| 单词 | amaze |
| 释义 | amaze (once / 124 pages) v Things that amaze fill you with confusion and mystery — or they just impress you. Either way, amazing things make an impact. There are two main meanings to amaze. The first has to do with causing a feeling of puzzlement or awe. An impressive magician amazes people with tricks. Anything impressive can also amaze. A great basketball player might amaze you with a rim-rattling dunk or by hitting dozens of free throws in a row. Things that amaze also astound, astonish, and impress. Amazing things are also awesome: in the old of sense "causing awe" and the recent sense of "really cool." WORD FAMILYamaze: amazed, amazement, amazes, amazing+/amazed: amazedly/amazement: amazements/amazing: amazingest, amazingly USAGE EXAMPLESWhen I was in London recently, I raised it with one of the ministers, and they said: 'Yeah, it's amazing. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) “It’s amazing, overwhelming,” Long said afterward, wiping away tears. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The city handed over the rest of McMorran to Nancy Winzer, city recreation director, and she is doing amazing things with it, too. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v affect with wonder Your ability to speak six languages amazes me! Syn|Hypo|Hyper astonish, astound dazzle amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill surprise cause to be surprised 2v be a mystery or bewildering to Syn|Hypo|Hyper baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex mix up, stump cause to be perplexed or confounded riddleset a difficult problem or riddle elude, escapebe incomprehensible to; escape understanding by defy, refuse, resistelude, especially in a baffling way bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly |
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