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shocked

/shok/US // ʃɒk //UK // (ʃɒk) //

震惊,震惊的是,震惊的,震惊了

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sudden and violent blow or impact; collision.
    • : a sudden or violent disturbance or commotion: the shock of battle.
    • : a sudden or violent disturbance of the mind, emotions, or sensibilities: The burglary was a shock to her sense of security. The book provided a shock, nothing more.
    • : the cause of such a disturbance: The rebuke came as a shock.
    • : Pathology. a collapse of circulatory function, caused by severe injury, blood loss, or disease, and characterized by pallor, sweating, weak pulse, and very low blood pressure.Compare anaphylactic shock, cardiogenic shock, hypovolemic shock.
    • : the physiological effect produced by the passage of an electric current through the body.
    • : shocks, Informal. shock absorbers, especially in the suspension of an automobile.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to strike or jar with intense surprise, horror, disgust, etc.: He enjoyed shocking people.
    • : to strike against violently.
    • : to give an electric shock to.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to undergo a shock.

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Examples

  • The first time I read it, I made an involuntary sound of shock that made a friend demand to know what was wrong.

  • “It was a bit of a shock back then,” Jensen said when news broke that Bjerg had been signed, though mostly because he was one of the first players to be signed to a North American team from abroad.

  • Electrocoagulation is a process that shocks pathogens out of water using small amounts of electricity, which separates gross stuff from the pure water molecule.

  • The brutal, live-wire uncertainty of the pandemic’s first wave was a shock, but it spurred millions to adopt restrictions, driven by a sense of solidarity and fear.

  • Its power to absorb the shock of storms, prevent flooding, and trap salt is unmatched.

  • More recently, Boko Haram shocked the world by kidnapping 276 female students and threatened to traffic them.

  • “The lies of the government shocked us,” says Fatima, as the tears flow slowly from her eyes and down her cheek.

  • First, though, he has to be shocked into recognizing the barren waste of his spiritual life – by spirits.

  • The execution of two police officers in cold blood has shocked the city and driven a deeper wedge between the cops and the mayor.

  • I was shocked to find out from Chief Timothy Longo that Canevari had given me the wrong information.

  • A Lowell factory-girl would consider this entirely out of character, and a New-York milliner would be shocked at the idea of it.

  • She didn't move for a minute, and the shocked, stricken look in her eyes grew more intense.

  • "And she would sacrifice Him and all his archangels to an epigram," thought Isabel, who was somewhat shocked.

  • I fear she was often shocked at our easy Saxon ways, though Tom and I thought ourselves models of thrift.

  • The dear old creature p. 42was really shocked at our backsliding; but she nursed Tom very tenderly all the same.