单词 | is a mystery to me |
释义 | > as lemmas—— is a mystery to me b. In weakened use (chiefly ironic or humorous): a puzzle, a conundrum. Esp. in —— is a mystery to me and variants. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun] mingingOE riddleOE cumbermentc1300 willa1325 encumbrancec1330 were1338 perplexitya1393 discomfiturea1425 cumbrancec1460 confuse1483 proplexity1487 perplexion?c1500 amazedness?1520 amazement1553 subversion1558 amaze?1560 perplexednessa1586 confusedness1587 puzzle1599 confusion1600 mizmaze1604 discomfita1616 embarras1627 obfuscation1628 mystery1629 confoundedness1641 puzzledness1662 confuseness1710 puzzlement1731 puzzledom1748 embarrassment1751 puzzleation1767 bepuzzlement1806 conjecture1815 mystification1817 bewilderment1819 perplexment1826 fuddle1827 wilderment1830 discomforture1832 head-scratching1832 baffle1843 posement1850 muddlement1857 turbidity1868 fogging1878 bemuddlement1884 harl1889 befuddlement1905 turbidness1906 wuzziness1942 perplexability1999 1629 J. Ford Lovers Melancholy iv. i. 64 Aret.: What should this young man bee, Or whither can he be conuay'd? Sophr.: Tis to me a mystery, I vnderstand it not. a1668 W. Davenant Man's the Master (1669) v. 65 This is a mystery! still you are muttering, but what look you for? 1720 J. Mitchell To Right Honourable James Craggs in Poems Several Occasions (1732) 217 What's the Charm, and how to know it, Remains a Mystery to your Poet. 1775 E. Thompson Fair Quaker (ed. 2) i. 12 Ara.: Can't you apprehend the reason why I study to make a breach betwixt my sister and yourself? Wor.: It is all a mystery to me. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxvii. 279 ‘Wery glad to see you, Sammy,’ said the elder Mr. Weller, ‘though how you've managed to get over your mother-in-law, is a mystery to me.’ 1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat i. 15 Where the thousands upon thousands of bad sailors that swarm in every ship hide themselves when they are on land is a mystery. 1922 D. H. Lawrence England my England 273 Where Bob gets the money for his drink from is a mystery. 1974 K. Amis Ending Up i. 8 How a bad leg prevents you from being able to carry things is a mystery to me. < as lemmas |
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