| 单词 | stupefied |
| 释义 | stupefied (once / 2168 pages) adj If something leaves you stupefied it has made you so astonished you can't speak or even really think. When your husband backs over your foot, and then drives back over it trying to get out of the way, and in the process hits the front of the house, you might feel stupefied. Stupefied and stupid share a root, but they've come to have slightly different senses. You might call someone stupid if he generally doesn't think well, but when someone is stupefied, that's more like becoming temporarily unable to think. This could be a reaction of astonishment, fear, confusion, or drugs. Opium will make you stupefied, and TV marathons of reality shows might do the same. WORD FAMILYstupefied: stupefiedly+/stupefaction: stupefactions/stupefy: stupefaction, stupefied, stupefies, stupefying/stupefying: stupefyingly USAGE EXAMPLESKnowledge really is power, and in this case, it provokes the whole gamut of human reactions, from liberation to despair to stupefied disbelief. Los Angeles Times(Dec 08, 2016) So dramatic was their resurrection that stupefied doctors began calling it the Lazarus effect. The Guardian(Nov 29, 2016) Stupefied, I began asking them questions to understand their thinking. Salon(Nov 27, 2016) 1adj as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise Syn dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dumfounded, flabbergasted, thunderstruck surprised taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment 2adj in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock Syn dazed, stunned, stupid confused mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently |
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