appall
英美[?'p?l]
- vt. 使膽寒；使驚駭
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?appalls;過去式:?appalled;過去分詞:?appalled;現在分詞:?appalling;
助記提示
1、ap- "to" + pall-.
2、因為驚駭、膽寒而嚇得蒼白。
3、appall <=> appal.
4. appall?驚駭?——我跑
5. appall---------"我怕"------------驚駭，嚇人
英文詞源
- 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.