| 单词 | wonder |
| 释义 | wonder n. & v. --n 1. an emotion excited by what is unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable, esp. surprise mingled with admiration or curiosity etc. 2. a strange or remarkable person or thing, specimen, event, etc. 3. (attrib.) having marvellous or amazing properties etc. (a wonder drug). 4. a surprising thing (it is a wonder you were not hurt). --v 1. intr. (often foll. by at, or to + infin.) be filled with wonder or great surprise. 2. tr. (foll. by that + clause) be surprised to find. 3. tr. desire or be curious to know (I wonder what the time is). 4. tr. expressing a tentative enquiry (I wonder whether you would mind?). Phrases and idioms I shouldn't wonder colloq. I think it likely. I wonder I very much doubt it. no (or small) wonder (often foll. by that + clause) one cannot be surprised; one might have guessed; it is natural. the seven wonders of the world seven buildings and monuments regarded in antiquity as specially remarkable. wonder-struck (or -stricken) reduced to silence by wonder. wonders will never cease an exclamation of extreme (usu. agreeable) surprise. wonder-worker a person who performs wonders. work (or do) wonders 1. do miracles. 2. succeed remarkably. Derivatives wonderer n. Etymology: OE wundor, wundrian, of unkn. orig. |
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