astound

verb · adjectiveB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

astounds

V_ing/Gerund

astounding

V_ed/pp

astounded

1.
To astonish, bewilder or dazzle.
1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 8, These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The vertuous mind […]
1982, Paul Auster, “On the High Wire” in The Art of Hunger, Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1992, p. 240, A young man had strung a wire between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral and walked and juggled and danced on it for three hours, astounding the crowds of people below.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more astound

Superlative

most astound

1.
(obsolete)Stunned; astounded; astonished.

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

astoundmentastoundableastoundedastounderastounding

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English astouned, astoned, astuned, past participle of astounen, astonen, astunen (to astonish). More at astonish.