befuddle

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /bɪˈfʌdl/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To perplex, confuse (someone). transitive
    — The explanation left him completely befuddled.
  2. To stupefy (someone), especially with alcohol. transitive
    — […] to the American and French alcoholics, who drink in order to get drunk and befuddle the brain

词形变化

befuddles present,singular,third-person befuddling participle,present befuddled participle,past befuddled past

词汇关系

衍生词
befuddled befuddlement befuddler befuddling confuddle

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
Proto-Germanic *bider.
Proto-Germanic *bi-
Proto-West Germanic *bi-
Old English be-
Middle English bi-
English be-
English fuddle
English befuddle
From be- + fuddle.
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