flummox

英 ['flʌməks] 美 ['flʌməks]

• vt. 使混乱；使迷惑；使失措

英英释义

Verb:

1. be a mystery or bewildering to;

   "This beats me!"
   "Got me--I don't know the answer!"
   "a vexing problem"
   "This question really stuck me"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. She can flummox anybody by the lip.
   她能把任何人数落得狼狈不堪。
2. The politician was completely flummoxed by the questions put to her.
   那位女政治家被问得十分狼狈。

经典引文

• I sat flummoxed and muttering like a superannuated ghost.

  出自： M. Amis

• Voices that flummox and fool.

  出自： absol.

近反义词

【近义词】

• bewilder 使迷惑
• perplex 使困惑
• baffle 困惑
• confuse 使困惑
• stun 使震惊
• stump 残株
• confound 使困惑
• stagger 蹒跚
• flabbergast 使大吃一惊
• floor 地面
• bemuse 使困惑
• fox 狐狸
• throw 扔
• disconcert 使困惑
• stick 手杖
• gravel 碎石
• beat 打
• get 得到
• pose 摆姿势
• mystify 迷惑
• amaze 使吃惊
• dumbfound 使 ... 惊呆
• stupefy (使)茫然
• vex 使恼怒
• puzzle 难题
• nonplus 使困惑