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单词 astonishment
释义 as·ton·ish·ment
\əˈstänishmənt, -ēsh-\ noun
(-s)
1. : the state of being astonished or of one who is astonished: as
 a. obsolete : paralysis, numbness
 b. obsolete : stupor, bewilderment
 c. archaic : dismay, consternation
  < astonishment though not in itself fear is nevertheless a good stage towards it — T.L.Peacock >
 d. : great surprise or wonder : amazement
  < saw astonishment giving place to horror on the faces of the people — H.G.Wells >
  < children watching with astonishment and delight >
  < in his first astonishment he had stopped dead short — Joseph Conrad >
  < sincere women sometimes express their astonishment over the exaggerated sense of romance … which many men show — Theodor Reik >
2. : one that astonishes; especially : a cause of amazement or wonder
 < a never-ending astonishment to his parents >
 < my first meeting with Oscar Wilde was an astonishment — W.B.Yeats >
 < the book races on from one astonishment to the next — Dan Wickenden >
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