閉口

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説

へいこう【閉口】

• その質問に彼も閉口した
  That question threw even him off balance.／Even he was nonplussed [((口))stumped] by that question.
• 彼のしつこさには閉口する
  His persistence is really exasperating.／((口)) I can't stand the way he keeps bugging me.
• 庭のぶよには閉口する
  The gnats in the garden are a nuisance.
• あの哲学書には閉口した
  That book on philosophy was too much for me.

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