stupefying adj. 使人目瞪口呆的;让人昏沉的
v. 使发呆;使失去知觉(stupefy的ing形式)
- The extra steps we find ugly and stupefying, they do perfectly in tedious exactitude.
那些我们觉得既难看又让人头晕的附加步骤,它们能以令人乏味的精确度运行无误。 - I was taking it in as best I could in the dim light.Fascinating and stupefying at the same time.
我在昏暗的光线下尽量仔细地观察这儿的情况,既令人眼花镣乱,又叫人目瞪口呆。 - She saw the risk she was in from a ruffian, who not only was such by profession , but had that evening been stupefying, by means of strong liquors.
她看出这流氓给他带来的危险。他不仅流氓成性,而且那天晚上又喝了烧酒。
stupefying[ adj ]- so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
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such an enormous response was astonishing
an astounding achievement
the amount of money required was staggering
suffered a staggering defeat
the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying
- making physically stupid or dull or insensible
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a stupefying blow to the head
the stupefying effects of hemp
- shocking with surprise and consternation
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the stupefying impact of the tragedy
Stupefy \Stu"pe*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stupefied}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Stupefying}.] [F. stup['e]fier, fr. L. stupere to be
stupefied + ficare (in comp.) to make, akin to facere. See
{Stupid}, {Fact}, and cf. {Stupefacient}.] [Written also
{stupify}, especially in England.]
1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of
perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility;
to make torpid.
The fumes of drink discompose and stupefy the brain.
--South.
2. To deprive of material mobility. [Obs.]
It is not malleable; but yet is not fluent, but
stupefied. --Bacon.