Word · Frequency #33905
besot
使糊涂，使痴迷，使沉醉
make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
常用于被动语态，如 be besotted with/by
- 1.
To muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.
使糊涂,使昏愚,或因酒精或迷恋而行为愚蠢
使糊涂,使昏愚,或因酒精或迷恋而行为愚蠢；使糊涂；使痴迷；使沉醉
In use
He was so besotted with her that he couldn't think of anything else.
After three glasses of wine, she became completely besotted and forgot her own address.
The collector was besotted by a rare stamp and paid ten times its value.
be besotted with sb/sth
常见被动用法，表示对某人或某物痴迷。
He was completely besotted with her.
他完全被她迷住了。
be besotted by sb/sth
与 with 相近，强调原因。
The crowd was besotted by the singer's performance.
观众被歌手的表演陶醉了。
besot sb (rare)
主动语态较少用，通常以过去分词形式出现。
The strong wine besotted the guests.
烈酒使客人们迷糊了。
Verb forms
base besot · third person besots · -ing besotting · past besotted · past participle besotted
Common mistakes
She besots him.She is besotted with him.
动词 besot 常用于被动语态，表示“使痴迷”，主动形式很少使用。正确的用法是 be besotted with/by。
He is besotted of her.He is besotted with her.
形容词 besotted 后接介词 with 或 by，表示“对……痴迷”，不接 of。
He is besot.He is besotted.
besot 是动词原形，不能直接作形容词使用。正确的形容词形式是过去分词 besotted。
Connections
Learner notes
Grammar Note
常用被动语态，如 be besotted with/by
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