shell-shockedadj.

Brit.

/ˈʃɛlʃɒkt/, U.S.

/ˈʃɛlˌʃɑkt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: shell n., shocked adj.¹

Etymology: < shell n. + shocked adj.¹ In sense 2 after shell shock n.

†1. Assailed with artillery shells. Obsolete. rare.

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1898 Salt Lake Herald (Utah) 11 Aug. 4/5 Loud upon the chill-forged armor dins the hot metallic hail, Penetrates the throbbing vitals, sweeps the decks with fiery gale,..Till the shell-shocked helmsmen turn their sinking courses to the land.

a. Suffering from shell shock. Now chiefly historical.

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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > shell-shock, etc.

shell-shocked1915

flak-happy1938

bomb-happy1943

rock happy1943

sand-happy1943

bushed1952

1915 Marlborough Express (Blenheim, N.Z.) 11 Sept. 2 In a few weeks the shell-shocked, nerve-shaken soldier would be all right again, and back in the firing line.

1918 E. A. Mackintosh War, the Liberator 146 The man rejected the offer with scorn, as badly shell-shocked men will.

1931 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 124/3 (advt.) During the World War, it was used as a standard ration for rebuilding nerve-shattered, shell-shocked soldiers.

1987 E. Simpson Orphans (1988) i. v. 72 Aunt Lucy's marriage had been ruined by the war from which her husband returned a shell-shocked wreck.

2001 Nature 11 Jan. 135/3 A shell-shocked man might be given a wound stripe and a pension, be told to pull himself together, or be shot for cowardice.

b. In extended and hyperbolical use: in a state of severe shock or dazed confusion; characterized by such a state.

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1920 San Antonia (Texas) Express 13 Feb. 1/3 Testimony of a high explosive character that left the defense shell shocked.

1942 L. B. Namier Conflicts 14 Throughout the nineteenth century France was a ‘shell-shocked’ nation—until 1870 by her own past greatness, after 1870 by her defeat.

1957 Times 11 May 4/2 The Foreign Office for the past five months has been in a shell-shocked condition.

1973 P. Dickinson Green Gene ix. 180 ‘How are you?’ he said. ‘Burnt out,’ said Mr. Leary. ‘Shell-shocked.’

1991 S. Phillips Hot Shot i. xv. 224 He was still so shell-shocked from his impending divorce.

2006 Sun (Nexis) 30 Jan. Hughes has been left shell-shocked as his team crashed out of two cup competitions in the space of four heartbreaking days.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	shell-shocked
释义	shell-shockedadj. Brit. /ˈʃɛlʃɒkt/, U.S. /ˈʃɛlˌʃɑkt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: shell n., shocked adj.¹ Etymology: < shell n. + shocked adj.¹ In sense 2 after shell shock n. †1. Assailed with artillery shells. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1898 Salt Lake Herald (Utah) 11 Aug. 4/5 Loud upon the chill-forged armor dins the hot metallic hail, Penetrates the throbbing vitals, sweeps the decks with fiery gale,..Till the shell-shocked helmsmen turn their sinking courses to the land. 2. a. Suffering from shell shock. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > shell-shock, etc. shell-shocked1915 flak-happy1938 bomb-happy1943 rock happy1943 sand-happy1943 bushed1952 1915 Marlborough Express (Blenheim, N.Z.) 11 Sept. 2 In a few weeks the shell-shocked, nerve-shaken soldier would be all right again, and back in the firing line. 1918 E. A. Mackintosh War, the Liberator 146 The man rejected the offer with scorn, as badly shell-shocked men will. 1931 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 124/3 (advt.) During the World War, it was used as a standard ration for rebuilding nerve-shattered, shell-shocked soldiers. 1987 E. Simpson Orphans (1988) i. v. 72 Aunt Lucy's marriage had been ruined by the war from which her husband returned a shell-shocked wreck. 2001 Nature 11 Jan. 135/3 A shell-shocked man might be given a wound stripe and a pension, be told to pull himself together, or be shot for cowardice. b. In extended and hyperbolical use: in a state of severe shock or dazed confusion; characterized by such a state. ΚΠ 1920 San Antonia (Texas) Express 13 Feb. 1/3 Testimony of a high explosive character that left the defense shell shocked. 1942 L. B. Namier Conflicts 14 Throughout the nineteenth century France was a ‘shell-shocked’ nation—until 1870 by her own past greatness, after 1870 by her defeat. 1957 Times 11 May 4/2 The Foreign Office for the past five months has been in a shell-shocked condition. 1973 P. Dickinson Green Gene ix. 180 ‘How are you?’ he said. ‘Burnt out,’ said Mr. Leary. ‘Shell-shocked.’ 1991 S. Phillips Hot Shot i. xv. 224 He was still so shell-shocked from his impending divorce. 2006 Sun (Nexis) 30 Jan. Hughes has been left shell-shocked as his team crashed out of two cup competitions in the space of four heartbreaking days. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1898
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