appall  /əp'ɔl/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  appall
  (vt.)使膽寒,使驚駭


資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Appall \Ap*pall"\, v. i.
     1. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or
        discouraged. [Obs.] --Gower.
  
     2. To lose flavor or become stale. [Obs.]

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Appall \Ap*pall"\, n.
     Terror; dismay. [Poet.] --Cowper.

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Appall \Ap*pall"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appalled}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Appalling}.] [OF. appalir to grow pale, make pale; a (L.
     ad) + p[^a]lir to grow pale, to make pale, p[^a]le pale. See
     Pale, a., and cf. {Pall}.]
     1. To make pale; to blanch. [Obs.]
  
              The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . Hath
              so appalled my countenance.           --Wyatt.
  
     2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled
        wight. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
              Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and
              freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become
              appalled in extremity of cold.        --Holland.
  
     3. To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear
        in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its
        firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to
        dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.
  
              The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this
              alarum.                               --Clarendon.
  
     Syn: To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare;
          depress. See {Dismay}.

資料來源(5): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  appall
       v 1: strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior
            of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: {shock},
             {offend}, {scandalize}, {scandalise}, {appal}, {outrage}]
       2: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly
          surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late
          for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified
          us" [syn: {dismay}, {alarm}, {appal}, {horrify}]