Word · Frequency #11102
baffle
使困惑；使迷惑；难住
to confuse or perplex someone completely
- 1.
To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
使困惑
- 2.
To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).
抑制或控制流体或波动
- 3.
To expend effort or struggle in vain.
徒劳无功地努力
抑制；减弱；消音；徒劳努力；白费力气；使困惑；抑制或控制流体或波动；徒劳无功地努力
In use
The complex instructions baffle most users.
The sudden change in his behavior baffled his friends.
It is baffling why she would quit such a good job.
Verb forms
base baffle · third person baffles · -ing baffling · past baffled · past participle baffled
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed
Connections
Collocations
- baffle the police
- 使警方困惑不解
- The robbery baffled the police for months.这起抢劫案让警方困惑了好几个月。
- completely baffled
- 完全摸不着头脑；十分困惑
- I was completely baffled by the instructions.这些说明让我完全摸不着头脑。
- baffled expression
- 困惑的表情
- She gave me a baffled expression.她露出一脸困惑的表情。
- baffle the mind
- 令人费解；让人想不明白
- It baffles the mind how anyone could be so cruel.真让人想不明白怎么会有人如此残忍。
- baffle sound
- 消音；减弱声音
- The foam padding helps baffle sound.泡沫衬垫有助于减弱声音。
- baffle the flow
Learner notes
Memory Tip
看到一道难题，脑子像被厚厚的墙挡住，怎么也绕不过去——baffle 就是让人“困惑难住”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、新闻报道、悬疑或推理作品 这里主要谈“使困惑/难住”的义项。这个用法比较中性，日常口语和书面语都常用；通常说“问题/现象令人 baffled”或“be baffled by...”，没有明显的正式或非正式限制。
Pronunciation & Spelling
raffle /ˈræfl/ 与目标词 baffle /ˈbæfl/ 押韵；waffle /ˈwɑːfl/、riffle /ˈrɪfl/、trifle /ˈtraɪfl/、shuffle /ˈʃʌfl/、muffle /ˈmʌfl/ 虽拼写以 -fle 结尾，但元音不同，均不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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