单词 | to be surprised at |
释义 | > as lemmasto be surprised at a. To affect with the characteristic emotion caused by something unexpected; to excite to wonder by being unlooked-for. †Formerly also in stronger sense (cf. surprise n. 4a), to astonish or alarm; also, to excite to admiration. Often passive, const. at (†with) or infinitive; colloquial to be surprised at = to be scandalized or shocked at; also as a retort: you'd be surprised, the facts are not as you would think. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > surprise, astonish [verb (transitive)] gloppena1250 abavea1400 ferlya1400 forferlya1400 supprisec1405 stonish1488 surprend1549 stagger1556 thunderbolta1586 admire1598 startle1598 thunderstrike1613 siderate1623 dumbfound1653 surprise1655 stammer1656 strange1657 astartlea1680 dumbfounder1710 knock1715 to take aback1751 flabbergast1773 to take back1796 stagnate1829 to put aback1833 to make (a person) sit up1878 to knock, lay (out), etc., cold1884 transmogrify1887 rock1947 to flip out1964 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > happen or move unexpectedly [verb (intransitive)] > cause surprise surprise1655 backfire1902 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)] marvela1425 esmarvel1477 amaze?1533 wondera1561 bewondera1586 to hold at gaze1594 admire1598 wonder-maze1603 astonish1611 thunderstrike1613 surprise1655 to astonish the natives1801 emmarvel1834 zap1967 mind-blow1970 gobsmack1987 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > cause physical symptoms [verb (transitive)] > cause to start or flinch startc1440 abraid1590 startle1598 gally1608 surprise1655 upstartlea1849 to get, have or give (someone) a skrik1887 upstart1892 jump1898 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > be shocked at to be surprised at1908 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > state of being shocked > be shocked at [verb (transitive)] to be surprised at1908 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > expressing surprise [phrase] it (or that) is (was, were, etc.) no wonder1362 it is (a) wondera1400 the wonder is‥1608 you could (or might) have knocked me (etc.) down with a feather1740 think1746 for a wonder1782 to hush one's mouth1903 you'd be surprised1926 1655 Theophania 103 Alexandro acquainted him with the occasion of their coming thither, with which he was exceedingly surprised at first. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 248 They..have Secrets which surprize the most knowing, many thinking them to be knacks of Magick. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables lxxi People were not so much Frighted, as they were Surpriz'd at the Bigness, and Uncouth Deformity of the Camel. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 181 I was exceedingly surpriz'd with the Print of a Man's naked Foot on the Shore. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man iii. 34 You'll be surprised, Sir, with this visit. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. ix. 163 The apparition of the dead comes not..to terrify, or to surprise the timid. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality i, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 7 Macbriar..was surprised at the degree of agitation which Balfour displayed. 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter III. vi. 127 ‘You surprise me.’ ‘I tell you truth,’ said George. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xii. 88 I was surprised..to find some veins of white ice. 1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert xxi. 256 And yet you talk our language well—really very well. I am agreeably surprised. 1926 G. H. Maines & B. Grant Wise-crack Dict. 16/2 You'd be surprised, admitting entire satisfaction with results. 1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair x. 102 ‘What else could she have been doing?’..Robert bit back a ‘You'd be surprised!’ 1964 ‘E. McBain’ Ax v. 82 ‘I don't think the boys would know without your knowing too.’..‘Sometimes... You'd be surprised.’ 1971 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird ii. 19 ‘The emergency situation is perhaps more frequent in medicine than in portrait-painting.’ ‘You'd be surprised,’ said the man Johnson gently. < as lemmas |
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