1. 震驚;驚愕;令人震驚的事
    If you have a shock, something suddenly happens which is unpleasant, upsetting, or very surprising.

    e.g. The extent of the violence came as a shock...
           暴力程度令人震驚。
    e.g. He has never recovered from the shock of your brother's death...
           他從未從你哥哥去世的打擊中恢復過來。

2. (身心受到的)打擊，震驚
    Shock is a person's emotional and physical condition when something very frightening or upsetting has happened to them.

    e.g. The little boy was speechless with shock...
           那小男孩驚得說不出話來。
    e.g. She's still in a state of shock.
           她仍驚魂未定。

3. 休克
    If someone is in shock, they are suffering from a serious physical condition in which their blood is not flowing round their body properly, for example because they have had a bad injury.

    e.g. He was found beaten and in shock...
           發(fā)現(xiàn)他被打得休克了。
    e.g. They escaped the blaze but were rushed to hospital suffering from shock.
           他們逃離了火海,卻因休克而被迅速送往醫(yī)院。

4. 使震驚;使驚愕;打擊
    If something shocks you, it makes you feel very upset, because it involves death or suffering and because you had not expected it.

    e.g. After forty years in the police force nothing much shocks me...
           在警隊呆了 40 年后，我對什么都見怪不怪了。
    e.g. Relief workers were shocked by what they saw.
           救援人員被眼前的景象驚呆了。

5. (因行為粗魯或不道德而)使不快，使氣憤，使厭惡，使反感
    If someone or something shocks you, it upsets or offends you because you think it is rude or morally wrong.

shock

    e.g. You can't shock me...
           我不會被你激怒的。
    e.g. They were easily shocked in those days...
           在那個年代，他們動不動就對一些事情看不順眼。

6. (通告、事件等)令人驚愕的，令人震驚的
    A shock announcement or event is one which shocks people because it is unexpected.

shock

    e.g. ...the shock announcement that she is to resign.
           她將要辭職的驚人聲明
    e.g. ...a shock defeat.
           令人震驚的落敗

7. (對經(jīng)濟、傳統(tǒng)、生活方式的)沖擊，撞擊
    A shock is something sudden and unexpected that threatens the economy, traditions, or way of life of a group of people.

    e.g. This is the latest in a series of shocks to the Scandinavian banking system.
           這是一系列對斯堪的納維亞銀行系統(tǒng)的沖擊中最近的一次。
    e.g. ...the economic pain of two oil shocks.
           兩次原油沖擊下的經(jīng)濟蕭條

8. 沖擊力
    A shock is the force of something suddenly hitting or pulling something else.

    e.g. Steel barriers can bend and absorb the shock.
           鋼制柵欄可以彎曲并能吸收沖擊力。

9. 觸電;電擊
      A shock is the same as an electric shock .

10. 減震器
      A shock is a shock absorber .

      e.g. Do you think I need new shocks?
             你認為我需要換新的減震器嗎？

11. 濃密的一堆(頭發(fā))
      A shock of hair is a very thick mass of hair on a person's head.

      e.g. ...a very old priest with a shock of white hair.
             滿頭白發(fā)、年事已高的神父

12. see also: shocking;culture shock;electric shock;shell shock

13. 從速嚴懲
      A short, sharp shock is a punishment that is fairly harsh and severe but only lasts for a short time.