aghast
aghast 英 [əˈgɑ:st] 美 [əˈgæst]
adj. 吓呆的，惊骇的；吃惊的
- Would you be aghast, or shocked, to find out that your friends believe in ghosts, or would you share their frightened, or aghast, looks when a floating white being hovers over the campfire?
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- adj. 吓呆的，惊骇的；吃惊的
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1. Database mavens will no doubt be aghast at this apparent retrograde into mainframe history.
数据库专家无疑会惊骇于这种向大型机历史的明显倒退。
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2. His mother, according to the book, was once “aghast” at the cheeses Ms. Chua chose for a party and demanded better ones.
根据书中所写，她的母亲又一次非常“吃惊”，因为蔡美儿要求在宴会上准备一块更大更好的奶酪。
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3. The neighbours all stood aghast, and dared not move.
邻居们都目瞪口呆， 再不敢动。
- aghast (adj.) c. 1300, agast, "terrified, suddenly filled with frightened amazement," past participle of Middle English agasten "to frighten" (c. 1200), from a- intensive prefix (see a- (1)) + Old English gæstan "to terrify," from gæst "spirit, ghost" (see ghost (n.)). The unetymological -gh- is perhaps a Flemish influence, or after ghost, etc. It became general after 1700.
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