| 单词 | to astonish the natives |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto astonish the natives P1. colloquial (originally U.S.). to astonish the natives: to shock or otherwise profoundly affect public opinion. 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 1801 L. Chester Federalism Triumphant ii. 19 Such a jumble of religion, gallantry and meanness, will astonish the southern Members, and might well ‘astonish the natives’. 1837 Davy Crockett's Almanack I. iii. 40 I can take the rag off—frighten the old folks—astonish the natives—and beat the Dutch all to smash. 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes II. iii. 52 The brutal drunkenness and reckless debauchery of the Pakehas actually ‘astonished the natives’. 1888 Dict. National Biogr. XV. 242/2 Coming to England..at Wanstead, Essex, and appears to have astonished the natives by his unconventional mode of life. 1901 M. E. Ryan That Girl Montana 96 Much of her afternoon was spent..fashioning a party gown with which to astonish the natives. 1957 Sci. Monthly Apr. 177/1 Cheered by this expression of liberal opinion, Huxley went to work in earnest on something which would ‘astonish the natives’. 1986 Times (Nexis) 29 July International designers..have taken up batik and given it a sophistication which would astonish the natives. < as lemmas |
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