baffle

baffle
verb
[with obj.]
  1. totally bewilder or perplex
    使困惑
    an unexplained occurrence that baffled everyone.
    一件让人人感到困惑的怪事。
    [as adj. baffling]the baffling murder of her sister.
    她姐姐令人不解的被杀。
  2. restrain or regulate (a fluid, a sound, etc.)
    抑制;控制(液体、声音等)
    to baffle the noise further, I pad the gunwales.
    为了进一步减小噪音,我给舷边加了软垫。
noun
  1. a device used to restrain the flow of a fluid, gas, or loose material or to prevent the spreading of sound or light in a particular direction
    (抑制液体、气体或疏松物质或防止声音、光线渗透的)折流装置;缓冲装置
派生
bafflement
noun
  1. (限动词义项1)
bafflingly
adverb
  1. (限动词义项1)
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (in the sense 'cheat, deceive'): perhaps related to French bafouer 'ridicule' or obsolete French beffer 'mock, deceive'
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