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baffle

verb
🔊/ˈbæfl/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they baffle
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he / she / it baffles
🔊/ˈbæflz/
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past simple baffled
🔊/ˈbæfld/
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past participle baffled
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-ing form baffling
🔊/ˈbæflɪŋ/
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  1. to confuse somebody completely; to be too difficult or strange for somebody to understand or explain使困惑；难住
    • baffle somebody His behaviour baffles me.他的行为使我难以琢磨。🔊🔊
    • be baffled (as to) why, how, where, etc… I'm baffled as to why she hasn't called.我不明白她为什么还没打电话。🔊🔊
    • I'm baffled why she hasn't called.我不明白她为什么还没打电话。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • I'm baffled by her decision.我对她的决定感到困惑。
    • It baffles me why the show is so popular.这让我感到困惑，为什么演出如此受欢迎。
    • Scientists are baffled as to why so many young people are affected.科学家对为什么会有这么多年轻人受影响大惑不解。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBaffle is used with these nouns as the object:
    • scientist
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘cheat, deceive’): perhaps related to French bafouer ‘ridicule’ or obsolete French beffer ‘mock, deceive’.

baffle

noun
🔊/ˈbæfl/
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  1. a screen used to control or prevent the flow of sound, light or liquid（控制声、光、液体等流动的）隔板，挡板，反射板
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘cheat, deceive’): perhaps related to French bafouer ‘ridicule’ or obsolete French beffer ‘mock, deceive’.