单词 | stupefy |
释义 | stupefy (once / 1254 pages) v Don't be embarrassed if the magician's tricks stupefy you. It means you're amazed. Who doesn't want to be stopped in his tracks sometimes? Stupefy looks a lot like stupid. But intelligence has nothing to do with being stupefied, which comes from Latin and means "to make stunned." Anyone can be stupefied by something scary, mysterious, or just plain remarkable. Think of tourists visiting New York City for the first time. They stare up at the skyscrapers, lost in wonder. Taking that moment to let themselves be amazed? Nothing stupid about it, unless they step on someone's foot, of course. WORD FAMILYstupefy: stupefaction, stupefied, stupefies, stupefying+/stupefaction: stupefactions/stupefied: stupefiedly/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) 1v make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation Syn|Hyper besot desensitise, desensitize cause not to be sensitive 2v make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow Syn|Hyper stun immobilise, immobilize cause to be unable to move 3v be a mystery or bewildering to Syn|Hypo|Hyper amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, 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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