单词 | jaw-dropping |
释义 | > as lemmasjaw-dropping jaw-dropping adj. astonishing, amazing, awe-inspiring, shocking; such as causes a person's jaw to drop. Π 1900 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 11 Aug. 9/3 Scientific men..have learned that ‘it is estimated’..authorizes them to tell with impunity the most jaw dropping, eye bulging whoppers. 1962 J. J. Kilpatrick Southern Case for School Desegregation i. 66 Myrdal then paints a picture of the South no Southerner would recognize... A jaw-dropping example of the strange fabrications that have made Myrdal's work notorious. 1980 Washington Post 9 May e7/6 It is, as AFI theater director Michael Clark notes, ‘truly a jaw-dropping motion picture’. 1997 XL for Men Aug. 16/3 You're brought back to earth by the Land Rover slowing down, so there's no control on your part... It's a jaw-dropping experience. < as lemmas |
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