as·ton·ish·ment /əˈstɑnɪʃmənt/
驚異,驚愕,使人驚異的事物
As·ton·ish·ment n.
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]
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.
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astonishment
n : the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising;
"he looked at me in astonishment" [syn: amazement]