Shock

(noun.) the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat; 'the armies met in the shock of battle'.

(noun.) an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; 'it came as a shock to learn that he was injured'.

(noun.) an instance of agitation of the earth's crust; 'the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch'.

(noun.) a bushy thick mass (especially hair); 'he had an unruly shock of black hair'.

(noun.) a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field; 'corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks'; 'whole fields of wheat in shock'.

(noun.) (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; 'loss of blood is an important cause of shock'.

(verb.) subject to electrical shocks.

(verb.) collect or gather into shocks; 'shock grain'.

(verb.) collide violently.

(verb.) strike with horror or terror; 'The news of the bombing shocked her'.

(verb.) surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; 'I was floored when I heard that I was promoted'.

(verb.) strike with disgust or revulsion; 'The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends'.

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• My impression is that the shock inflicted on me completely suspended my thinking and feeling power. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• You mean that she'd shock him and he'd bore her? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The house had stood on a tottering base for a dozen years; and at last, in the shock of the French Revolution, it had rushed down a total ruin. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• If I inflicted this shock upon him to-morrow morning, how could the immediate change in him be accounted for? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I have given you a serious shock by my unnecessarily dramatic reappearance. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• When a horse went to pass over it he would get a very severe shock. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It was not splintered by the shock, but entirely reduced to thin ribbands of wood. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Before I had time to feel shocked, at this, I was horror-struck by an entirely unexpected proceeding on the part of Mr. Godfrey. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I must indeed, I said; for when just now I repeated the offer of serving him for a deacon, he expressed himself shocked at my want of decency. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• How shocked had he been by her behaviour to Miss Bates! 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• His betrothed looked shocked at the metaphor, and George Dorset exclaimed with a sardonic growl: Poor devil! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I suppose French morality is not of that straight-laced description which is shocked at trifles. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Really--really--as Mr. Chillip told my mother, he was almost shocked; speaking in a professional point of view alone, he was almost shocked. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• But, on stroking her cheek in a caressing way soon after, he was almost shocked to find her face wet with tears. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• How will she bear the shocks and repulses, the humiliations and desolations, which books, and my own reason, tell me are prepared for all flesh? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• This, in connection with an ingenious management of springs, absorbed the shocks and governed the machine so that no matter what was done to it, it would operate only at a certain speed. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• There is reason to believe they set great store upon their hair, wearing it in large shocks with pins of bone and afterwards of metal. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This shocks me very much. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• He was an old soldier, we have said, and not to be disturbed by any little shocks of fate. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Subsequently Forrest made a report in which he left out the part which shocks humanity to read. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• This horseshoe of carbonized paper seemed incapable to resist mechanical shocks and to maintain incandescence for any considerable length of time. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Surely, I would say, all men do not wear those shocking nightcaps; else all women's illusions had been destroyed on the first night of their marriage! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I really cannot prevail upon myself to carry this shocking disclosure any farther. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Oh, shocking--terrible! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I was afraid I had said something shocking. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• How very shocking! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Yes, how shocking! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Mrs General was not to be told of anything shocking. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

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