astonishment

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /əˈstɒnɪʃmənt/    美 /əˈstɑːnɪʃmənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise. countable,uncountable
    — The class looked on in astonishment as their teacher proceeded to tear the pages out of the textbook.
  2. Something very surprising. countable,uncountable
    — (colloquial)
  3. Loss of physical sensation; inability to move a part of the body. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — […] there followeth astonishment of the leg that is neere, that it can neither be stretched out right, nor he cannot go on his feet.
  4. Loss of mental faculties, inability to think or use one's senses. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
  5. Loss of composure or presence of mind. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — […] where of his cruell rage Nigh dead with feare, and faint astonishment, Shee found them both in darkesome corner pent;

词形变化

astonishments plural

词汇关系

衍生词
principle of least astonishment
相关词
astonish astonished astonishing

词源

Etymology tree
English astonish
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English astonishment
From astonish + -ment.
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