Addle



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.使腐坏; 使昏乱
• ［英］ v.使腐坏 ( to make rotten) ; 使昏乱 ( become muddled or confused )
• ［记］ addled ( adj.头脑混乱的) ; 联想记忆: add ( 增加) -> 事情增加容易混乱

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English adel filth, from Old English adela; akin to Middle Low German adele liquid manure
• Date: 1682
• 1. of an egg rotten
• 2. confused

II. verb (addled; addling)

• Date: 1682
• transitive verb
  • to throw into confusion ; confound
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to become rotten ; spoil
  • 2. to become confused

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