Word · Frequency #22728
dumbfound
使惊讶得发呆
be a mystery or bewildering to
常用于被动语态
- 1.
To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.
使困惑和迷惑；使无言以对
使困惑和迷惑；使无言以对；使...惊讶得发呆
In use
The sudden news dumbfounded everyone in the room.
It was a dumbfounding experience to see the magician make the elephant disappear.
She was dumbfounded by the complexity of the math problem.
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。
She was dumbfounded to learn the truth.
她得知真相后惊得说不出话来。
dumbfound sb.
主动语态，直接跟宾语。
His reply dumbfounded me.
他的回答让我惊讶得发呆。
be dumbfounded that...
后接that从句。
I was dumbfounded that he could be so rude.
他竟如此粗鲁，我惊愕不已。
Verb forms
base dumbfound · third person dumbfounds · -ing dumbfounding · past dumbfounded · past participle dumbfounded
常用于被动语态
Common mistakes
I am dumbfound by the news.I am dumbfounded by the news.
“dumbfound”是及物动词，表示“使惊讶”，不能直接用作形容词；描述状态时必须用过去分词形式“dumbfounded”。
He dumbfounded when he saw the accident.He was dumbfounded when he saw the accident.
“dumbfound”是及物动词，通常需要宾语或在被动语态中使用；表示某人惊讶的状态时应用被动结构“be dumbfounded”。
Connections
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
- 目瞪口呆的神情
- She gave me a dumbfounded look when I told her the truth.当我告诉她真相时，她露出目瞪口呆的神情。
- completely dumbfounded
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：哑巴（dumb）被难题‘找到’（found），惊得目瞪口呆、说不出话。
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.。
Grammar Note
常用于被动语态，如 be dumbfounded at/by sth.
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。
Learn the forms together
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