flabbergast
英 ['fl?b?gɑ?st]
美['fl?b?,g?st]
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?flabbergasts;過去式:?flabbergasted;過去分詞:?flabbergasted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?flabbergasting;
英文詞源
- flabbergast (v.)
- 1772, flabbergasted, mentioned (with bored) in a magazine article that year as a new vogue word, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from some dialect (in 1823 flabbergast was noted as a Sussex word), perhaps ultimately an arbitrary formation alluding to flabby or flapper and aghast. "Like many other popular words expressing intensity of action, ... not separable into definite elements or traceable to a definite origin" [Century Dictionary]. Related: Flabbergasted; flabbergasting; flabbergastation.
雙語例句
- 1. He is flabbergast when he hears that his friend has been accused of murder.
- 他聽說朋友被控謀殺罪,大吃一驚.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》