speechlessness

英语

词源

speechless +‎ -ness

名词

speechlessness (复数 speechlessnesses)

1. 一时说不出话的状况
   • 1907, Barbara Baynton, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 出版于 1980，第 233 页:

     'No - rather not, my dear? Well, another night,' he said, hastily translating her speechlessness.

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   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney: Ure Smith, 出版于 1965，第 16 页:

     It was her virtue to be tall, pale, characterless and effaced by partial speechlessness.

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使用注解

• 复数形罕见。