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Picture your mind stopping in front of something it cannot fully settle or explain — and there. From that one pause grow two directions: the quiet, thinking kind ('I keep turning this over, I'd like to know the answer') and the struck, kind ('this is so beautiful/strange I can hardly take it in'). Both are the mind held by something it can't quite grasp.
可以想成你的心停在一個它沒辦法完全消化、沒辦法解釋的東西前面，停住、停留在那裡。整個 wonder 從這個「停頓」往…更多收起
可以想成你的心停在一個它沒辦法完全消化、沒辦法解釋的東西前面，停住、停留在那裡。整個 wonder 從這個「停頓」往兩邊長：一邊是安靜思考的那種（我一直在腦中翻來覆去、很想知道答案），另一邊是被震住、讚嘆的那種（這太美、太奇了，我幾乎接收不下）。兩邊都是「心被一個抓不太住的東西攫住」。原始詞典資料12 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。
Wondernoun
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Any of the Wonders of the World.
wondernoun/ˈwʌndə/
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A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise, shock or reverence.
- And they knew that it was hee which ſate for almes at the beautifull gate of the Temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened vnto him.
- All wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance.
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Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
- Wonders of the World seem to come in sevens.
- That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.
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Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
- That stay in the country did her wonders.
- It's a wonder no-one saw me.
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Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
- The idea was so ridiculous that it's a wonder anyone went along with it.
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Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
- Given the limited resources, he's really performed wonders.
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Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
- He's a wonder at cooking.
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Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
- So the voiceless wonder speaks at last.
- Well, I wanted to tell the brainless wonder what I thought of him.
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informalA mental pondering, a thought.
- Miss Paynter had a little wonder as to whether the man, as she called Mr. Lacy in her own mind, had ever been admitted to this room. She thought not.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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A kind of donut; a cruller.
wonderverb/ˈwʌndə/
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To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.
- He's married by now, I shouldn't wonder.
- […]I could not ſufficiently wonder at the Intrepidity of theſe diminutive Mortals,[…]
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To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.
- He wondered whether penguins could fly. She had wondered this herself sometimes.
- Has Jay gone fishing, I wonder?
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。