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单词 daze
释义 daze
I. \ˈdāz\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English dasen, from Old Norse dasa (as in dasask to become exhausted); akin to Dutch dazen to hesitate, Middle High German dæsic quiet, stupid, Old Norse dāsi lazy person, and probably to Old English demm injury, loss, Latin fames hunger
1. : to stupefy especially by a blow : make numb : stun
 < he swung at him, dazed him, and drove him along the bar — Morley Callaghan >
2. : to confuse or dazzle with light
 < the whiteness of the walls dazes me >
Synonyms:
 daze, stun, bemuse, stupefy, torpify, benumb, paralyze, and petrify can apply, in common, to a forcefully disturbing experience or influence and mean, in common, to dull or deaden the powers of the mind. daze usually implies a bewilderment or confusion from a blow, a shock, a sudden excess of light, and so on
  < too stunned and dazed by the suddenness with which events had happened during the last twenty-four hours to be able to realize his position — Samuel Butler †1902 >
  < a grief-dazed mother >
  < dazed by the lantern glare — Rudyard Kipling >
  stun usually suggests the deprivation of powers of thought, or a usually momentary loss of consciousness, from a heavy blow or something conceived of as resembling a heavy blow
  < I was knocked headlong across the floor against the oven handle and stunned. I was insensible for a long time — H.G.Wells >
  < the swing doors burst open with a crash. There was an instant's stunned silence — Nevil Shute >
  < a world stunned and only just beginning to awaken from the stupefying effect of war — Aneurin Bevan >
  < stunned by a sudden declaration of love >
  bemuse implies an addling or muddling of the mind, typically through intoxication
  < an alcohol-bemused tramp >
  < the noise of London bemused her more than the noise of the sea — Ngaio Marsh >
  < so bemused by theories of meaning that we have lost sight of what men do in fact mean — Iredell Jenkins >
  stupefy heightens the implication of stupor or stupidity, implying not so much a blow or shock as some cause like an injury, intoxication, or long-continued grief or anxiety
  < the ship … reeled, trembled, and stopped her way, as if [the heavy sea] had stupefied her — Frederick Marryat >
  < half stupefied with sleep and fatigue — Elizabeth Goudge >
  < a dull misery stupefied her thoughts — Ellen Glasgow >
  torpify is close to stupefy but stresses torpor of body resulting in torpor of mind and usually implying a physical cause
  < a drug that torpifies the rational faculties >
  benumb applies usually to the effect of cold in deadening the sensations or immobilizing muscle action; in extension, it strongly suggests this effect
  < it is so cold, so dark, my senses are so benumbed — Charles Dickens >
  < her senses remained benumbed by toil — Ellen Glasgow >
  < Charlotte's cold resolution benumbed her courage, and she could find no immediate reply — Edith Wharton >
  paralyze is often used to imply an inability to act or function that results from some dire event
  < why does danger paralyze the will and intelligence of some men — Bernard De Voto >
  < the grim panic which paralyzed business and agriculture in the West — R.A.Billington >
  petrify emphasizes an immediate strong, figuratively paralyzing effect, usually of fear, suggesting complete inability to move, think, or speak, and lending itself easily to conversational hyperbole
  < the petrifying effect of fear — E.A.Armstrong >
  < a tiger, serenely gazing at me barely twenty yards away. I was petrified at first — Suresh Vaidya >
  < I was petrified to think my wallet had been lost >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : the state of being dazed
 < went about in a daze >
2. : mica or any glittering stone
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