speechlessness

英語

詞源

speechless +‎ -ness

名詞

speechlessness (複數 speechlessnesses)

1. 一時說不出話的狀況
   • 1907, Barbara Baynton, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 出版於 1980，第 233 頁:

     '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, 出版於 1965，第 16 頁:

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

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使用註解

• 複數形罕見。