Baffle



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.使困惑, 难倒
• ［英］ v.使困惑, 难倒 ( to confuse; puzzle, confound)
• ［同］ 派生词: baffling ( adj.令人困惑的)
• ［例］ The detective was baffled by the case.

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (baffled; baffling)

• Etymology: probably alteration of Middle English (Scots) bawchillen to denounce, discredit publicly
• Date: 1675
• 1. to defeat or check (as a person) by confusing or puzzling ; disconcert
• 2. to check or break the force or flow of by or as if by a baffle
• Synonyms: see frustrate
• ? bafflement noun
• ? baffler noun
• ? bafflingly adverb

II. noun

• Date: 1881
• a device (as a plate, wall, or screen) to deflect, check, or regulate flow or passage (as of a fluid, light, or sound)
• ? baffled adjective

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