astonish
astonish 英 [əˈstɒnɪʃ] 美 [əˈstɑnɪʃ]
vt. 使惊讶
进行时:astonishing 过去式:astonished 过去分词:astonished 第三人称单数:astonishes
- Things that might astonish you: the discovery of life on another planet, a death-defying performance, and the number of dinosaurs a six-year old child can name. To astonish is to amaze and astound.
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- vt. 使惊讶
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1. The news astonished everyone.
这消息使大家十分惊讶。
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2. She astonished us by saying she was leaving.
她说她要离开，令我们大为惊讶。
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3. It astonishes me that he could be so thoughtless.
我真没有料到他会如此轻率。
- astonish (v.) c. 1300, astonien, "to stun, strike senseless," from Old French estoner "to stun, daze, deafen, astound," from Vulgar Latin *extonare, from Latin ex "out" (see ex-) + tonare "to thunder" (see thunder (n.)); so, literally "to leave someone thunderstruck." The modern form (influenced by English verbs in -ish, such as distinguish, diminish) is attested from 1520s. The meaning "amaze, shock with wonder" is from 1610s.
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