单词 | thunderstruck |
释义 | thunderstruckadj. (Usually in participial constructions, as predicate; less commonly in attributive constructions, before the noun. For the purely participial use with auxiliary, see thunderstrike v.) 1. literal. Struck by lightning: cf. thunder n. 1b. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > damaged > struck by lightning thundered1600 thunder-blasted1614 thunderstruck1638 thunderstricken1652 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 19 Falling downe as thunder-struck. 1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 648 Those Thunder~strucken ones [compasses] did never..recover their right positions. 1720 T. Boston Human Nature iii. 164 When a Person is Thunder-struck, oft-times there's not a Wound to be seen in the Skin. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 86 Esteeming thunder-struck individuals under the displeasure of heaven. 2. figurative. a. Struck with sudden amazement, terror, or the like; greatly amazed, astonished, terrified, or confounded. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] forglopnedc1175 dumb1388 astoniedc1400 unprepared1563 thunderstrickena1586 stonished1595 startled?1611 thunderstruck1613 dump1616 admired1684 dumbfounded1815 capped1862 surprised1882 dumbfoundered1883 staggered1911 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [adjective] awonder1154 wonderfulc1380 astoniedc1400 marvelling?a1425 amazed1548 admirative1582 thunderstrickena1586 wondering1592 stonished1595 thunderstruck1613 dump1616 rapt1621 admired1684 astonished1716 breathless1768 unbreathing1789 agazed1803 astounded1810 obfuscated1822 struck with thunder1823 surprised1882 zapped1962 mind-blown1967 gob-struck1985 1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. i. 12 The Thunder-stroken Swaine lean'd to a tree, As void of sense as weeping Niobe. 1687 R. Boyle Martyrdom Theodora v Thunder-struck with this unexpected answer. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 60. ¶4 The Lover was thunder-struck with his Misfortune. 1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) i. 21 I'm astonished! I'm thunder struck! here's treachery and conspiracy with a vengeance! 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 402 Luxemburg was thunder~struck. He expostulated boldly and earnestly. b. in reference to ecclesiastical censure, etc.: cf. thunder n. 3a, thunderbolt n. 2. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > excommunication > [adjective] > who is under amansedOE cursed1393 maledighta1400 aggravate1471 excommunicate1526 Maranatha1526 excommunicated1574 innodate1587 anathematized1605 devoted1611 thunderstruck1649 unchurched1681 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. v. 265 How many famous Churches have been..thunder-struck with direfull censures of Excommunication. 1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 132 Gregory the seventh, when he had excommunicated the Emperour Henry the fourth, said, he was fulmine afflatus thunder-struck by him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasthunderstruck a. To strike with amazement, astonish greatly. Obsolete except as in thunderstricken, thunderstruck. 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 > 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 1613 [implied in: W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. i. 12 The Thunder-stroken Swaine lean'd to a tree, As void of sense as weeping Niobe. (at thunderstruck adj. 2a)]. 1721 G. Roussillon tr. Vertot Rev. Portugal 104 This message thunder-struck the Duke. 1789 M. Huber Let. 28 June in Ld. Auckland Jrnl.& Corr. (1861) II. 324 This revolution thunder-strikes the keenest man. 1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. III. 183 The news..thunderstruck all present. < adj.1613 as lemmas |
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