词组 | amazement |
释义 | amazement /əˈmeɪzmənt/ noun a feeling of great surprisephraseslook at/stare at/watch sb in amazement His friends all stared at him in amazement when told them how much he had won.shake your head in amazement “Wow!” said Jack, shaking his head in amazement.whistle in amazement Joe whistled in amazement when Bill told him about the monster fish he had caught.sb’s eyes widen in amazement (=they look very surprised) Her eyes widened in amazement. “You did what?”a look of amazement I’ll never forget the look of amazement on his face when I told him my news.a cry/gasp of amazement There were cries of amazement when she brought in the birthday cake.a constant source of amazement (=something that continues to surprise someone) That boy is a constant source of amazement to me!adjectivescomplete/utter/sheer amazement To his utter amazement, his application was accepted.genuine amazement “Have you read all those books?” she said with genuine amazement.mock amazement (=amazement that is pretended, not real) He stopped in mock amazement at the sight of her standing there in the kitchen doing nothing.shocked amazement She continued reading his diary with shocked amazement.wide-eyed amazement (=such great surprise that your eyes are wide open) His features took on a look of wide-eyed amazement.dumb amazement (=such great surprise that you cannot speak) We all stared at each other in dumb amazement.verbsexpress (your) amazement He expressed amazement at the number of people who had come to help.prepositionsin amazement “How did you get here?” she asked in amazement.with amazement I listened with amazement to his story.to sb’s amazement To my amazement, he burst into tears.amazement at sth Peter was unable to hide his amazement at how Carla was dressed. |
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