baffle 音標拼音: [b'æfəl]
vt . 困惑,為難,使挫折
vi . 徒作掙扎
n . 迷惑,擋板
困惑,為難,使挫折徒作掙紮迷惑,擋板
baffle 檔板
baffle n 1 :
a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy [
synonym : {
baffle }, {
baffle board }]
v 1 :
be a mystery or bewildering to ; "
This beats me !"; "
Got me --
I don '
t know the answer !"; "
a vexing problem "; "
This question really stuck me " [
synonym : {
perplex }, {
vex }, {
stick },
{
get }, {
puzzle }, {
mystify }, {
baffle }, {
beat }, {
pose },
{
bewilder }, {
flummox }, {
stupefy }, {
nonplus }, {
gravel },
{
amaze }, {
dumbfound }]
2 :
hinder or prevent (
the efforts ,
plans ,
or desires )
of ; "
What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth '
s amazing September surge "; "
foil your opponent " [
synonym : {
thwart },
{
queer }, {
spoil }, {
scotch }, {
foil }, {
cross }, {
frustrate },
{
baffle }, {
bilk }]
3 :
check the emission of (
sound ) [
synonym : {
baffle }, {
regulate }]
Baffle \
Baf "
fle \,
v .
i .
1 .
To practice deceit . [
Obs .] --
Barrow .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
To struggle against in vain ;
as ,
a ship baffles with the winds . [
R .]
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Baffle \
Baf "
fle \,
n .
1 .
A defeat by artifice ,
shifts ,
and turns ;
discomfiture .
[
R .] "
A baffle to philosophy ." --
South .
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2 . (
Engin .)
(
a )
A deflector ,
as a plate or wall ,
so arranged across a furnace or boiler flue as to mingle the hot gases and deflect them against the substance to be heated .
(
b )
A grating or plate across a channel or pipe conveying water ,
gas ,
or the like ,
by which the flow is rendered more uniform in different parts of the cross section of the stream ; --
used in measuring the rate of flow ,
as by means of a weir .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
2 . (
Coal Mining )
A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine . [
Local ,
U .
S .]
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
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 .]
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1 .
To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment ,
as a recreant knight . [
Obs .]
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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 .
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2 .
To check by shifts and turns ;
to elude ;
to foil .
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The art that baffles time '
s tyrannic claim .
--
Cowper .
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3 .
To check by perplexing ;
to disconcert ,
frustrate ,
or defeat ;
to thwart . "
A baffled purpose ." --
De Quincey .
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A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them all . --
South .
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Calculations so difficult as to have baffled ,
until within a . . .
recent period ,
the most enlightened nations . --
Prescott .
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The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle us . --
Locke .
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{
Baffling wind } (
Naut .),
one that frequently shifts from one point to another .
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Syn :
To balk ;
thwart ;
foil ;
frustrate ;
defeat .
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1913 Webster ]
131 Moby Thesaurus words for "
baffle ":
addle ,
amaze ,
babble ,
bafflement ,
balk ,
ball up ,
bamboozle ,
be Greek to ,
be beyond one ,
be too deep ,
beat ,
beat one ,
befuddle ,
bewilderment ,
bilk ,
blast ,
boggle ,
bother ,
brave ,
buffalo ,
cast down ,
challenge ,
checkmate ,
circumvent ,
confound ,
confoundment ,
confront ,
confuse ,
confusion ,
contravene ,
counter ,
counteract ,
countermand ,
counterwork ,
cross ,
cushion ,
damp ,
dampen ,
dash ,
daze ,
deaden ,
deafen ,
defeat ,
defeat expectation ,
defy ,
destroy ,
dilemma ,
disappoint ,
discomfit ,
discomposure ,
disconcert ,
disconcertedness ,
disconcertion ,
disconcertment ,
discountenance ,
dish ,
disillusion ,
disrupt ,
dissatisfy ,
disturbance ,
dull ,
dumbfound ,
elude ,
embarrass ,
embarrassment ,
enigma ,
escape one ,
faze ,
fix ,
floor ,
flummox ,
fog ,
foil ,
frustrate ,
fuddle ,
get ,
gibber ,
jam ,
keep in suspense ,
knock the chocks ,
let down ,
lick ,
lose one ,
maze ,
mix up ,
muddle ,
muffle ,
mute ,
mystery ,
mystify ,
need explanation ,
nonplus ,
not make sense ,
not penetrate ,
pass comprehension ,
perplex ,
perplexity ,
perturbation ,
pickle ,
plight ,
pother ,
predicament ,
problem ,
puzzle ,
puzzlement ,
quandary ,
rattle ,
riddle ,
ruin ,
sabotage ,
scotch ,
scrape ,
soft -
pedal ,
soften ,
speak in tongues ,
spike ,
spoil ,
stew ,
stick ,
stonewall ,
stop ,
stump ,
subdue ,
talk double Dutch ,
tantalize ,
tease ,
throw ,
thwart ,
tone down ,
unassuredness ,
upset
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