wonderment

英 [ˈwʌndəmənt]

美 [ˈwʌndərmənt]

n.  惊喜; 惊叹

复数：wonderments　

BNC.23103 / COCA.22251

牛津词典

noun

• 惊喜；惊叹
  a feeling of pleasant surprise or wonder

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 惊喜;惊叹
  Wondermentis a feeling of great surprise and pleasure.
  1. His big blue eyes opened wide in wonderment.
     他蓝色的大眼睛睁得大大的，透着惊喜。

英英释义

noun

• the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
  Synonym:wonderadmiration

双语例句

• The children watched in wonderment as the circus began.
  马戏表演开始时孩子们惊奇地观看着。
• We were bug-eyed in wonderment.
  我们非常惊奇，眼珠都快瞪出来了。
• After the initial wonderment over how such bad architecture has managed to last so long, there's nothing much left to do apart from climbing the tower.
  最初的对于“这样的建筑怎么能保存如此之久”的惊叹过去之后，也就没什么可做的了。
• I was full of wonderment at this unusual mammal, with its circular head adorned by short ears, its round eyes, its white whiskers like those on a cat, its webbed and clawed feet, its bushy tail.
  我很赞美这新奇的哺乳类动物，圆突的头，上面有短短的耳朵，圆圆的眼睛，像猫须一般的白色瓮须，掌形带甲的脚，团簇的尾巴。
• The most stunning thing about the film, though-and this is said not by way of praise, but with anxious wonderment-is how depressing and truly doomy most of it is.
  不过该片最令人惊叹的并没有赞扬的成分，而是令人不安的惊叹是大部分时间里沉重的压抑和末世气氛。
• Not tears of sadness or anger, but an outpouring of emotion over the sheer wonderment that we can be this close-twelve years after graduation-with such physical distance between us.
  这些不是伤心或愤怒的眼泪，而是纯粹惊叹尽管毕业十二年了，彼此距离那么遥远，但却能保持如此亲密的关系，眼泪是这种情感的迸发。
• Our wonderment about life is diminished when we know the source of life's beginnings.
  当我们了解到生命起源的时候，我们对生命的惊奇就会被弱化。
• He listened with quiet wonderment as his grandfather told him of his life in the circus.
  当他的祖父告诉他在马戏团的生活时，他惊奇地静静地听着。
• The violin sang out a quality of music so beautiful that the collector himself could only listen in wonderment.
  小提琴唱出了如此美妙的音乐，连收藏家都听得出神。
• 'Its simplicity, its air of extreme wonderment,' he said, had moved him all his life.
  他说它的纯朴和绝对奇妙的气氛使他终生感动。