shock

I

n.

1) to give smb. a shock

2) to express; feel; get, have a shock

3) to absorb a shock

4) an emotional; mild, slight; profound, rude, severe, terrible shock

5) (a) culture; electric; future; insulin; shell (old-fashioned) shock

6) a shock to (his arrest was a shock to everybody)

7) a shock to + inf. (it was a shock to learn of his death = it was a shock learning of his death)

8) a shock that + clause (it came as a shock that he had been released from prison)

9) shock at (everyone expressed shock at the hijacking)

II

v.

1) (D; tr.) to shock into (to shock smb. into doing smt.)

2) (R) it shocked me (to learn) that he had been in prison

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electric

feel

future

get

have a shock

insulin

mild

profound

rude

severe

shell (old-fashioned) shock

slight

terrible shock

(R) it shocked me (to learn) that he had been in prison

(a) culture

an emotional

to absorb a shock

to express

to give smb. a shock

shock at (everyone expressed shock at the hijacking)

a shock to (his arrest was a shock to everybody)

a shock that + clause (it came as a shock that he had been released from prison)

a shock to + inf. (it was a shock to learn of his death = it was a shock learning of his death)

(D; tr.) to shock into (to shock smb. into doing smt.)