dismay

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits uncountable
    — He looked in dismay at the destruction of the town caused by the hurricane.
  2. Condition fitted to dismay; ruin. uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy.
    — Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.
  2. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
    — Do not dismay yourself for this.
  3. To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
    — Dismay not, princes, at this accident,

词形变化

dismays present,singular,third-person dismaying participle,present dismayed participle,past dismayed past

词汇关系

衍生词
dismayer dismayful undismayable

词源

词源 1
From Middle English dismayen, from Anglo-Norman *desmaiier, alteration of Old French esmaier (“to frighten”), probably from Vulgar Latin *exmagare (“to deprive (someone) of strength, to disable”), from ex- + *magare (“to enable, empower”), from Proto-Germanic *maginą, *maganą (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”).
Akin to Old High German magan, megin (“power, might, main”), Old English mæġen (“might, main”), Old High German magan, mugan (“to be powerful, able”), Old English magan (“to be able”). Cognate with Portuguese desmaiar (“to faint”) and Spanish esmayar. See also Portuguese esmagar, Spanish amagar. More at main, may.
词源 2
From Middle English dismayen, from Anglo-Norman *desmaiier, alteration of Old French esmaier (“to frighten”), probably from Vulgar Latin *exmagare (“to deprive (someone) of strength, to disable”), from ex- + *magare (“to enable, empower”), from Proto-Germanic *maginą, *maganą (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”).
Akin to Old High German magan, megin (“power, might, main”), Old English mæġen (“might, main”), Old High German magan, mugan (“to be powerful, able”), Old English magan (“to be able”). Cognate with Portuguese desmaiar (“to faint”) and Spanish esmayar. See also Portuguese esmagar, Spanish amagar. More at main, may.
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