Word · Frequency #22728
dumbfound
/dʌmˈfajnd/
verb
使惊讶得发呆
核心释义
常用于被动语态
be a mystery or bewildering to
- 1.
使困惑和迷惑；使无言以对
To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.
使困惑和迷惑；使无言以对；使...惊讶得发呆
用法In use
The sudden news dumbfounded everyone in the room.
用法提示：dumbfounded 作为过去式动词，表示使惊讶得发呆。
It was a dumbfounding experience to see the magician make the elephant disappear.
用法提示：dumbfounding 作为现在分词形容词，表示令人惊讶得发呆的。
She was dumbfounded by the complexity of the math problem.
用法提示：was dumbfounded 是被动语态，表示主语被某事弄得惊讶得发呆。
be dumbfounded at/by sth.
被动语态，表示对某事感到震惊。
We were dumbfounded by the news.
我们被这个消息惊得目瞪口呆。
be dumbfounded to do sth.
后接不定式，表示做某事时感到震惊。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- be dumbfounded by
- 被……惊得目瞪口呆
- She was dumbfounded by the news.她被这个消息惊得目瞪口呆。
- leave someone dumbfounded
- 使某人惊愕不已
- The magician's trick left the audience dumbfounded.魔术师的戏法让观众惊愕不已。
- utterly dumbfounded
- 完全目瞪口呆
- He stood there utterly dumbfounded, unable to speak.他站在那里完全目瞪口呆，说不出话来。
- dumbfounded silence
- 惊愕的沉默
- The announcement was met with dumbfounded silence.这一宣布引来一片惊愕的沉默。
- dumbfounded look
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：哑巴（dumb）被难题‘找到’（found），惊得目瞪口呆、说不出话。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：written narrative、news reporting、formal discussion dumbfound 通常偏正式，多用于书面叙述或正式场合，口语中比较少见；常见于被动句式 be dumbfounded at/by sth.。
语法说明Grammar Note
常用于被动语态，如 be dumbfounded at/by sth.
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
dumbfound 读 /dʌmˈfaɪnd/，与 find、mind、kind、blind、behind 押韵，词尾均读 /aɪnd/。注意 found 拼写相似，但读 /faʊnd/，与本词读音不同。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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