| 正面 | 12921.astonish 英 [ə'stɒnɪʃ]美 [ə'stɑnɪʃ]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. ex- => es- => as- "out" + ton- "thunder" + -ish.2. 这里的 as- "out" 取引申义，表示：离开、脱离正常的状态或情绪或表情。3. 字面含义：thunder sb out. => leave someone thunderstruck.4. 或者：out: 出去、离开、远离。=> 不管。=> 听任、让、使…处于(某种状态)(leave)。vt. 使惊讶 例句： 1. A matter of repeated occurrence like this will not astonish people.这样司空见惯的事,不会使人吃惊. astonish 吃惊的as来自前缀ex- 变体，此处表强调。词根ton, 雷，拟声词，同thunder. 指如被雷击。 astonish (v.)c. 1300, astonien, from Old French estoner "to stun, daze, deafen, astound," from Vulgar Latin *extonare, from Latin ex- "out" + tonare "to thunder" (see thunder); so, literally "to leave someone thunderstruck." The modern form (influenced by English verbs in -ish, such as distinguish, diminish) is attested from c. 1530. No wonder is thogh that she were astoned [Chaucer, "Clerk's Tale"] Related: Astonished; astonishing; astonishingly." |