プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
ぜっく【絶句】
1 〔漢詩〕
- 五言絶句
a Chinese quatrain with five-character lines
2 〔言葉に詰まること〕
絶句する｜be unable to continue speaking (because of emotion); ((口)) get [be] all choked up; 〔役者が〕dry up
- 彼女は喜びに感極まって絶句した
She was so overcome with joy that 「she was at a loss for words [she didn't know what to say]. - その問いに答えようとして彼女は涙にむせび絶句した
She started to answer the question, but then broke into tears and couldn't continue.