| 词汇 | shock |
| 词源 | shock. The French choc, a noun of action for “a military en- counter,” came into English early in the 16th century as shocke, with the meaning of the first charge in a battle, or two jousters charging each other and smashing together. By the early 18th century shock had come to mean a sudden disturbing impact on the mind as well as the body. |
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