| 单词 | surprised |
| 释义 | surprised (once / 95 pages) adj If you are taken unawares by something unexpected, you can describe that feeling with the adjective surprised. Look surprised when your friends plan a party without telling you, even if you see the cars in the driveway and know what's going on. Surprised originally meant attacked unexpectedly. It was from the Old French surprendre meaning to overtake, with the root prendere from the Latin word for seize. Surprised has synonyms in words like astonished, amazed, and flabbergasted, but the latter three convey a greater sense of shock or bewilderment. You are surprised by the party, amazed that your old friend came, and flabbergasted to learn she is actually your sister. WORD FAMILYsurprised: surprisedly, unsurprised+/surprisal: surprisals/surprise: surprisal, surprised, surpriser, surprises, surprising/surpriser: surprisers/surprising: surprisingly, surprisingness, unsurprising/unsurprised: unsurprisedly/unsurprising: unsurprisingly USAGE EXAMPLESIrsay surprised many within the league by retaining both after last season. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) But as 2016 drew to a close, it was his turn to be surprised. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) He was surprised Reggie Bush wasn’t on the field at some critical moments, and he was disappointed by defensive and officiating breakdowns. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) adj taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment surprised by her student's ingenuity surprised that he remembered my name a surprised expression Syn|Ant amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, stunned filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruckas if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise gobsmackedutterly astounded goggle-eyed, openmouthed, popeyedwith eyes or mouth open in surprise jiggered(British informal expletive) surprised startledexcited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement not surprised, unsurprised not surprised or expressing surprise |
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