astound
英 [?'sta?nd]
美 [?'sta?nd]
助記提示
1. ex- => es- => as- "out" + -tound (ton-) "thunder".
2. 這里的 as- "out" 取引申義，表示：離開、脫離正常的狀態(tài)或情緒或表情。
3. 字面含義：thunder sb out. => leave someone thunderstruck.
4. 或者：out: 出去、離開、遠(yuǎn)離。=> 不管。=> 聽任、讓、使…處于(某種狀態(tài))(leave)。
中文詞源
astound 吃驚as來自前綴ex- 變體，此處表強(qiáng)調(diào)。詞根ton, 雷，擬聲詞，同thunder. 指如被雷擊。綴生字母d, 同sound.
英文詞源
- astound
- astound: [17] Astound, astonish, and stun all come ultimately from the same origin: a Vulgar Latin verb *extonāre, which literally meant something like ‘leave someone thunderstruck’ (it was formed from the Latin verb tonāre ‘thunder’). This became Old French estoner, which had three offshoots in English: it was borrowed into Middle English in the 13th century as astone or astun, and immediately lost its initial a, producing a form stun; then in the 15th century, in Scotland originally, it had the suffix -ish grafted on to it, producing astonish; and finally in the 17th century its past participle, astoned or, as it was also spelled, astound, formed the basis of a new verb.
=> astonish, stun - astound (v.)
- mid-15c., from Middle English astouned, astoned (c. 1300), past participle of astonen, astonien "to stun" (see astonish), with more of the original sense of Vulgar Latin *extonare. Related: Astounded; astounding.
雙語例句
- 1. If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
- 如果把我們能做到的都做了，最終連我們自己都會(huì)被嚇到。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
- 2. Their dark humor never failed to astound him.
- 他們的黑色幽默總能讓他咋舌。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He used to astound his friends with feats of physical endurance.
- 過去，他表現(xiàn)出來的驚人耐力常讓朋友們大吃一驚。
來自辭典例句
- 4. A repertoire of tricks will astound the esteemed public.
- 全部節(jié)目將使尊敬的觀眾驚心動(dòng)魄.
來自辭典例句
- 5. His practical grasp of affairs and his energy still astound me.
- 他對事物的實(shí)際掌握和他充沛的精力實(shí)在使我驚異.
來自辭典例句