knock for a loop

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動詞

knock for a loop (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 knocks for a loop，現在分詞 knocking for a loop，一般過去時及過去分詞 knocked for a loop)

1. (及物，俗語) 使...驚訝，使...困惑，使...動搖，使...猶豫

   近義詞：throw for a loop、throw off

   • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, 出版於 1965，第 7 頁:

     [Denham answered] "Gas bombs, Old Man! My own prescription. […] Gas bombs powerful enough to knock a row of elephants for a loop."

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   • 1967 November 17, 「Wall Street: Big Casino」, 出自 Time‎^[1], retrieved 2 Aug 2014:

     [A] triple threat to the U.S. economy […] has knocked stock prices for a loop.

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   • 1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest‎^[2], →ISBN，第 394 頁:

     Poor Janice, she'll be knocked for a loop. She'll feel she's let her father down.

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   • 2008 September 7, Anita Gates, 「Stage: Dinner and a Show, in One Spot, at One Price」, 出自 The New York Times‎^[3], retrieved 2 August 2014:

     Karyn McNay as Ulla, the sexy Swedish actress/receptionist/cleaning woman, knocks the audience for a loop too.

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