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nonplus

/non-pluhs/US // nɒnˈplʌs //UK // (nɒnˈplʌs) //

非加,非加号,不加,非加码

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    non·plussed or non·plused,non·plus·sing or non·plus·ing.

    • : to render utterly perplexed by something unexpected; puzzle completely.
    • : Nonstandard. to cause to feel indifferent, calm, or unexcited: The food was good and all, but something about the place just nonplussed me.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a state of utter perplexity: When the protagonist's wife suddenly disappears, he's at a nonplus and fights with two different feelings.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbconfuse, perplex
Forms: nonplused, nonplussed
Synonyms
astonish惊奇,令人震惊的,令人震惊,震慑astound惊愕,惊奇,惊天动地,令人震惊的是baffle挡板,档板,迷惑,迷惑性bewilder迷惑,迷惑人,迷惑人心,迷惑人的daze晕眩,眩晕,晕,凝视disconcert令人不安,使人不安,使人不安的是,令人不安的是dumbfound哑然失笑,蠢蠢欲动,哑巴,哑口无言faze雾霾,凝视,晕眩,愣神fluster流言蜚语,流感,流言四起,流言mystify神秘化,神化,使人感到神秘的是,使人迷惑的是balk逡巡不前,巴尔克,逡巡,巴尔干beat打,殴打,拍打,击打boggle绕口令,拗口,迷惑,拗拗看buffalo水牛,水牛城,水牛奶,水牛市confound困惑,混淆,混淆视听discomfit讨厌的人,扰乱秩序,烦人的事,扰乱秩序的行为discountenance折扣,贴现,折扣优惠,打折dismay惊愕,惊恐,惊恐不安,错愕embarrass尴尬,窘迫,尴尬的,窘迫的floor地板,楼层,地面,楼面flurry涌动,涌动的情绪,涌现出的力量frustrate沮丧,挫折,挫败,沮丧的get得到,获得,拿到,得muddle淆乱,搞乱,淆杂,淆乱的overcome克服,攻克,战胜,克服困难paralyze瘫痪,麻痹,痪,痹puzzle谜题,难题,拼图,谜团rattle拨浪鼓,拨浪鼓的声音,拨动,拨浪鼓声stagger错开,错落有致,踉跄而行,错开的stick棍子,棒子,棍棒,杆子stump树桩,残端,残枝败叶,残枝stun眩晕,惊呆了,震惊,惊愕stymie风格,风格化,风格化的,风格派throw抛出,扔掉,抛出的,扔掉了thwart阻挠,阻挠了,阻碍,阻止mess with one's head胡思乱想,乱了方寸,胡思乱想的人rattle one's cage撞笼子,瓮中捉鳖,碰壁,碰瓷take aback惊愕,惊愕不已,跌眼镜,惊诧throw into tizzy闹哄哄的,闹腾,闹哄哄,大发雷霆

Examples

  • "I know of many," he answered, with a smile, an answer which by its simplicity seemed to nonplus the Duke.

  • The renegade was a little at a nonplus, as he never had undergone the operation which he had described.

  • The inquiring mind is at a nonplus, and is likely to remain so.

  • He finds doubts and scruples better than resolves them, and has always some argument to nonplus himself.

  • The idea at the bottom of the piece is that the devil will carry off the wee boy if he can nonplus him.