discomfit
discomfit
[dɪsˈkʌmfɪt]
(discomfited, discomfiting)
discomfiture
noun
语源
[dɪsˈkʌmfɪt]
(discomfited, discomfiting)
- [with obj.](一般作 be discomfited)make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed
使不安；使难堪
he was not noticeably discomfited by her tone.
他并未因她的语气而感到难堪。
discomfiture
noun
语源
- Middle English (in the sense 'defeat in battle'): from Old French desconfit, past participle of desconfire, based on Latin dis- (expressing reversal) + conficere 'put together' (see confection)
- The words discomfit and discomfort are etymologically unrelated but in modern use their principal meanings as a verb have collapsed into one (‘make (someone) feel uneasy’)
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