nonplus

名词 n. 动词 v.
/nɒnˈplʌs/    /ˌnɑnˈplʌs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A state of bewilderment or perplexity. obsolete
    — [A]ltering Vaudemont, to Vallemontanus, and metamorphoſing them, by ſuting them to the Græcian or Latin tongue, we know not what to make of them, and are often at a non-plus.
动词 v.
  1. To bewilder or perplex (someone); to confound, to flummox. transitive
    — You couldn’t have told it from my manner, but I was feeling more than a bit nonplussed. The spectacle before me was enough to nonplus anyone.

词形变化

nonpluses plural nonplusses plural non-plus alternative nonplusses present,singular,third-person nonpluses present,singular,third-person nonplussing participle,present nonplusing participle,present nonplussed participle,past nonplussed past nonplused participle,past nonplused past non-plus alternative

词汇关系

衍生词

词源

词源 1
The noun is derived from Latin nōn plūs (“no further, no more”), from nōn (“not”) + plūs (“additionally, more; further”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)).
The verb is derived from the noun.
词源 2
The noun is derived from Latin nōn plūs (“no further, no more”), from nōn (“not”) + plūs (“additionally, more; further”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)).
The verb is derived from the noun.
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