If you are taken ~ by something, you are surprised or shocked by it and you cannot respond at once.
Roland was taken ~ by our strength of feeling...
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR, oft PHR by n
If you are taken ~ by something, you are surprised or shocked by it and you cannot respond at once.
Roland was taken ~ by our strength of feeling...
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR, oft PHR by n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012