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单词 astonish
释义 as·ton·ish
\əˈstänish, -ēsh, esp in pres part -əsh\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: probably from astony + -ish (as in abolish)
1. obsolete : to render senseless (as by a blow) : stun, paralyze, deaden
 < enough, Captain; you have astonished him — Shakespeare >
2. obsolete : to stupefy the mind of : bewilder, daze, confuse
 < had his wits astonished with sorrow — Philip Sidney >
 < blind, astonished, and struck with superstition as with a planet — John Milton >
3. obsolete : to strike with sudden fear or dismay
 < that with the very shaking of their chains they may astonish these fell-lurking curs — Shakespeare >
4. : to strike with a sudden sense of surprise or wonder especially through something unexpected or difficult to accept as true or reasonable : surprise greatly : amaze
 < was astonished to find a thick forest where in 1915 I had mowed thick grass with a scythe — S.H.Holbrook >
 < astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral >
 < a gross desire to astonish his friends with his sudden wealth >
 < the customs of non-European groups were treated as curios with which to astonish the uninformed — Ralph Linton >
Synonyms: see surprise
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