| 单词 | speechless |
| 释义 | speechless (once / 1047 pages) adj If you’re speechless, you can’t talk, usually because something surprising and crazy happened. You might be rendered speechless if you win the lottery or find a whale on your front lawn. When you’re speechless, you’re at a loss for words. For example, people often say things like "I was speechless when I received the news about my brother!" or "The music left me speechless!" It’s an exaggeration. People use speechless in these cases to show how stunned or moved they were, even though they were probably still capable of speech. "I'm speechless" often really means "I'm shocked!" WORD FAMILYspeechless: speechlessly, speechlessness+/speech: speeches, speechify, speechless/speechifier: speechifiers/speechify: speechified, speechifier, speechifies, speechifying USAGE EXAMPLES“Speechless,” a sitcom about a family with a nonverbal child, knocks down more preconceptions about the world of disabilities with each episode. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) “The colored lights,” answers Mary Hayden, 5, after several minutes of speechless wonder. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) During a break in filming, she meets her heroes and is speechless. The Guardian(Dec 10, 2016) adj temporarily incapable of speaking speechless with shock Syn dumb inarticulate, unarticulate without or deprived of the use of speech or words |
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