- 1嚇傻了、驚得說不出話（英式口語）
If you are gobsmacked, you are so surprised or shocked that you almost cannot speak — as if someone had hit you in the mouth. It is informal British English, especially from the north of England and Liverpool; television helped spread it from the late 1950s. People say it about news that is stunning, good or bad. It is spoken, casual English, not for a school essay. It is not a swear word, but it is very .
core核心畫面
組成gob (mouth, from Irish / Scottish Gaelic) + smacked (hit). The picture is: hit in the mouth with surprise.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
gobsmackedadj/ˈɡɒb.smækt/
- 1
slangFlabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed.
- That wad mack im about yam sick, so ower Ilkla' moor bar-tat wish un best of luck at Ilkley Station, and when he landed back Martha wad be fare gob smacked at the yarns he wad tell 'er about Yorkshire clod-hoppers.
- We were as appalled and stunned and confused and gobsmacked (punched on the mouth) as anyone else.
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