| 释义 |
amazed, ppl. a.|əˈmeɪzd|
[f. amaze v. + -ed.]
†1. Driven stupid; stunned or stupefied, as by a blow; out of one's wits. Obs.
c1230Ancr. R. 284 Nai, seið sum amased þing. 1393Gower Conf. II. 21, I wot neuer, what I am..But muse as he, that were amased. 1447O. Bokenham Lyvys of Seyntys 14 As a man amasyd he sodeynly dede abreyde. 1551Turner Herbal (1568) 9 Leopardes bayne layd to a scorpione maketh hym vtterly amased and num. 1586T. B. La Primaudaye's Fr. Acad. 491 She strake hir head so hard against the wall, that she fell downe amazed. a1604Hanmer Chron. Irel. (1633) 20 The other gave Starcuterus such a blow, that he stood a great while amazed. 1683Lady Russell Lett. I. v. 14 A woman amazed with grief. 1704Pope Windsor For. 109 Sudden they seize th' amaz'd defenceless prize.
†2. Bewildered, confounded, confused, perplexed. Of things: Thrown into confusion. Obs.
c1450Merlin xiii. 199 Thei were so a-masid that thei wiste not what to do. 1513More Rich. III (1641) 249 The poore, amased, and desolate commons of this Realme. 1598Yong Diana 215 One, that is amazed in minde, Not knowing whether he doth dreame or no. 1608Yorksh. Trag. i. iv. 207 All his studies amazed. 1651Jer. Taylor Serm. i. xxvii. 343 The contradiction is multiplyed and the labyrinths more amazed.
†3. Struck with sudden terror; terror-stricken, terrified, alarmed. Obs.
c1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 383 Be ye no thyng amased [v.r. amazed, a-mased, amasud]. 1430Lydg. Chron. Troy iii. xxvii, To the kinge she ran So amased in her mortall wo. 1611Bible Judg. xx. 41 When the men of Israel turned againe, the men of Beniamin were amased. 1640Fuller Abel Rediv., Luther (1867) I. 67 Amazed not so much for her own as for her children's preservation.
4. Lost in wonder or astonishment.
1583Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 32 With woonder amazed. 1590Shakes. Mids. N. iii. ii. 220, I am amazed at your passionate words. 1659Hammond On Ps. Pref. 16 Admiring and glorifying God as he stands amazed. 1782Cowper J. Gilpin xli, The callender, amazed to see His neighbour in such trim. 1855Maury Phys. Geog. Sea §741 We are utterly amazed at the offices which have been performed..by the animalcula. |