knock for a loop

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knock for a loop (第三人称单数简单现在时 knocks for a loop，现在分词 knocking for a loop，一般过去时及过去分词 knocked for a loop)

1. (及物，俗语) 使...惊讶，使...困惑，使...动摇，使...犹豫

   近义词：throw for a loop、throw off

   • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, 出版于 1965，第 7 页:

     [Denham answered] "Gas bombs, Old Man! My own prescription. […] Gas bombs powerful enough to knock a row of elephants for a loop."

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   • 1967 November 17, “Wall Street: Big Casino”, 出自 Time‎^[1], retrieved 2 Aug 2014:

     [A] triple threat to the U.S. economy […] has knocked stock prices for a loop.

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   • 1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest‎^[2], →ISBN，第 394 页:

     Poor Janice, she'll be knocked for a loop. She'll feel she's let her father down.

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   • 2008 September 7, Anita Gates, “Stage: Dinner and a Show, in One Spot, at One Price”, 出自 The New York Times‎^[3], retrieved 2 August 2014:

     Karyn McNay as Ulla, the sexy Swedish actress/receptionist/cleaning woman, knocks the audience for a loop too.

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