| 释义 |
besotted, ppl. a.|bɪˈsɒtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
1. Having the affections foolishly or dotingly engaged; infatuated.
1580North Plutarch (1676) 964 Antonius..besotted by Cleopatra. a1618Raleigh Instr. Son ii. (1651) 6 Haue..ever more care, that thou be beloved of thy wife, rather than thyself besotted on her. 1748Richardson Clarissa xxxii. (1811) I. 246 If you are not besotted to that man..you will like it. 1864Burton Scot Abr. I. iii. 137 Never did besotted lover abandon himself to wilder folly.
2. Intellectually or morally stupefied or blinded.
1634Milton Comus 790 Swinish gluttony..with besotted base ingratitude Crams and blasphemes his feeder. 1687Reflect. on Hind & P. 25 The gross Ignorance and besotted Superstition of Italy. 1877Mozley Univ. Serm. xvi. 271 A stupid besotted indifference to everything spiritual.
3. Intoxicated or muddled by a narcotic.
1831Scott Cast. Dang. ix, You besotted villains, you have been drinking. 1832Marryat N. Forster v, Newton went down to rouse the besotted Thompson. |