confuse

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/kənˈfjuːz/    /kənˈfjuz/|/kənˈfjʉːz/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand transitive
    — It confused me when I went to the office and nobody was there, but then I realised it was Sunday.
  2. To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another). transitive
    — People who say "hola" to Italians are confusing Italian with Spanish.
  3. To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder. transitive
    — The dense fog utterly confused traffic on the highway.
  4. To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass. dated,transitive
  5. To rout; discomfit. obsolete,transitive
  6. To be confused. intransitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Synonym of confused. obsolete
    — Moꝛe ouer take away oꝛdre from all thynges / what ſhulde than remayne? certes nothynge finally / except ſome man wolde imagine eftſones / Chaos: whiche of ſome is expounde a cõfuse mixture: […]

词形变化

confuses present,singular,third-person confusing participle,present confused participle,past confused past more confuse comparative most confuse superlative

词源

词源 1
Back-formation from confused, from Middle English confused (“frustrated, ruined”), from Anglo-Norman confus, from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō.
词源 2
From Middle English confus, from Old French confus, from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō.
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