astonish
/əˈstɒnɪʃ/verb
with obj.
- surprise or impress (someone) greatly使惊讶：
you never fail to astonish me
你总是让我吃惊
with obj. and clause it astonished her that Mrs Browing could seem so anxious勃朗宁夫人竟显得如此焦急, 这使她很惊讶
as adj. astonishing an astonishing achievement.惊人的成就。
派生词
astonishingly
adverb一个惊人地成功的项目。
词源
early 16th cent.（as astonished, in the sense 'stunned， bewildered， dismayed'）： from obsolete astone 'stun， stupefy'， from Old French estoner, based on Latin ex- 'out' + tonare 'to thunder'.