌnɑnˈplʌst/

词形变化

more nonplussed 比较级 nonplused most nonplussed 最高级

别名

non-plussed nonplushed

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    simple past and past participle of nonplus

adj.
  1. 1.

    Unsure how to act or respond; bewildered, perplexed.

  2. 2.

    Unaffected, unfazed; unimpressed.

    美国 非正式

词汇关系

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词源

From nonplus (“state of bewilderment or perplexity”, noun) or nonplus (“to bewilder or perplex (someone)”, verb) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives, and the past tense and past participle forms of verbs). Nonplus (noun) is derived from Latin nōn plūs (“no further, no more”), from nōn (“not”) + plūs (“additionally, more; further”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)). The etymological sense is similar to being left speechless as a result of confusion: the nonplussed person can say or do “no more”. Adjective sense 2 (“unaffected”) is probably from a misinterpretation of the first element of the word as the prefix non- meaning “not”.

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