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单词 thunderstruck
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Definition of thunderstruck in English:

thunderstruck

adjective ˈθʌndəstrʌkˈθəndərˌstrək
  • Extremely surprised or shocked.

    they were thunderstruck by this revelation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sure enough, in the middle of dinner, Mary looked across the table at me, suddenly thunderstruck.
    • This time it was Mick and Alan's turn to be thunderstruck.
    • So, today, I had a thunderstruck few minutes when I entered the bookshop, comprehending just how much chaff has been created by Dan Brown's bloody book.
    • If I had been speechless before, I was totally thunderstruck now.
    • I stood there for a moment rather thunderstruck and asked, ‘Do you mean to tell me you've never seen a rotary dial telephone?’
    • The group halted, thunderstruck, in the doorway, all five mouths hanging open in horror.
    • I sat there for a few seconds, staring thunderstruck at the blotchy, indistinguishable patches on my page that had once represented words, and very important ones at that.
    • Far too often of late, thunderstruck Democrats have obligingly laid down to be rolled over.
    • His name is Will, a chef who has abandoned the restaurant for the building trade, and Liza is still a little thunderstruck at such evidence of happiness.
    • Karen was totally thunderstruck at her husband's attitude.
    • The owner, standing a few metres away, was looking utterly thunderstruck and was had dropped her keys and bag in shock.
    • After 14 years of regular travel to Brazil, Andrew Odell was thunderstruck by what he found there on a trip last month.
    • Prim, proper and oh so reserved, Broadbent's Gilbert is prickly to be sure but he well conveys the thunderstruck quality of when inspiration hits.
    • Virginia looked around at all of the faces staring back at her, some thunderstruck, others glowering.
    • I stood there in shock, thunderstruck, trying to remember what I was supposed to do.
    • We were all thunderstruck by that brazen manipulation of the truth.
    • Ryder, who was pouring more tea, looked thunderstruck.
    • Many Conservatives will be thunderstruck by what they accomplished yesterday; some, even among those who did the deed, will be ashamed.
    • The class was thunderstruck to witness such an unexpected show of raw emotion.
    • But the Corinthian women's thunderstruck responses to their sister's havoc is an element integral to the play, a brake which slows and accentuates the impending tragedy.
    Synonyms
    astonished, astounded, amazed, nonplussed, taken aback, startled, bewildered, stunned, flabbergasted, staggered, shocked, shell-shocked, stupefied, open-mouthed, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, speechless, at a loss for words, dazed, benumbed, perplexed, confounded, agape, goggle-eyed, wide-eyed, dismayed, disconcerted, jolted, shaken up
    informal bowled over, knocked for six, floored, flummoxed, caught on the hop, caught on the wrong foot, unable to believe one's eyes
    British informal gobsmacked
 
 

Definition of thunderstruck in US English:

thunderstruck

adjectiveˈθəndərˌstrəkˈTHəndərˌstrək
  • Extremely surprised or shocked.

    they were thunderstruck by this revelation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many Conservatives will be thunderstruck by what they accomplished yesterday; some, even among those who did the deed, will be ashamed.
    • I stood there in shock, thunderstruck, trying to remember what I was supposed to do.
    • I stood there for a moment rather thunderstruck and asked, ‘Do you mean to tell me you've never seen a rotary dial telephone?’
    • Sure enough, in the middle of dinner, Mary looked across the table at me, suddenly thunderstruck.
    • His name is Will, a chef who has abandoned the restaurant for the building trade, and Liza is still a little thunderstruck at such evidence of happiness.
    • If I had been speechless before, I was totally thunderstruck now.
    • I sat there for a few seconds, staring thunderstruck at the blotchy, indistinguishable patches on my page that had once represented words, and very important ones at that.
    • Virginia looked around at all of the faces staring back at her, some thunderstruck, others glowering.
    • Ryder, who was pouring more tea, looked thunderstruck.
    • We were all thunderstruck by that brazen manipulation of the truth.
    • But the Corinthian women's thunderstruck responses to their sister's havoc is an element integral to the play, a brake which slows and accentuates the impending tragedy.
    • This time it was Mick and Alan's turn to be thunderstruck.
    • So, today, I had a thunderstruck few minutes when I entered the bookshop, comprehending just how much chaff has been created by Dan Brown's bloody book.
    • Karen was totally thunderstruck at her husband's attitude.
    • Prim, proper and oh so reserved, Broadbent's Gilbert is prickly to be sure but he well conveys the thunderstruck quality of when inspiration hits.
    • The owner, standing a few metres away, was looking utterly thunderstruck and was had dropped her keys and bag in shock.
    • Far too often of late, thunderstruck Democrats have obligingly laid down to be rolled over.
    • After 14 years of regular travel to Brazil, Andrew Odell was thunderstruck by what he found there on a trip last month.
    • The group halted, thunderstruck, in the doorway, all five mouths hanging open in horror.
    • The class was thunderstruck to witness such an unexpected show of raw emotion.
    Synonyms
    astonished, astounded, amazed, nonplussed, taken aback, startled, bewildered, stunned, flabbergasted, staggered, shocked, shell-shocked, stupefied, open-mouthed, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, speechless, at a loss for words, dazed, benumbed, perplexed, confounded, agape, goggle-eyed, wide-eyed, dismayed, disconcerted, jolted, shaken up
 
 
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