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Definition of stun in English: stunverbstunning, stunned, stuns stʌnstən [with object]1Knock unconscious or into a dazed or semi-conscious state. 把…打晕；使昏迷；使眩晕 the man was stunned by a blow to the head 那人头部受重击晕倒后被扼死。 Example sentencesExamples - The stun knocked him back aways and he fell to the ground.
- The court heard that he had used a police-approved technique to stun a struggling suspect with a hard blow to a cluster of nerves in the neck and face.
- She turned away like one stunned by a blow, and walked slowly towards the door, hoping he would call her back.
- The Brooklyn boxer stunned Rangel with a solid left before knocking him out with a powerful right.
- The explosion stuns or kills fish, and they are then harvested by divers.
- This current kills or stuns all fish in a radius of about two meters.
- Most people normally think in terms of punching or striking to the back of the head, temples, side of the neck, and edge of the jaw next to the ear to stun, or knock out.
- Many animals are not properly stunned as they are pushed through the slaughterhouse as quickly as possible.
- When he hits his prey, he actually stuns the prey, like an antelope, and then he'll grab the esophagus right here and chokes - breaks the esophagus.
- I'll settle for a sand-filled sock and merely stun them senseless if they should as much as look at me askance on this day.
- The force of the blow left her momentarily stunned and knocked the air out of her.
- You see, the killing machine can never slit the throat of every bird that goes by, especially those that the stunner does not stun properly.
- This blow would stun it, and then he would run in to stab it and finish it off.
- This stuns the sperm, effectively putting them to sleep for up to 10 days.
- They put up little or no fight, either - they just aim a puny punch at your hero, who then blocks and either stuns or kills them.
- Levi was stunned by the blow and reached up to rub his face, red from Wade's blow.
Synonyms daze, stupefy, knock senseless, knock unconscious, knock out, lay out informal knock for six 2Astonish or shock (someone) so that they are temporarily unable to react. 使震惊；使发愣，使目瞪口呆；使惊叹 the community was stunned by the tragedy 整个社区居民被悲剧所震惊。 Example sentencesExamples - The workers were too stunned to react on seeing complete strangers entering their area.
- Patrice and Hugh's easy generosity stuns Helen, because the way they treat her is the opposite of the way life has.
- The news has stunned war veterans in the city - and has sparked an urgent plea for more volunteers to come forward.
- It's the second tragedy to stun the people of Kilkenny this week.
- On their return to council last month they were stunned to hear it had blown out to nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
- Magic Johnson stuns the world with his announcement that he is HIV positive.
- I am stunned, shocked, and as a secondary school teacher myself, very disappointed.
- The similarity of the attacks has stunned the family who had believed the person responsible for the murder had been detained.
- The powerful film shows that the beautiful game rears a truly ugly side, which is bound to shock and stun audiences.
- The scale of the strike movement and of the Popular Front's electoral victory temporarily stunned its opponents.
- Hari then stuns us with some ‘facts’ which he hopes will save him from absurdity.
- The thought of loosing life or limb stuns us into shock, and as a result we stop breathing.
- People are stunned by it and are scrambling to respond, which is natural.
- What stuns the fans is that the aggrieved baseball players are among the highest paid people on the planet.
- Indeed, throughout the country people were left stunned by the antics of Lizzy and husband Mark.
- It's unlikely they could do it night after night in a production that travels and stuns the world, as Brook's actors did.
- Across the globe people are stunned by the Colombia space shuttle disaster, and Americans are in mourning.
- It stuns me to see women say they're in love with a guy they simply do not know.
- I was simply stunned at the number and variety of people who streamed through asking for coins.
- It still stuns me to this day that they said this and truly saw no problem with it.
Synonyms astound, amaze, astonish, startle, take someone's breath away, dumbfound, stupefy, overwhelm, stagger, shock, confound, take aback, shake up informal flabbergast, knock for six, knock sideways, hit like a ton of bricks, bowl over, floor, blow away
OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French estoner 'astonish'. astonish from early 16th century: The Old French estoner, from Latin ex- ‘out’ and tonare ‘to thunder’ is the source of astonish, the shorter form stun (Middle English), and of astound (Middle English).
Rhymesbegun, bun, done, Donne, dun, fine-spun, forerun, fun, gun, Gunn, hon, Hun, none, nun, one, one-to-one, outdone, outgun, outrun, plus-one, pun, run, shun, son, spun, sun, ton, tonne, tun, underdone, Verdun, won Definition of stun in US English: stunverbstənstən [with object]1Knock unconscious or into a dazed or semiconscious state. 把…打晕；使昏迷；使眩晕 the man was stunned by a blow to the head 那人头部受重击晕倒后被扼死。 Example sentencesExamples - The court heard that he had used a police-approved technique to stun a struggling suspect with a hard blow to a cluster of nerves in the neck and face.
- When he hits his prey, he actually stuns the prey, like an antelope, and then he'll grab the esophagus right here and chokes - breaks the esophagus.
- This current kills or stuns all fish in a radius of about two meters.
- Levi was stunned by the blow and reached up to rub his face, red from Wade's blow.
- You see, the killing machine can never slit the throat of every bird that goes by, especially those that the stunner does not stun properly.
- The stun knocked him back aways and he fell to the ground.
- The explosion stuns or kills fish, and they are then harvested by divers.
- They put up little or no fight, either - they just aim a puny punch at your hero, who then blocks and either stuns or kills them.
- She turned away like one stunned by a blow, and walked slowly towards the door, hoping he would call her back.
- This blow would stun it, and then he would run in to stab it and finish it off.
- I'll settle for a sand-filled sock and merely stun them senseless if they should as much as look at me askance on this day.
- Many animals are not properly stunned as they are pushed through the slaughterhouse as quickly as possible.
- Most people normally think in terms of punching or striking to the back of the head, temples, side of the neck, and edge of the jaw next to the ear to stun, or knock out.
- The force of the blow left her momentarily stunned and knocked the air out of her.
- The Brooklyn boxer stunned Rangel with a solid left before knocking him out with a powerful right.
- This stuns the sperm, effectively putting them to sleep for up to 10 days.
Synonyms daze, stupefy, knock senseless, knock unconscious, knock out, lay out 2Astonish or shock (someone) so that they are temporarily unable to react. 使震惊；使发愣，使目瞪口呆；使惊叹 the community was stunned by the tragedy 整个社区居民被悲剧所震惊。 Example sentencesExamples - The thought of loosing life or limb stuns us into shock, and as a result we stop breathing.
- It's the second tragedy to stun the people of Kilkenny this week.
- I was simply stunned at the number and variety of people who streamed through asking for coins.
- Indeed, throughout the country people were left stunned by the antics of Lizzy and husband Mark.
- On their return to council last month they were stunned to hear it had blown out to nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
- Across the globe people are stunned by the Colombia space shuttle disaster, and Americans are in mourning.
- It still stuns me to this day that they said this and truly saw no problem with it.
- Magic Johnson stuns the world with his announcement that he is HIV positive.
- The news has stunned war veterans in the city - and has sparked an urgent plea for more volunteers to come forward.
- It's unlikely they could do it night after night in a production that travels and stuns the world, as Brook's actors did.
- I am stunned, shocked, and as a secondary school teacher myself, very disappointed.
- What stuns the fans is that the aggrieved baseball players are among the highest paid people on the planet.
- The workers were too stunned to react on seeing complete strangers entering their area.
- The powerful film shows that the beautiful game rears a truly ugly side, which is bound to shock and stun audiences.
- Patrice and Hugh's easy generosity stuns Helen, because the way they treat her is the opposite of the way life has.
- It stuns me to see women say they're in love with a guy they simply do not know.
- The similarity of the attacks has stunned the family who had believed the person responsible for the murder had been detained.
- Hari then stuns us with some ‘facts’ which he hopes will save him from absurdity.
- The scale of the strike movement and of the Popular Front's electoral victory temporarily stunned its opponents.
- People are stunned by it and are scrambling to respond, which is natural.
Synonyms astound, amaze, astonish, startle, take someone's breath away, dumbfound, stupefy, overwhelm, stagger, shock, confound, take aback, shake up
OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French estoner ‘astonish’. |