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单词 stupor
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Definition of stupor in English:

stupor

nounˈstjuːpəˈst(j)upər
  • A state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility.

    a drunken stupor
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The drinker will be heading towards an alcoholic stupor, possibly experiencing jerking eye movements.
    • Just as the crowd were being lulled into a stupor, the Scottish team pounced in the 23rd minute.
    • With sheer force of will, she held herself from sliding completely back into a stupor.
    • Scooping his own jacket up, Shanza gave it a distracted shake and tossed it over his shoulders in a dazed stupor.
    • They had almost grown used to the odd stupor when the lift gave a sudden jolt and came to a stop.
    • The stupor of a homogeneous youth, as propagated through our media, thus becomes outdated.
    • The word Narcissus comes from the ancient Greek word narke which means a stupor.
    • Nowadays walking down the street, you can still see the occasional drunk lying in a stupor on the sidewalk.
    • He would wear the sari and quickly tie up his long hair into a bun and appear on the stage in a drunken stupor.
    • Meanwhile, back on the stoep, both men are rooted to their chairs in what appears to be a catatonic stupor.
    • Police found him at the flat, almost naked and in a drunken stupor.
    • Last year, a good portion of the responsible people of Dublin chose to drink themselves into a stupor.
    • The three boys discovered Mr Smith in a drunken stupor, sleeping on a barrel by the garage on Trowbridge Road.
    • Shaken, he pulled his car off the road and sat in a stupor for some time before turning back.
    • I did end up drinking myself into a stupor - but it was in the middle of the room, and while talking to other people.
    • I had been in a daze, but now my anger was fired up, so strong and hot that it forced me out of the stupor.
    • He finds John in a drunken stupor in bed with this girl, and drags him off.
    • I tiptoed up behind him, planning to scare him and snap him out of the stupor he was currently in.
    • Broken only by my forced scream to break the stupor of my condition.
    • He builds a cabin in the woods to be alone and drink himself into a stupor.
    Synonyms
    daze, state of stupefaction, state of senselessness, state of unconsciousness
    inertia, torpor, insensibility, numbness, blankness, oblivion, coma, blackout
    Scottish dwam
    rare sopor

Derivatives

  • stuporous

  • adjectiveˈstjuːpərəsˈst(j)up(ə)rəs
    • Her memoir offers a mortifyingly credible story of smart young women doing stuporous things.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The physician tried to interview him, but Joseph was stuporous, so his brother recounted the dying man's story.
      • Over the next four days, the patient became increasingly confused and even frankly stuporous at times.
      • In extreme cases they can appear stuporous or catatonic.
      • His stuporous singing and the farting horn sounds on ‘Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah’ don't stop the song from rocking.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin, from stupere 'be amazed or stunned'.

Rhymes

blooper, cooper, Cowper, duper, grouper, Hooper, looper, pea-souper, pupa, scooper, snooper, stupa, super, trooper, trouper, whooper
 
 

Definition of stupor in US English:

stupor

nounˈst(y)o͞opərˈst(j)upər
  • A state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility.

    a drunken stupor
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He finds John in a drunken stupor in bed with this girl, and drags him off.
    • Shaken, he pulled his car off the road and sat in a stupor for some time before turning back.
    • They had almost grown used to the odd stupor when the lift gave a sudden jolt and came to a stop.
    • Nowadays walking down the street, you can still see the occasional drunk lying in a stupor on the sidewalk.
    • The three boys discovered Mr Smith in a drunken stupor, sleeping on a barrel by the garage on Trowbridge Road.
    • I had been in a daze, but now my anger was fired up, so strong and hot that it forced me out of the stupor.
    • The stupor of a homogeneous youth, as propagated through our media, thus becomes outdated.
    • I tiptoed up behind him, planning to scare him and snap him out of the stupor he was currently in.
    • The word Narcissus comes from the ancient Greek word narke which means a stupor.
    • Last year, a good portion of the responsible people of Dublin chose to drink themselves into a stupor.
    • The drinker will be heading towards an alcoholic stupor, possibly experiencing jerking eye movements.
    • Police found him at the flat, almost naked and in a drunken stupor.
    • Broken only by my forced scream to break the stupor of my condition.
    • I did end up drinking myself into a stupor - but it was in the middle of the room, and while talking to other people.
    • He builds a cabin in the woods to be alone and drink himself into a stupor.
    • With sheer force of will, she held herself from sliding completely back into a stupor.
    • He would wear the sari and quickly tie up his long hair into a bun and appear on the stage in a drunken stupor.
    • Meanwhile, back on the stoep, both men are rooted to their chairs in what appears to be a catatonic stupor.
    • Scooping his own jacket up, Shanza gave it a distracted shake and tossed it over his shoulders in a dazed stupor.
    • Just as the crowd were being lulled into a stupor, the Scottish team pounced in the 23rd minute.
    Synonyms
    daze, state of stupefaction, state of senselessness, state of unconsciousness

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin, from stupere ‘be amazed or stunned’.

 
 
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