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nonplussed

/non-pluhst/US // nɒnˈplʌst //

发怔,犹豫不决,惊愕,犹豫不决的

Related Words

mystify神秘化,神化,使人感到神秘的是,使人迷惑的是dumbfound哑然失笑,蠢蠢欲动,哑巴,哑口无言bewilder迷惑,迷惑人,迷惑人心,迷惑人的faze雾霾,凝视,晕眩,愣神disconcert令人不安,使人不安,使人不安的是,令人不安的是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astonish惊奇,令人震惊的,令人震惊,震慑daze晕眩,眩晕,晕,凝视fluster流言蜚语,流感,流言四起,流言discountenance折扣,贴现,折扣优惠,打折stump树桩,残端,残枝败叶,残枝rattle拨浪鼓,拨浪鼓的声音,拨动,拨浪鼓声puzzle谜题,难题,拼图,谜团confound困惑,混淆,混淆视听thwart阻挠,阻挠了,阻碍,阻止boggle绕口令,拗口,迷惑,拗拗看paralyze瘫痪,麻痹,痪,痹stymie风格,风格化,风格化的,风格派stun眩晕,惊呆了,震惊,惊愕

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : completely puzzled or perplexed by something unexpected: She blows a hole in the wall and escapes, and the nonplussed aliens are left wondering what happened.
    • : Nonstandard. not dismayed; indifferent or unexcited; calm: I hadn’t yet told my girlfriend I was leaving—I didn't want to risk being crushed by a nonplussed response to the news.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbconfuse, perplex
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

  • Then he's quiet, while I, nonplussed, just stare until he adds, “The camera must never move.”

  • Nonplussed, he thought for a moment, smiled, and meekly confessed, “Nothing I guess—just boxing and my family.”

  • Pinder, 29, appears to be nonplussed, telling the website, “The shoot is meant to be fun and very tongue-in-cheek.”

  • It was a Christmas present from my girlfriend, and when I unwrapped it, I was a little nonplussed.

  • Attaullha, the TTP fighter, is similarly nonplussed by the lack of response to the raid.

  • This defiant answer nonplussed the rebels, who had private interests to consider.

  • Nonplussed, Matt came to a halt and waited for Clip to come up with him, wheeling his crippled one-cylinder.

  • I confess I was quite nonplussed for the moment as to how best to commence the attack upon this unexpected visitor.

  • The club coteries paused, the literary log-rollers were nonplussed, and Thackeray sat reading instead of writing.

  • The barkeeper was nonplussed, and asked what a tin-roof cocktail was.

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