thunderstruck

大学

a. 惊愕的, 吓呆的, 遭雷击的

发音

UK /ˈθʌn.də.stɹʌk/
US /ˈθʌn.dɚ.stɹʌk/
AU

词形变化

more thunderstruck 比较级 most thunderstruck 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

遭雷击的;惊愕的;吓坏了的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak.

    1927-29 — Mohandas Gandhi, An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth, Part V, The Fast, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai 'Unless the strikers rally,' I declared to the meeting, 'and continue the strike till a settlement is reached, or till they leave the mills altogether, I will not touch any food.' The labourers were thunderstruck.

词汇关系

词源

From thunder + struck. Compare synonymous and cognate Latin attonitus. Also compare typologically Ancient Greek ἐμβρόντητος (embróntētos) (< βροντή (brontḗ)) (whence Greek εμβρόντητος (emvróntitos)); Czech ohromený (< ohromit), Bulgarian като ударен от гръм (kato udaren ot grǎm), Russian как гро́мом поражённый (kak grómom poražónnyj) (akin to гром (grom)). See also German wie vom Donner gerührt.

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