[sadung] (v) EN: be startled ; be shocked ; be scared ; be frightened ; get a fright ; br taken aback ; be surprisedFR: sursauter ; avoir un sursaut ; tressaillir
[taleung] (v) EN: be dumbfound ; be stupefied ; be at a loss ; be stunned ; be nonplussed ; be taken aback ; be in a daze ; be spellbound ; be astonished ; be amazed ; be enraptured
adv. [ Pref. a- + back; AS. on bæc at, on, or toward the back. See Back. ] 1. Toward the back or rear; backward. “Therewith aback she started.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Behind; in the rear. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Naut.) Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]
To be taken aback. (a)To be driven backward against the mast; -- said of the sails, also of the ship when the sails are thus driven.(b)To be suddenly checked, baffled, or discomfited. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
[どぎもをぬく(度胆を抜く;度肝を抜く);ドぎもをぬく(ド肝を抜く), dogimowonuku ( do tan wo nuku ; dogimo wo nuku ); do gimowonuku ( do kimo wo nuku )](exp, v5k) to knock or scare (someone) out of his or her wits; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound; to take (someone) aback[Add to Longdo]