| 单词 |
nonplussed |
| 释义 |
nonplussed, ppl. a.|ˈnɒnplʌst| [f. nonplus n. or v. + -ed.] Brought to a nonplus or standstill; at a nonplus; perplexed, embarrassed.
1606Warner Alb. Eng. xiv. lxxxix. 363 So many Incantations, lyes, feares, hopes instanced shee,..As lastly did the non-plust Nunne vnto her Charmes agree. 1826J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 140 [He] stares round the company with his vacant and nonplussed eyes. 1828Carlyle Misc. (1857) I. 137 ‘Blown up’ by nonplussed and justly exasperated Review-reviewers! 1886E. L. Bynner A. Surriage xvii, She swept from the room, leaving the nonplussed artist to puzzle over the cause of her..behavior. |

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