maze英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through.

— There's plenty for toddlers too: experience the Wild West in Bear City, play with sand diggers, splash in the paddling pool and discover meerkats, reptiles and alpacas in the Zoo-Farm. Rain doesn't stop play, just head for the indoor fun factory with a rocking and rolling tugboat, mirror maze, ferris wheel and soft play.
Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle.

— A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.
A confusion of thought; a state of bewilderment. archaic

— But first they came to Canterbury, an olde Citie, somewhat decayed, yet beautiful to behold, most famous for a Cathedrall Church, the very Maiestie whereoff, stroke them into a maze, where they saw many monuments, and heard tell of greater, then either they euer saw, or easely would beleeue.

动词 v.

To amaze, astonish, bewilder. archaic,transitive

— they so mazed and even stupified his Conscience
To daze or stupefy. archaic,transitive

— mazed […] by the eyes of the crowd

词形变化

mazes plural mazes present,singular,third-person mazing participle,present mazed participle,past mazed past

词汇关系

衍生词

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词源

词源 1

From Middle English mase, from Middle English masen (“to perplex, bewilder”); or perhaps from Old English *mæs (“delusion, bewilderment”); akin to Old English āmasian (“to perplex, confound”), Icelandic masa (“to chatter”). More at amaze.

词源 2

From Middle English mase, from Middle English masen (“to perplex, bewilder”); or perhaps from Old English *mæs (“delusion, bewilderment”); akin to Old English āmasian (“to perplex, confound”), Icelandic masa (“to chatter”). More at amaze.