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单词 speechless
释义
speechless
adjective
uk
/ˈspiːtʃ.ləs/us
/ˈspiːtʃ.ləs/
C1
unabletospeakbecause you are soangry,shocked,surprised, etc.:
（因气愤、震惊、惊讶等）说不出话的，无语的，哑口无言的
Thenewsleftus speechless.那个消息让我们哑口无言。
She was speechlesswithindignation.她气得说不出话来。
Synonyms
dumb
dumbfounded
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Falling silent and not speaking
  • be (on) non-speakersidiom
  • bite
  • bitesomethingback
  • biteyourtongueidiom
  • button your lipidiom
  • clam
  • clam up
  • draw
  • gob
  • have nothing to say foryourselfidiom
  • mouth
  • silence is goldenidiom
  • speak
  • speechlessly
  • speechlessness
  • stick
  • stick insomeone'sthroatidiom
  • tongue-tied
  • unavowed
  • wordless
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speechlessly
speechlessness
(Definition ofspeechlessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

speechless| American Dictionary

speechless
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˈspitʃ·ləs/
temporarilyunabletotalkor toknowwhat to say,esp. because of havingstrongfeelings:
Herremarkleftme speechless.
(Definition ofspeechlessfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspeechless

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One need not be a doctrinaire egalitarian to bespeechlessat this requirement.
From theCambridge English Corpus
At least equally important, his experience of the sublime brought him to aspeechlessstandstill.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Some choose to give up before the contest date while others standspeechlesson the stage.
From theCambridge English Corpus
When they ask you about computer knowledge, you are justspeechless; we cannot teach.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The male basketball players drop their jaws and arespeechless.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This is about the convergence of new technology withspeechlessobject, screaming servant girl, irreproducibly reproduced and reproductive singer, the pregnant, material individual and her event.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I am againspeechless, but with less admiration.
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The patter and the repartee flow and only on a rare occasion is one leftspeechlesson a doorstep.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Is that because they have been renderedspeechlessby the sheer ugliness of the building?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I nearly said "speechless", but, obviously, that is not true tonight.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He was so angry that it left himspeechless, because he never raised the state of the national health service.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am often leftspeechlessby the shirkers who come to my surgery and blatantly say that they cannot possibly work.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
When we began our work, we were almostspeechlessat what we encountered.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Politicians may know, but, for once, the economists arespeechless.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
For once the trade seems almost unanimous in its approval, and this is so astonishing that it leaves one virtuallyspeechless.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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