| 单词 | struck so |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstruck so e. In past participle. Bewitched; affected by the evil eye. Also struck so, suddenly rendered motionless (as if by enchantment) in a particular attitude or grimace. dialect and slang. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > not moving [phrase] > suddenly rendered motionless in specific attitude struck soa1849 a1849 J. Keegan Legends & Poems (1907) 165 Whenever a child is suspected to be ‘struck’, it is thought useless to apply to a medical person. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 65/2 Keeping their toes turned out, as if they had been ‘struck so’ while taking their first dancing-lesson. 1862 T. C. Croker Fairy Legends & Trad. S. Irel. (new ed.) 39 Just then she got a pain in the small of her back, and out through her heart, as if she was struck. 1881 W. S. Gilbert Patience ii. 31 Maj. I can't help thinking we're a little stiff at it. It would be extremely awkward if we were to be ‘struck’ so. 1891 J. S. Farmer Slang II. 163 To be Struck Comical (popular), to be astonished. 1912 G. K. Chesterton Manalive 234 Dr. Cyrus Pym had remained for an unprecedented time with his eyes closed and his thumb and finger in the air. It almost seemed as if he had been ‘struck so’, as the nurses say. < as lemmas |
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