英语词汇“astonishment”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Everyone gasped in astonishment as the cars came around the last bend.
To everyone's astonishment, more than 100 people volunteered to help that day.
You should have seen the look of astonishment on his face!

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

As he passed our party he saluted with polite astonishment.
Her eyebrows rose in astonishment when she saw that somebody had taken her parking place.
Maybe it was the element of sheer surprise, the astonishment that anyone could be so stupid.
To her astonishment, she had almost enjoyed their conversation.
To her astonishment, they fell together.
We exclaimed our astonishment and relief, and rushed to embrace him.
Wyatt came over to watch out of sheer astonishment and pride.

Longman Language Activatora feeling of being surprised► surprise

: somebody's surprise · You can imagine my surprise when I saw my sister's photograph on a magazine cover.surprise at · I expressed some surprise at the elaborate welcome which had been prepared for me.in/with surprise · Sam stared at his girlfriend in surprise. "What are you doing here?'' he asked.to somebody's surprise/to the surprise of somebody · To everyone's complete surprise, the Labour Party lost the election.

► amazement

a feeling of great surprise, especially because something has happened that you almost cannot believe: in/with amazement: · Fans looked on in amazement as Robbins missed a third goal for the team.· Nina looked at me with amazement. "I don't believe you," she said.to somebody's amazement/to the amazement of somebody: · To our amazement, when we returned to China, the Moso tree had grown an impressive ninety feet.

► astonishment

a feeling of great surprise, especially at something you have seen or something someone has told you: · You should have seen the look of astonishment on his face!in/with astonishment: · Everyone gasped in astonishment as the cars came around the last bend.to somebody's astonishment/to the astonishment of somebody: · To everyone's astonishment, more than 100 people volunteered to help that day.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► look

· He darted about looking to satisfy his astonishment but the old lady had melted away.· I looked at him in astonishment.· She looked to him in astonishment, shaken, and was irrationally infuriated to see that he was asleep.

► see

· We looked out of the window and saw to our astonishment, a procession of women rounding the street corner.· He must have seen the astonishment in my face.

► stare

· The portraits themselves seemed to be staring in astonishment.· She stared in astonishment as a waiter pushed a drinks trolley into the room.

► watch

· Athelstan watched in astonishment: Sir John's permanent hunger always fascinated him.· Clutching the strings of their red balloons, they watched in astonishment as Marie and Benjy passed with Omar.· The wind dropped once, and he watched in astonishment as flies landed on his face and hands in clots.· Wyatt came over to watch out of sheer astonishment and pride.

单词	astonishment
释义	astonishmentas‧ton‧ish‧ment /əˈstɒnɪʃmənt $ əˈstɑː-/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Everyone gasped in astonishment as the cars came around the last bend. To everyone's astonishment, more than 100 people volunteered to help that day. You should have seen the look of astonishment on his face! EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS As he passed our party he saluted with polite astonishment. Her eyebrows rose in astonishment when she saw that somebody had taken her parking place. Maybe it was the element of sheer surprise, the astonishment that anyone could be so stupid. To her astonishment, she had almost enjoyed their conversation. To her astonishment, they fell together. We exclaimed our astonishment and relief, and rushed to embrace him. Wyatt came over to watch out of sheer astonishment and pride. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatora feeling of being surprised► surprise : somebody's surprise · You can imagine my surprise when I saw my sister's photograph on a magazine cover.surprise at · I expressed some surprise at the elaborate welcome which had been prepared for me.in/with surprise · Sam stared at his girlfriend in surprise. "What are you doing here?'' he asked.to somebody's surprise/to the surprise of somebody · To everyone's complete surprise, the Labour Party lost the election. ► amazement a feeling of great surprise, especially because something has happened that you almost cannot believe: in/with amazement: · Fans looked on in amazement as Robbins missed a third goal for the team.· Nina looked at me with amazement. "I don't believe you," she said.to somebody's amazement/to the amazement of somebody: · To our amazement, when we returned to China, the Moso tree had grown an impressive ninety feet. ► astonishment a feeling of great surprise, especially at something you have seen or something someone has told you: · You should have seen the look of astonishment on his face!in/with astonishment: · Everyone gasped in astonishment as the cars came around the last bend.to somebody's astonishment/to the astonishment of somebody: · To everyone's astonishment, more than 100 people volunteered to help that day. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► look · He darted about looking to satisfy his astonishment but the old lady had melted away.· I looked at him in astonishment.· She looked to him in astonishment, shaken, and was irrationally infuriated to see that he was asleep. ► see · We looked out of the window and saw to our astonishment, a procession of women rounding the street corner.· He must have seen the astonishment in my face. ► stare · The portraits themselves seemed to be staring in astonishment.· She stared in astonishment as a waiter pushed a drinks trolley into the room. ► watch · Athelstan watched in astonishment: Sir John's permanent hunger always fascinated him.· Clutching the strings of their red balloons, they watched in astonishment as Marie and Benjy passed with Omar.· The wind dropped once, and he watched in astonishment as flies landed on his face and hands in clots.· Wyatt came over to watch out of sheer astonishment and pride. complete surprise SYN amazementin astonishment She stared at him in astonishment.to somebody’s astonishment To my astonishment, the car was gone.
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