Question of the Day #928

The comment, which gobsmacked his female co-hosts, was in reference to 51-year-old presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s recent claim that people over the age of 75 wishing to serve in the White House should have to prove mental competence.

From the headline of this article at the New York Daily News.

  上記の文で、gobsmackedの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "gobsmacked" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈英話〉非常に［ものすごく・めちゃくちゃ］驚いた［ショックを受けた］

 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

overwhelmed with wonder, surprise, or shock: ASTOUNDED

   

Examples

• Everyone, including the Israeli delegation, looked gobsmacked. — Alejandro Varela, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
• He was completely gobsmacked when he won the award.
• I think he felt gobsmacked by her death. - From New York Post
• All these people were gobsmacked, they couldn't believe these photos existed. - From CNN
• The phrase appeared last March, much as a wildflower might: with sudden, almost gobsmacked abandon, born in preparation of its own demise. — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021

   

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