英単語

appallの意味・使い方・発音

appall

英 美 [ə'pɔl]
  • vt.ゾッとさせる。

英語の語源


appall (v.)
also appal, early 14c., "to fade;" c. 1400, "to grow pale," from Old French apalir "become or make pale," from a- "to" (see ad-) + palir "grow pale," from Latin pallere (see pallor). Meaning "cause dismay or shock," is 1530s. Related: Appalled; appalling.

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