baffle
baffle 英 [ˈbæfl] 美 [ˈbæfəl]
v. 使…困惑 n. 困惑
进行时:baffling 过去式:baffled 过去分词:baffled 第三人称单数:baffles 名词复数:baffles
- To baffle is to confuse. If you are completely puzzled as to what baffle means, you might say that this word baffles you.
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- v. 使…困惑
- n. 困惑
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1. His behaviour baffles me.
他的行为使我难以琢磨。
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2. I'm baffled as to why she hasn't called.
我不明白她为什么没打电话。
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3. I'm baffled why she hasn't called.
我不明白她为什么没打电话。
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4. His reaction was one of bafflement.
他的反应是迷惑不解。
- baffle (n.) "shielding device," especially in a stove or oven, 1881 (short for baffle-plate), from baffle (v.). Earlier in the same sense was baffler (1861).
- baffle (v.) 1540s, "to disgrace," of uncertain origin. Perhaps a Scottish respelling of bauchle "to disgrace publicly" (especially a perjured knight), which is probably related to French bafouer "to abuse, hoodwink" (16c.), possibly from baf, a natural sound of disgust, like bah (compare German baff machen "to flabbergast"). The original sense is obsolete. Meaning "defeat someone's efforts, frustrate by interposing obstacles or difficulties" is from 1670s. Related: Baffled; baffling.
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