| 单词 | appall |
| 释义 | appall (once / 531 pages) v That tattoo on your lower back is likely to appall your mother. Just like her pink hair once appalled your grandmother. To appall is to shock and disgust. Appall comes from an Old French word meaning "to make pale." If a gory scene in a movie appalls you, you're likely to turn pale. The word appall always carries with it the feeling of disgust. You might be shocked by a loud noise, but in order for it to appall you, it would probably have to come along with a really foul smell or a gruesome scene. WORD FAMILYappall: appalled, appalling, appalls+/appalling: appallingly USAGE EXAMPLESAnd it was both shocking and appalling that Trump quoted an anti-democratic foreign leader criticizing fellow Americans. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Shimmering red specimens, streaming into the light: this is beautiful in an appalling way. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) "It is appalling that offenders are being allowed to continue driving after being caught drink-driving multiple times," said a charity spokesman. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) 1v strike with disgust or revulsion Syn|Hyper appal, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock churn up, disgust, nauseate, revolt, sicken cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of 2v fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised Syn|Hypo|Hyper alarm, appal, dismay, horrify shock strike with horror or terror affright, fright, frighten, scare cause fear in |
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