fluster

verb
🔊/ˈflʌstə(r)/
🔊/ˈflʌstər/
[often passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they fluster
🔊/ˈflʌstə(r)/
🔊/ˈflʌstər/
he / she / it flusters
🔊/ˈflʌstəz/
🔊/ˈflʌstərz/
past simple flustered
🔊/ˈflʌstəd/
🔊/ˈflʌstərd/
past participle flustered
🔊/ˈflʌstəd/
🔊/ˈflʌstərd/
-ing form flustering
🔊/ˈflʌstərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈflʌstərɪŋ/
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  1. to make somebody nervous and/or confused, especially by giving them a lot to do or by making them hurry使忙乱;使慌乱;使紧张
    • fluster somebody Don’t fluster me or I’ll never be ready.不要慌乱我,否则我永远都无法准备。
    • be flustered (by something) He was flustered by all the attention.所有的注意力使他感到沮丧。
    • She was clearly flustered by Marshall’s unexpected arrival.马歇尔的突然来访显然使她不知所措。
    Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘make slightly drunk’): perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Icelandic flaustra ‘hurry, bustle’.

fluster

noun
🔊/ˈflʌstə(r)/
🔊/ˈflʌstər/
[singular] (British English)
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  1. a state of being nervous and confused慌乱;慌张
    • in a fluster to be in a terrible fluster慌乱
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘make slightly drunk’): perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Icelandic flaustra ‘hurry, bustle’.