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If something is astounding, it surprises you so much that you almost cannot believe it. This is a strong word — stronger than surprising, and a little stronger than . You use it when a result, a view, a skill, or a piece of news is huge, strange, or far better (or far worse) than anyone thought possible. People say it in speech and in writing; it is not stiff, but it is not a small everyday word either. If the surprise is only mild, astounding sounds too big. Though actually, speakers do stretch it when they want to sound , the same way they stretch incredible.
令人震驚的;驚人的
組成astound (to shock someone so badly they can hardly think) + -ing (makes an adjective).
同家族的字
- astoundthe verb this adjective comes from
- astoundinglythe adverb: in an astounding way
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
astoundingadj/əˈstaʊndɪŋ/
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That astounds or astound.
- astounding success an astounding spectacle
- [Y]ou ſhall heare the Scythian Tamburlaine: / Threatning the world with high aſtounding tearms / And ſcourging kingdomes with his conquering ſword.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。