单词 | aghast |
例句 | aghast adjective •eyewitnesses to the explosion were aghast:horrified, appalled, dismayed, thunderstruck, stunned, shocked, staggered | informal flabbergasted.WORD NOTE aghast Nothing conveys a horrified reaction better, because the whispery, gasping sound of the word personalizes it, seems to locate the horror in the victim's frozen, ghost-pale face, in their paralyzing intake of breath. — DAConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |
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