喜樂美語
  1. 1令人瞠目結舌；下巴都要掉下來

    If something is jaw-dropping, it is so impressive or so surprising that your mouth falls open. A jaw-dropping view, a jaw-dropping price, a jaw-dropping show. It is informal and a little dramatic — not just “wow,” but “I could not keep my face still.” Though actually, it does not have to be a happy surprise; a huge bill can be jaw-dropping too. People also say it made my jaw drop.

From the word’s history

Refers to a person's mouth falling open wide in amazement or shock.

jaw「下巴」加 dropping「掉下」，指驚訝時嘴巴張大。

Wiktionary

組成jaw + dropping: a picture of a person’s mouth falling open in amazement or shock.

同家族的字

  • jawthe mouth and the bones that hold it, which drop open
  • dropto fall down — here, of the jaw

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

jaw-droppingadj/ˈd͡ʒɔː ˌdɹɒpɪŋ/

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    informalCausing great awe or surprise.

    • The acrobatic performance in the theater was jaw dropping.
    • Bag of Bones is, hands down, [Stephen] King's most narratively subversive fiction. Whenever you're positive–just positive!–you know where this ghost story is heading, that's exactly when it gallops off in some jaw-dropping new direction.

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