In 1530 it meant to paralyze, deaden, stupefy, to stun or deprive of sensation, as by a blow.

1530年，它的意思是使人瘫痪、麻木、失去知觉、昏迷或者丧失感觉，就好像被人猛打了一顿。

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In places such as India, ingenious, if slightly dangerous, devices exist whereby a fan is used to blow air through a mesh of straw which has water trickling through it powered by a small pump.

在印度之类的地方，那里有一种巧妙但或许稍有危险的设备，它利用风扇将空气吹过一个利用小型水泵而流淌着水的秸秆网来降温。

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As I sat nursing these reflections, the casement behind me was banged on to the floor by a blow from the latter individual, and his black countenance liked blightingly through.

在我坐着这么思索时，希刺克厉夫一拳把我背后的一扇窗户打下来了，他那黑黑的脸阴森森地向里面望着。

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While two executives have been appointed from within the company to replace Ms Shepherdson, losing such an influential figure has been seen by many analysts as a large blow for Sir Philip's Arcadia Empire.

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And when Miller was blocked off by left-back Andy Dawson, Hull suffered a blow as the left-back picked up an injury that saw him replaced by Samuel Ricketts after only 10 minutes.

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Any distant hopes Namibia had of upsetting the hosts soon suffered a hammer blow as number eight Nieuwenhuis, who had already been spoken to by the referee for a high tackle, was sent off after laying out Chabal.

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