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单词 speechless
释义 speech·less
\ˈspēchlə̇s\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English specheles, from Old English spǣclēas, from spǣc speech + -lēas -less — more at speech
1.
 a. : unendowed with or deprived of the power of speech
  < speechless animals >
 b. : marked by lack of speech
  < speechless slumber >
  < speechless death >
2.
 a. : temporarily deprived of the ability to speak (as through injury, shock, or strong emotion) : struck dumb
  < speechless with exhaustion >
  < speechless with grief >
 b. : refraining from speech : silent, reticent
  < a shy and speechless person >
 c. : so as to deprive of speech : causing speechlessness
  < the speechless fright of the captain — Herman Melville >
3.
 a. obsolete : expressed or communicated without speech
  < sometimes from her eyes I did receive fair speechless messages — Shakespeare >
 b. : done or experienced without speech : unattended by speech
  < swaying back and forth in speechless content — Hamlin Garland >
 c. : not capable of being expressed in speech : beyond the power of speech
  < a shape of speechless beauty did appear — P.B.Shelley >
Synonyms: see dumb
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