stupefy
verb🔊/ˈstjuːpɪfaɪ/
🔊/ˈstuːpɪfaɪ/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they stupefy | 🔊/ˈstjuːpɪfaɪ/ 🔊/ˈstuːpɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it stupefies | 🔊/ˈstjuːpɪfaɪz/ 🔊/ˈstuːpɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple stupefied | 🔊/ˈstjuːpɪfaɪd/ 🔊/ˈstuːpɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle stupefied | 🔊/ˈstjuːpɪfaɪd/ 🔊/ˈstuːpɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form stupefying | 🔊/ˈstjuːpɪfaɪɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈstuːpɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- stupefy somebody
to surprise or shock somebody; to make somebody unable to think clearly 使惊讶（或惊呆、思维不清、神志不清） He was stupefied by the amount they had spent. 得知他们花了那么多钱，他都惊呆了。 🔊🔊 She was stupefied with cold. 她给冻迷糊了。 🔊🔊
Word Originlate Middle English: from French stupéfier, from Latin stupefacere, from stupere ‘be struck senseless’.