astound
英 [ə'staʊnd]
美[ə'staʊnd]
- vt. 使惊骇；使震惊
词态变化
第三人称单数: astounds;过去式: astounded;过去分词: astounded;现在分词: astounding;
助记提示
1. ex- => es- => as- "out" + -tound (ton-) "thunder".
2. 这里的 as- "out" 取引申义，表示：离开、脱离正常的状态或情绪或表情。
3. 字面含义：thunder sb out. => leave someone thunderstruck.
4. 或者：out: 出去、离开、远离。=> 不管。=> 听任、让、使…处于(某种状态)(leave)。
2. 这里的 as- "out" 取引申义，表示：离开、脱离正常的状态或情绪或表情。
3. 字面含义：thunder sb out. => leave someone thunderstruck.
4. 或者：out: 出去、离开、远离。=> 不管。=> 听任、让、使…处于(某种状态)(leave)。
中文词源
astound 吃惊
as来自前缀ex- 变体，此处表强调。词根ton, 雷，拟声词，同thunder. 指如被雷击。缀生字母d, 同sound.
英英释意
- 1. affect with wonder;
- "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"
英文词源
- astound
- astound: [17] Astound, astonish, and stun all come ultimately from the same origin: a Vulgar Latin verb *extonāre, which literally meant something like ‘leave someone thunderstruck’ (it was formed from the Latin verb tonāre ‘thunder’). This became Old French estoner, which had three offshoots in English: it was borrowed into Middle English in the 13th century as astone or astun, and immediately lost its initial a, producing a form stun; then in the 15th century, in Scotland originally, it had the suffix -ish grafted on to it, producing astonish; and finally in the 17th century its past participle, astoned or, as it was also spelled, astound, formed the basis of a new verb.
=> astonish, stun - astound (v.)
- mid-15c., from Middle English astouned, astoned (c. 1300), past participle of astonen, astonien "to stun" (see astonish), with more of the original sense of Vulgar Latin *extonare. Related: Astounded; astounding.
同义词辨析
surprise, amaze, astonish, astound, startle, stun
这些动词均含"使惊愕，使惊讶，使惊奇"之意。
surprise： 普通用词，多指因未预料或意外的事而引起的惊奇之感。
amaze： 语气较强，指因认为不可能或极少可能发生情况的出现而感到惊讶或迷惑不解。
astonish： 语气较强，指出乎预料，意外发生，但又无法解释而感到惊奇。
astound： 语气强，指由于事情令人难以置信或实在罕见而使人感到震惊。
startle： 指因突然的惊吓或意料不到的刺激等而使人惊跳或震惊。
stun： 语气最强，指极度惊讶而目瞪口呆，不知所措。
实用场景例句
- If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
- 如果把我们能做到的都做了，最终连我们自己都会被吓到。
金山词霸 每日一句
- Their dark humor never failed to astound him.
- 他们的黑色幽默总能让他咋舌。
柯林斯例句
- He used to astound his friends with feats of physical endurance.
- 过去，他表现出来的惊人耐力常让朋友们大吃一惊。
辞典例句
- A repertoire of tricks will astound the esteemed public.
- 全部节目将使尊敬的观众惊心动魄.
辞典例句
- His practical grasp of affairs and his energy still astound me.
- 他对事物的实际掌握和他充沛的精力实在使我惊异.
辞典例句
- Does not my heat astound you. And my light.
- 我的热是否让你震惊, 还有我的光.
互联网
- Nothing can astound them.
- 什么也难不倒他们.
互联网
- He never fails to astound us with his ability to dunk a basketball backwards without looking.
- 总是惊讶于她不回头看就能背投中的扣篮技术.
互联网
- These places continue to astound me every time I step off the plane or train.
- 每一次当我迈下飞机或火车时,眼前的景象都会让我感到震撼不已.
互联网
- If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
- 如果我们都做了自己能胜任的事, 我们几乎会对自己惊叹不已.
互联网
- Eg : If we did all the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.
- 如果我们所做的都是我们擅长的事情, 我们最终将使自己大吃一惊.
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