资料来源 : pyDict
惊异,惊愕,使人惊异的事物
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Astonishment \As*ton"ish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. estonnement, F.
['e]tonnement.]
1. The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss
of sensation; stupor; loss of sense. [Obs.]
A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk
say. --Holland.
2. Dismay; consternation. [Archaic] --Spenser.
3. The overpowering emotion excited when something
unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the
mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement.
Lest the place And my quaint habits breed
astonishment. --Milton.
4. The object causing such an emotion.
Thou shalt become an astonishment. --Deut.
xxviii. 37.
Syn: Amazement; wonder; surprise.
资料来源 : WordNet®
astonishment
n : the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising;
"he looked at me in astonishment" [syn: {amazement}]