fuddle

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Intoxication. countable,uncountable
  2. Intoxicating drink; liquor. uncountable
  3. Muddle, confusion. countable,uncountable
  4. A party or picnic where attendees bring food and wine; a kind of potluck. Derbyshire,UK,countable,dialectal,uncountable
    — Yesterday we were invited to a fuddle. This is a new word & was a new experience for us. Very pleasant it was too.
动词 v.
  1. To confuse or befuddle. transitive
    — She's fuddled my fancy, she's muddled me good / I've taken to drinking, and given up food
  2. To intoxicate. transitive
    — If an author fuddles himself, I don’t know why he should be let off a headache the next morning […]
  3. To become intoxicated; to get drunk. intransitive
    — Pipes I blew, on malt I fuddled, / A lushy man! / Till my mind and head got muddled, / Dissipated man!

词形变化

fuddles present,singular,third-person fuddling participle,present fuddled participle,past fuddled past fuddles plural

词源

词源 1
Compare Dutch vod (“soft”), German dialect fuddeln (“to swindle”).
词源 2
Compare Dutch vod (“soft”), German dialect fuddeln (“to swindle”).
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