单词 | to knock sideways |
释义 | > as lemmasto knock sideways P2. to knock sideways: to astonish or dumbfound, as with pleasure or shock; to affect profoundly or dramatically. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > have an effect on [verb (transitive)] > with irresistible force kill1634 to knock sideways1890 to blow (a person's) mind1967 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)] > stupefy awhapec1300 stonyc1330 astony1340 astonec1374 mazec1390 stounda1400 stuna1400 to-stony?a1400 stounc1400 clumsec1440 overmusec1460 stonish1488 strike1533 dazzle1561 stoyne1563 stupefy1577 stupefact1583 obstupefy1611 astound1637 petrify1667 flabbergast1773 stagnatea1798 stama1800 swarf1813 boggle1835 razzle-dazzle1886 to knock sideways1890 stupend1900 gobsmack1987 1890 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 25 Nov. i. 7 The effects of the blockade are bad. Business is knocked sideways. 1925 B. Travers Mischief iv. 60 She could have engaged in a viva voce competition with the editor of The Dog World and knocked him sideways. 1942 J. B. Priestley Black-out in Gretley vii. 169 When anybody..does something or has something that suddenly knocks me sideways, I feel I ought to mention it... It's like paying a debt. 1960 M. Stewart My Brother Michael xvi. 203 I can't seem to think straight... I feel knocked kind of sideways. 2000 National Trust Mag. Spring 56/3 He had no idea the BSE crisis was just around the corner and, he says, ‘it really knocked us sideways’. < as lemmas |
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