shock
震惊,震动,冲击,震撼
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Definitions
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- : a sudden and violent blow or impact; collision.
- : a sudden or violent disturbance or commotion: the shock of battle.
- : a sudden or violent disturbance of the mind, emotions, or sensibilities: The burglary was a shock to her sense of security. The book provided a shock, nothing more.
- : the cause of such a disturbance: The rebuke came as a shock.
- : Pathology. a collapse of circulatory function, caused by severe injury, blood loss, or disease, and characterized by pallor, sweating, weak pulse, and very low blood pressure.Compare anaphylactic shock, cardiogenic shock, hypovolemic shock.
- : the physiological effect produced by the passage of an electric current through the body.
- : shocks, Informal. shock absorbers, especially in the suspension of an automobile.
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- : to strike or jar with intense surprise, horror, disgust, etc.: He enjoyed shocking people.
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Examples
Only those shock waves would produce neutrinos and fast radio bursts at the same time, Metzger says.
Shortly after his own win, Carlsson shocked his children by getting his forearm inked with the words “World Champion” spiraling around a ladle.
“I can’t say as it comes as a huge shock to me,” Miyoshi said when told of the EEOC findings.
I’m shocked and I don’t really have anything to say about that.
Growth stocks, meanwhile, tend to do well when there’s a big shock, such as a pandemic.
Citizens were watching in shock from above on the subway station.
But fans still feel the death was a last-minute decision made for shock value rather than to serve the story.
Shock at what the government considers dangerous and high risk could be read across social media.
She lost control of her bladder as she crouched in a corner, shaking, and unable to move her body due to the shock.
Some were silent from shock, others giddy and smiling as they boarded the U.S. Air Force C-130s.
Like an electric shock, the well-known chords of the Tragala aroused his hearers—every one crowded round the singer.
The violent shock dazed Malcolm for a second, but all might yet have been well were it not for an unavoidable accident.