解释
- vt. 哑然失色；使大吃一惊
※ 提供单词"flabbergast"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
英文词源
- flabbergast (v.)
- 1772, flabbergasted, mentioned (with bored) in a magazine article that year as a new vogue word, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from some dialect (in 1823 flabbergast was noted as a Sussex word), perhaps ultimately an arbitrary formation alluding to flabby or flapper and aghast. "Like many other popular words expressing intensity of action, ... not separable into definite elements or traceable to a definite origin" [Century Dictionary]. Related: Flabbergasted; flabbergasting; flabbergastation.
例句和用法
- 1. He is flabbergast when he hears that his friend has been accused of murder.
- 他听说朋友被控谋杀罪,大吃一惊.
来自《简明英汉词典》