flabbergasted
英 [ˈflæb.ə.ɡɑː.stɪd]
美 [ˈflæb.ɚ.ɡæs.tɪd]
- adj. 目瞪口呆的;大吃一惊的
- v. 使…大吃一惊(flabbergast的过去式)
将“flabbergasted”分解为“flab”和“berried”。想象你手中拿着一个“flab”(像是一块肥肉),突然发现里面藏着“berried”(像是一颗颗果实),这种意外的惊喜会让你感到“flabbergasted”(完全惊呆)。
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flabbergasted 吓呆的词源不详。可能来自flabby和aghast的合成词。
- flabbergasted (adj.)
- see flabbergast.
- 1. Everybody was flabbergasted when I announced I was going to emigrate to Australia.
- 我宣布要移民去澳大利亚时,所有人都惊呆了。
- 2. Saying that Joan was taken aback is to put it mildly. She was completely flabbergasted.
- 说琼吃了一惊,这是很保守的说法. 她其实是完全惊呆了.
- 3. Fourth Master Liu was even more flabbergasted.
- 刘四爷更没想到事情会弄到了这步天地.
- 4. I was flabbergasted at the violence of the thunder.
- 猛烈的雷声使我大吃一惊.
- 5. We both looked at him flabbergasted.
- 我们两人听了都不禁目瞪口呆地望着他.