astound怎么会有震惊的含义呢

Day 330 morning 2021

astound：使震惊

as 来自前缀 ex- 变体，此处表强调
词根 ton, 雷，拟声词，同 thunder. 指如被雷击
缀生字母 d, 同 sound

【发音释义】：[ə'staʊnd] vt. 使惊骇；使震惊

【结构分析】： astound = as （= ex ，出来）+ tound （雷击）→被雷击得魂魄出窍→使震惊

But I had never drawn a sheep. So I drew for him one of the two pictures I had drawn so often. It was that of the boa constrictor from the outside. And I was astounded to hear the little fellow greet it with:

“No, no, no! I do not want an elephant inside a boa constrictor. A boa constrictor is a very dangerous creature, and an elephant is very cumbersome. Where I live, everything is very small. What I need is a sheep. Draw me a sheep.”