speechless

形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˈspiːt͡ʃ.lɪs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Not speaking; not knowing what to say; silent, especially due to surprise, amazement, etc.; wordless. not-comparable
    — When he walked into his surprise birthday party, he was completely speechless.
  2. Synonym of unspeakable. archaic,not-comparable
    — Immortal Pleaſures round my ſwimming Eyes did dance, And ſpeechleſs Joys, in whoſe ſweet Tumult toſt, I thought my Breath, and my new Being loſt.

词汇关系

衍生词
speechlessly speechlessness

词源

From Middle English specheles, from Old English sprǣċlēas (“speechless; without the power of speak”), from Proto-Germanic *sprēkalausaz, equivalent to speech + -less. Cognate with West Frisian sprakeleas (“speechless”), Dutch sprakeloos (“speechless”), German Low German spraaklos (“speechless”), German sprachlos (“speechless”).
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