astound

英 [ə'staʊnd] 美 [ə'staʊnd]

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astound 吃惊

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。缀生字母d, 同sound.

astound: astound: [17] Astound, astonish, and stun all come ultimately from the same origin: a Vulgar Latin verb *extonāre, which literally meant something like ‘leave someone thunderstruck’ (it was formed from the Latin verb tonāre ‘thunder’). This became Old French estoner, which had three offshoots in English: it was borrowed into Middle English in the 13th century as astone or astun, and immediately lost its initial a, producing a form stun; then in the 15th century, in Scotland originally, it had the suffix -ish grafted on to it, producing astonish; and finally in the 17th century its past participle, astoned or, as it was also spelled, astound, formed the basis of a new verb.
=> astonish, stun
astound (v.): mid-15c., from Middle English astouned, astoned (c. 1300), past participle of astonen, astonien "to stun" (see astonish), with more of the original sense of Vulgar Latin *extonare. Related: Astounded; astounding.

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1. If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.: 如果把我们能做到的都做了，最终连我们自己都会被吓到。

3. He used to astound his friends with feats of physical endurance.: 过去，他表现出来的惊人耐力常让朋友们大吃一惊。

4. A repertoire of tricks will astound the esteemed public.: 全部节目将使尊敬的观众惊心动魄.

5. His practical grasp of affairs and his energy still astound me.: 他对事物的实际掌握和他充沛的精力实在使我惊异.