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stupefaction

/stoo-puh-fak-shuhn, styoo-/US // ˌstu pəˈfæk ʃən, ˌstyu- //UK // (ˌstjuːpɪˈfækʃən) //

惊愕,昏厥,昏昏沉沉,昏迷

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state of being stupefied; stupor.
    • : overwhelming amazement.

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Examples

  • The reaction to her selection in much of the GOP establishment ranged from stupefaction to scorn.

  • Others, holding to the side of the building, felt with stupefaction the boards totter beneath their touch.

  • The bears growl in stupefaction and rage, and take deep breaths to begin again.

  • Mr. Wilding raised one eyebrow and looked aslant at Trenchard, whose weather-beaten face was suddenly agrin with stupefaction.

  • When he had, in some measure, recovered control over his reason, the first emotion was one of complete stupefaction.

  • The bourgeois looked in stupefaction at this reinforcement that was about to join the attacking party.