astound: [17] Astound, astonish, and stun all come ultimately from the same origin: a Vulgar Latin verb *extonāre, which literally meant something like ‘leave someone thunderstruck’ (it was formed from the Latin verb tonāre ‘thunder’). This became Old French estoner, which had three offshoots in English: it was borrowed into Middle English in the 13th century as astone or astun, and immediately lost its initial a, producing a form stun; then in the 15th century, in Scotland originally, it had the suffix -ish grafted on to it, producing astonish; and finally in the 17th century its past participle, astoned or, as it was also spelled, astound, formed the basis of a new verb. => astonish, stun
astound (v.)
mid-15c., from Middle English astouned, astoned (c. 1300), past participle of astonen, astonien "to stun" (see astonish), with more of the original sense of Vulgar Latin *extonare. Related: Astounded; astounding.
实用例句
1. If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
如果把我们能做到的都做了，最终连我们自己都会被吓到。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
2. Their dark humor never failed to astound him.
他们的黑色幽默总能让他咋舌。
来自柯林斯例句
3. He used to astound his friends with feats of physical endurance.
过去，他表现出来的惊人耐力常让朋友们大吃一惊。
来自辞典例句
4. A repertoire of tricks will astound the esteemed public.
全部节目将使尊敬的观众惊心动魄.
来自辞典例句
5. His practical grasp of affairs and his energy still astound me.
