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Stun Astound Latin Astonish Formed Prefix Tonāre English

正面 5186.stun
英 [stʌn]美 [stʌn]

背面
释义:
vt. 使震惊;打昏;给以深刻的印象n. 昏迷;打昏;惊倒;令人惊叹的事物
例句:
1. Electric rays stun their prey with huge electrical discharges.电鳐能放出强大的电流把猎物击晕。

1. astonish, astound, thunder => stun.
stun 打昏,使震惊来自古英语 stunian,打昏,震晕,大叫,猛击,来自 Proto-Germanic*stunona,大叫,轰鸣,来 自 PIE*stene,打雷,怒吼,词源同 stentorian,astonish,thunder.引申诸相关词义。
stunstun: [13] Stun is virtually the same word as astonish and astound, and like them it denotes etymologically ‘leave thunderstruck’. It comes via Anglo-Norman estuner from Vulgar Latin *extonāre ‘stupefy’. This was a compound verb, formed from the Latin intensive prefix ex- and tonāre ‘thunder’ (a relative of English thunder) and based on the model of Latin attonāre ‘stupefy’, similarly formed from tonāre but with the prefix ad-. The variant *astoner produced English astonish and astound.=> astonish, astound, thunderstun (v.)early 14c., "to daze or render unconscious" (from a blow, powerful emotion, etc.), probably a shortening of Old French estoner "to stun" (see astonish). Related: Stunned; stunning."

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