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baffled 音標拼音: [b'æfəld] 帶有擋板的 帶有擋板的 baffled adj 1: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; " obviously bemused by his questions"; " bewildered and confused"; " a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; " just a mixed- up kid"; " she felt lost on the first day of school" [ synonym: { baffled}, { befuddled}, { bemused}, { bewildered}, { confounded}, { confused}, { lost}, { mazed}, { mixed- up}, { at sea}] n 1: people who are frustrated and perplexed; " the children' s faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled" Baffle \ Baf" fle\ ( b[ a^] f" f' l), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Baffled} (- f' ld); p. pr. & vb. n. { Baffling} (- fl[ i^] ng).] [ Cf. Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. b[= a] gr uneasy, poor, or b[= a] gr, n., struggle, b[ ae] gja to push, treat harshly, OF. beffler, beffer, to mock, deceive, dial. G. b[ aum] ppe mouth, beffen to bark, chide.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] He by the heels him hung upon a tree, And baffled so, that all which passed by The picture of his punishment might see. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil. [ 1913 Webster] The art that baffles time' s tyrannic claim. -- Cowper. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart. " A baffled purpose." -- De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster] A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them all. -- South. [ 1913 Webster] Calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until within a . . . recent period, the most enlightened nations. -- Prescott. [ 1913 Webster] The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle us. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] { Baffling wind} ( Naut.), one that frequently shifts from one point to another. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; frustrate; defeat. [ 1913 Webster]
baffled \ baffled\ adj. not understanding. Syn: uncomprehending. [ WordNet 1. 5] 2. discouraged by failure to accomplish a goal and uncertain how to proceed; -- used especially of feelings of defeat and discouragement. Syn: balked, discomfited, discouraged, frustrated. [ WordNet 1. 5] 51 Moby Thesaurus words for " baffled": addled, at a loss, at a nonplus, at a stand, at a standstill, at an impasse, balked, bamboozled, beat, betrayed, bewildered, bilked, blasted, blighted, buffaloed, chapfallen, confounded, crestfallen, crossed, crushed, dashed, dazed, defeated, disappointed, dished, disillusioned, dissatisfied, floored, foiled, frustrated, fuddled, ill done- by, ill- served, in a dilemma, in suspense, let down, licked, muddled, mystified, nonplussed, on tenterhooks, out of countenance, perplexed, puzzled, regretful, sorely disappointed, soured, stuck, stumped, thrown, thwarted |
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