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stupefying

/stoo-puh-fahy, styoo-/US // ˈstu pəˌfaɪ, ˈstyu- //UK // (ˈstjuːpɪˌfaɪ) //

让人目瞪口呆的,令人目瞪口呆的,令人目瞪口呆,让人目瞪口呆

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    stu·pe·fied, stu·pe·fy·ing.

    • : to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
    • : to stun, as with a narcotic, a shock, or a strong emotion.
    • : to overwhelm with amazement; astound; astonish.

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Examples

  • It was like a constant assault, an almost stupefying catalogue of mindless racial insult and injury.

  • The blast was a stupefying white flash followed by a body-shaking howl, and it was the cue for a maelstrom of metallic shrieks.

  • Alig became hooked on heroin, ketamine, cocaine, and Rohypnol—a stupefying blend of substances for the once sober partier.

  • One can hypothesize that the bad decision came after the consumption of stupefying substances.

  • Then, as the curses and ribaldry died away, he emerged slowly as from beneath a stupefying load.

  • Throughout this stupefying recital none of the rest of us stirred, you will conceive.

  • They brought up with a stupefying slam against the wall of the pig-pen, making the pig squeal apprehensively.

  • I should work much better if I had some proof-sheets coming in to assure me that my soul-stupefying labor is not in vain.

  • He journeyed onward, not quickly or decisively, but in the slow walk of one who has been awakened from a stupefying sleep.