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appall的意思

appall
英式音标[ə'pɔl]

基本解释

vt. 使胆寒;使惊骇

英文词源

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.