stupefy

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun. especially,transitive
    — a stupefying drug; a stupefacient
  2. To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action. broadly,figuratively,transitive
    — The police's negligence and callousness continued to stupefy her.
  3. To deprive a material of the ability to undergo change or movement, especially deformation. obsolete,transitive
    — The next is, when it is not malleable, but yet it is not fluent, but stupified^([sic]).

词形变化

stupefies present,singular,third-person stupefying participle,present stupefied participle,past stupefied past stupify alternative

词源

From Middle French stupéfier, from Latin stupefaciō (“strike dumb, stun with amazement, stupefy”), from stupeō (“to be stunned, speechless”) (see English stupid, stupor) + faciō (“to do, make”).
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