| 单词 | to strike dead, dumb |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto strike †dead, dumb b. hyperbolically, expressing the temporary effect of fear, amazement, etc., to strike †dead, dumb, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > be afraid of [verb (transitive)] > (of fear) strike to strike dead1533 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > frighten [verb (intransitive)] > strike with fear to strike dead1533 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)] > stupefy > and make speechless to strike dead, dumb1533 strikea1535 bedumb1634 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. v. 36 Þis wncouth sicht movit..baith þe armes with sa petuus commiseratioun, þat baith þe hostis wer strikin dvm. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xiv. ii. 201 Nero stroken dead with feare [L. pavore exanimis]. 1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois iv. 44 Sweet heart: come hither, what if one should make Horns at Mountsurry? would it strike him iealous Through all the proofes of his chaste Ladies vertues? a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. ii. 20 Alas, this parting strikes poore Louers dumbe. View more context for this quotation 1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) ii. 34 Her beauty will certainly strike me dumb. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. ii. iv. 119 Next day marching it back again, through streets all struck silent. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. iv. 199 Fascination Fledgeby and Georgiana..struck each other speechless. < as lemmas |
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