Word · Frequency #1998
shocks
使震惊；使惊愕；使大为不安
shocks is the third person singular of shock.
to make someone feel very surprised or upset
- 1.
To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel greatly surprised or upset.
使...震惊；使(某人)感到非常惊讶或不安。
- 2.
To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
收集或堆成禾束堆；堆成垛。
- 3.
To strike with disgust, to offend, scandalize.
使反感,冒犯,使...震惊。
- 4.
To give an electric shock to.
给...以电击。
- 5.
To subject to a shock wave or violent impact.
使遭受冲击波或剧烈撞击。
- 6.
To cook something very briefly in a hot liquid, then immediately submerge it in ice water to stop the cooking process.
将食物在热液体中快速焯烫后立即浸入冰水以停止烹饪过程。
- 7.
To add a chemical to (a swimming pool) to moderate the chlorine levels.
向(游泳池)加入化学物质以调节氯含量。
- 8.
To deform the crystal structure of a stone by the application of extremely high pressure at moderate temperature, as produced only by hypervelocity impact events, lightning strikes, and nuclear explosions.
在适中的温度下施加极高压力,使石头晶体结构变形,这仅由超高速撞击、雷击和核爆炸产生。
使触电；电击；使愤慨；使厌恶；使震惊；使受到冲击；使遭受剧烈震动；焯水后冰镇；快速煮后投入冰水；给（游泳池）加药调节氯含量；对（泳池）做冲击处理
In use
The sudden news shocked everyone in the room.
It shocked me to see how much the town had changed.
She was shocked by his rude behavior.
Verb forms
base shock · third person shocks · -ing shocking · past shocked · past participle shocked
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- shock someone
- 使某人震惊
- The news shocked everyone in the room.这个消息震惊了房间里的每个人。
- be shocked at
- 对…感到震惊
- She was shocked at the sudden change.她对突如其来的变化感到震惊。
- shock the system
- 冲击系统
- Cold water can shock your system.冷水可能会冲击你的系统。
- shock into action
- 震惊而采取行动
- The disaster shocked the government into action.这场灾难震惊了政府，迫使其采取行动。
Idioms & figurative uses
- shock to the system
- 令人震惊的变化The sudden cold weather was a shock to the system.突如其来的寒冷天气令人震惊。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一个人突然被电击（shock），瞬间‘休克’（shock的中文谐音），这种强烈的反应就是震惊。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交谈、新闻报道、电影评论 通常用于描述令人震惊或厌恶的事件，比较常见于口语和书面语。
Grammar Note
及物动词，常用被动结构
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the same stressed vowel and following consonant /ɑk/ as in 'shock'. Note that 'knock' has a silent 'k' but still rhymes. Other words like 'sock' also rhyme but are not included here.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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