appall
英式音标：appall怎么读
美式音标：appall怎么读
词汇归类： CET6+,GRE,常用词汇
近义词： shock,terrify,horrify,stun,dismay
appall词义
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vt. 使胆寒；使惊骇
词态变化
第三人称单数: appalls;过去式: appalled;过去分词: appalled;现在分词: appalling;
appall英文词源
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- appall (v.)
- also appal, early 14c., "to fade;" c. 1400, "to grow pale," from Old French apalir "become or make pale," from a- "to" (see ad-) + palir "grow pale," from Latin pallere (see pallor). Meaning "cause dismay or shock," is 1530s. Related: Appalled; appalling.