astonish
要点びっくりさせる
意味
- …をびっくりさせる,驚かせる
例文
Should he know the fact, he would be astonished.
万一、その事実を知ったら彼はひどく驚くだろう。
She was astonished that you spoke Chinese so well.
あなたが中国語を上手にしゃべったので彼女は驚いた。
The cook was astonished at his incredible appetite.
料理人は彼の信じられない程の食欲にとても驚いた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Probably an alteration (due to words ending in -ish: abolish, banish, cherish, establish, furnish, etc.) of earlier astony, astone, astun (“to astonish, stun”), from Middle English astoneyen, astonen (“to stun, astonish”), variant of stonen, stoneyen (“to stun, astonish”) prefixed with a-. However, compare Old French estonir, a rare variant of estoner (“to stun, astonish”).