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baffle

C2 verb

baffle /ˈbæf(ə)l/ nghĩa là làm bối rối, làm khó hiểu

Các nghĩa

  1. làm bối rối, làm khó hiểu

    To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.

    transitive

    I am baffled by the contradictions and omissions in the instructions.

    They were baffled as to how the confusion could have arisen.

    There's a riddle now might baffle all the lawyers backed by the ghosts of the whole line of judges:—like a hawk's beak it pecks my brain.

  2. chặn, làm giảm (dòng chảy, sóng)

    To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).

    transitive

  3. vật lộn vô ích

    To expend effort or struggle in vain.

    intransitive

    The ship, baffling with the winds, moved not an inch.

    [He] let the Pandours baffle about, checked only by the fortified Towns, and more and more submerge the Hill Country.

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