及物动词

名词

1. 震惊;惊愕;令人震惊的事
If you have a shock, something suddenly happens which is unpleasant, upsetting, or very surprising.

2. (身心受到的)打击，震惊
Shock is a person's emotional and physical condition when something very frightening or upsetting has happened to them.

3. 休克
If someone is in shock, they are suffering from a serious physical condition in which their blood is not flowing round their body properly, for example because they have had a bad injury.

4. 使震惊;使惊愕;打击
If something shocks you, it makes you feel very upset, because it involves death or suffering and because you had not expected it.

1. a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body

e.g. subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response
electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks

Synonym: electric shockelectrical shock

2. the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat

e.g. the armies met in the shock of battle

Synonym: impact

3. a mechanical damper
absorbs energy of sudden impulses

e.g. the old car needed a new set of shocks

Synonym: shock absorbercushion

4. an unpleasant or disappointing surprise

e.g. it came as a shock to learn that he was injured

Synonym: blow

5. a sudden jarring impact

e.g. the door closed with a jolt
all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers

Synonym: joltjarjounce

6. an instance of agitation of the earth's crust

e.g. the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch

Synonym: seismic disturbance

7. the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

e.g. his mother's death left him in a daze
he was numb with shock

Synonym: dazestupor

8. a bushy thick mass (especially hair)

e.g. he had an unruly shock of black hair

9. a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry
stalks of Indian corn set up in a field

e.g. corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks
whole fields of wheat in shock

10. (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells
characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor

e.g. loss of blood is an important cause of shock