单词 | amaze |
释义 | amazen.ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > mental prostration or paralysis amazec1425 amazedness?1520 amazement1553 astonishment1611 mopedness1660 anergia1874 anergy1890 punch-drunkenness1928 slug-nuttiness1943 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun] > state or instance of studyc1300 were1338 amazec1425 perplexityc1475 studiala1513 pose1600 stam1638 embarrassment1721 screw-up1950 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun] mingingOE riddleOE cumbermentc1300 willa1325 encumbrancec1330 were1338 perplexitya1393 discomfiturea1425 cumbrancec1460 confuse1483 proplexity1487 perplexion?c1500 amazedness?1520 amazement1553 subversion1558 amaze?1560 perplexednessa1586 confusedness1587 puzzle1599 confusion1600 mizmaze1604 discomfita1616 embarras1627 obfuscation1628 mystery1629 confoundedness1641 puzzledness1662 confuseness1710 puzzlement1731 puzzledom1748 embarrassment1751 puzzleation1767 bepuzzlement1806 conjecture1815 mystification1817 bewilderment1819 perplexment1826 fuddle1827 wilderment1830 discomforture1832 head-scratching1832 baffle1843 posement1850 muddlement1857 turbidity1868 fogging1878 bemuddlement1884 harl1889 befuddlement1905 turbidness1906 wuzziness1942 perplexability1999 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. l. 1830 He astonyd stood as in a mase, Whan þat he sawe þe conduit of his blood So stremyn out. ?1560 T. Norton Orations of Arsanes sig. Fiiiiv Scanderbeg saw the perill, & in doubtfull amaze betweene construction of wordes & apparance of meanyng, wythdrewe hys power. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. xxviii. 57 The panicles which..cover the whole braine, are subject to headache, mygram, dizinesse, and amazes. 1660 Lupton's Thousand Notable Things (new ed.) xi. 344 The Gentleman was stricken into amaze, fell sick, and dyed. 1754 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 278 Our god-daughter is pretty well, still in a whirl and an amaze. 1813 Ld. Byron Let. 10 Jan. (1974) III. 12 Murray is in amaze at the whole transaction & writes in a laughable consternation. 2. Fear, terror; dismay. Cf. amazement n. 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > panic frightnessc1425 amaze1587 amazedness1587 terrification1601 panic1640 sauve-qui-peut1815 panic stations1918 tailspin1921 1587 A. Day tr. J. Amyot Longus's Daphnis & Chloe ii. sig. 4v The Captaine..beeing awaked of this vision, grewe into greater feare and amaze of this heauye charge. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 811 Thus once more brought into an amaze, they fled absolutely. 1702 J. Pomfret Misc. Poems 97 Strike the Affrighted Nations with a wild Amaze. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xi. 103 The whole rout was in amaze. 1885 ‘E. Lyall’ In Golden Days (1886) xv. 157 He looked back in a sort of amaze to think that his own act could have brought him into such a hateful position. a1973 J. R. R. Tolkien Silmarillion (1977) xviii. 153 All that beheld his onset fled in amaze, thinking that Oromë himself was come. 3. Wonder or astonishment; great surprise. Also: an instance of this; a feeling of wonder or astonishment. Cf. amazement n. 2. poetic and somewhat archaic in later use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [noun] wonderc700 wonderingOE ferlya1300 marvelc1330 stupora1398 admirationc1425 admirativec1487 amazement1576 mazement1580 stupefaction1592 amazedness1593 astonishment1594 stonishment1594 amaze1598 surprisal1652 staggerment1933 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 246 His faces owne margent did coate such amazes, That all eyes saw his eyes inchaunted with gazes. 1647 T. May Hist. Parl. iii. v. 100 An amaze, that the besieged should continue in such an height of resolution. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxiv. 64 She stood all in Amaze, and look'd at me from Top to Toe. 1880 W. D. Howells Undiscovered Country v. 85 He stared at Ford in even more amaze than anger. 1932 T. E. Lawrence tr. Homer Odyssey (new ed.) iv. 45 Upon first sight of this palace of the heaven-nurtured king the visitors paused in amaze. 1957 T. Hughes Hawk in Rain 18 From the parent's pointing finger and the child's amaze. 2009 J. E. Kibler Educ. of Chauncey Doolittle xii. 139 J J. and Joe-Rion looked at each other with big eyes in a kind of amaze. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). amazev. a. transitive. To stun or stupefy (a person); to daze; to bewilder, perplex. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [verb (transitive)] > cause mental confusion amazeOE the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [verb (transitive)] > prostrate or paralyse mentally amazeOE mazec1390 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > dull (the senses) [verb (transitive)] > stupefy swevec725 amazeOE mazec1390 dazea1400 fordulla1400 stupefy?a1425 dullc1440 entrance1569 damp1570 daunt1581 stupefact1583 trance1597 astound1600 mulla1616 doze1617 soporate1623 consopite1647 obstupefying1660 dozzlea1670 infatuate1712 smoor1718 silly1859 maizel1869 zombify1950 OE Lambeth Psalter: Canticles v. 241 In furore obstupefacies gentes : on hatheortnysse þu amasost þeoda. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement iii. f.C.xli You will amase hym with beatyng of hym thus aboute the heed. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes sig. Xx.iii They dull and amase the vnderstandyng of the vnlearned. 1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie vii. sig. I5v The snow amazeth them, & causeth them presently to fall. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 44 The Lord..smote him to the ground, and amazed him. 1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. I. xxi. 479 Being totally amazed by this first blow, he returned to the camp. b. transitive (reflexive). To bewilder, puzzle, or perplex oneself. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > be confused [verb (reflexive)] amaze1578 puzzle1613 1578 M. Jennings tr. E. de Maisonneufve Gerileon of Englande i. ix. f. 36v What is it for me to amaze my selfe here in describyng of beautie, because of her inestimable perfection. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 98 I might easily amaze my self, and tire you in a relation of them. View more context for this quotation a1678 A. Marvell Poems in Wks. (1776) III. 412 How vainly men themselves amaze, To win the palm, the oak, or bays. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing apprehension or alarm > alarm [verb (transitive)] misforgivea1425 feezec1440 effray1480 amaze?1518 misgivea1535 deter1595 baze1603 alarm1620 larum1758 to put the wind up1916 spook1935 ?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. A.vii Fyrste was the woman amasyd nere for drede At the last she commaunded the eldest to procede. ?1606 M. Drayton Ode xii, in Poemes sig. C6 Though they to one be ten Be not amazed. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 109 The sight of any shadow amazes the fish. View more context for this quotation 1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. iii. ii. 35 It is the Duty of a Preacher to amaze a Sinner. a1871 C. Elliott Leaves from Unpublished Jrnls., Lett. & Poems (1874) 224 There prostrate laid, amazed with fears, Thou pourest out strong cries and tears. 1917 T. S. Eliot Prufrock & Other Observ. 40 Sometimes these cogitations still amaze The troubled midnight and the noon's repose. 3. transitive. To greatly surprise (a person); to fill with astonishment or wonder; to astound. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)] marvela1425 esmarvel1477 amaze?1533 wondera1561 bewondera1586 to hold at gaze1594 admire1598 wonder-maze1603 astonish1611 thunderstrike1613 surprise1655 to astonish the natives1801 emmarvel1834 zap1967 mind-blow1970 gobsmack1987 ?1533–4 R. Saltwood Compar. bytwene iiij. Byrdes sig. A.iv My eye I cast on that mery orgon Of whos syght anon was amased So lytel a byrde to muse that lesson So audyble. 1617 J. Taylor Three Weekes Obseruations C4v [They] were amazed at the ingratitude of the wretch. 1765 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) I. ii. 46 You amaze me greatly, is this all the Notice and Care they take of such a Treasure? 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 33 A young man, whose eccentric career was destined to amaze Europe. 1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out xvi. 263 It amazed her to hear Thackeray called second-rate. 1978 A. Newman Another Bouquet iv. 132 Even now her loyalty amazed and impressed him. 2012 Sidewalk Mar. 69/1 Charlie Munro is a ridiculously talented skateboarder; it really amazes me that he is not already established in the UK scene. 4. intransitive. To be astounded or stupefied. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > feel wonder, be amazed [verb (intransitive)] > be stupefied stonya1382 stoynea1464 reelc1475 amaze1589 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 194 It would so make the chast eares amaze. 1593 G. Peele Famous Chron. King Edward the First sig. A3 Madam amaze not. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. iv. i. 294 Men amaze thereat. 2010 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Dec. d12/3 At this copacetic gallery-house of local legend Ron Artis..amaze at the rows of battered surfboards Ron turned into airbrushed works of art. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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