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单词 obstupefy
释义

obstupefyv.

Brit. /əbˈstjuːpᵻfʌɪ/, /əbˈstʃuːpᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ɑbˈst(j)upəˌfaɪ/
Forms: 1600s obstupifie, 1600s 1800s– obstupefy, 1600s 1900s– obstupify.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin obstupefacere.
Etymology: < classical Latin obstupefacere to stupefy, to stun, astound, to make insensible ( < ob- ob- prefix + stupefacere stupefy v.), after stupefy v. Compare obstupefying adj.
rare.
transitive. To stupefy; to astound; to make insensible.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)] > stupefy
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1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction vi. i. 236 Sleepe obstupifieth the lodge of imagination.
1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. i. xii. §1 So had the diuels..sought to work wonders about the Egyptian idols, which did obstupifie the people.
1889 C. Pritchard Occas. Thoughts of Astronomer 167 You cannot obstupefy such a man.

Derivatives

obˈstupefied adj.
ΚΠ
1909 F. W. Rolfe Don Renato 309 Don Eros again admits the obstupified gentlemen and pages to the antechamber of Duke Renato.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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