英语词汇“to puzzle one's brain”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to puzzle one's brain(s): to think long and hard; see also to bother one's brains (also brain) at bother v. and int. Phrases 1a. Cf. puzzle-brain n. and adj. at puzzle v. Compounds. Now rare.

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1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 82 A hope of something after death? Which pusles the braine, and doth confound the sence.

1637 J. Shirley Hide Parke ii. sig. D3^v Puzzle Your braine to make an Elegie.

1702 T. Brown Select Epist. Cicero 322 This treacherous Memory of mine has unhappily lost it, by the same token, I have puzzled my Brain, to no purpose, all this Morning, in hopes to recover it.

1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Oct. 68 Though he puzzled his Brain, in order to find out the Cause, yet he could never discover it.

1798 F. W. Haussner Phraseologia Anglo-Germanica 87/2 I puzzled my brains about this secret, but could not come at it.

1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. ii. iii. 74 I puzzled my brains about choosing my line.

1870 ‘Ouida’ Puck III. iv. 95 From my dusky corner I watched, and wondered, and listened, and puzzled my brain.

1923 J. C. Tregarthen John Penrose xxx. 260 I puzzled my brain as to how I could wound his feelings.

1936 G. H. Hill Retreat from Death (2005) ii. 479 I puzzled my brains. The 11th of November! What could it be?

1978 J. T. Flexner Young Hamilton (1997) xi. 111 Hamilton undoubtedly puzzled his brain to determine the correct American strategy, but he was not consulted.

单词	to puzzle one's brain
释义	> as lemmas to puzzle one's brain(s) c. to puzzle one's brain(s): to think long and hard; see also to bother one's brains (also brain) at bother v. and int. Phrases 1a. Cf. puzzle-brain n. and adj. at puzzle v. Compounds. Now rare. ΚΠ 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 82 A hope of something after death? Which pusles the braine, and doth confound the sence. 1637 J. Shirley Hide Parke ii. sig. D3^v Puzzle Your braine to make an Elegie. 1702 T. Brown Select Epist. Cicero 322 This treacherous Memory of mine has unhappily lost it, by the same token, I have puzzled my Brain, to no purpose, all this Morning, in hopes to recover it. 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Oct. 68 Though he puzzled his Brain, in order to find out the Cause, yet he could never discover it. 1798 F. W. Haussner Phraseologia Anglo-Germanica 87/2 I puzzled my brains about this secret, but could not come at it. 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. ii. iii. 74 I puzzled my brains about choosing my line. 1870 ‘Ouida’ Puck III. iv. 95 From my dusky corner I watched, and wondered, and listened, and puzzled my brain. 1923 J. C. Tregarthen John Penrose xxx. 260 I puzzled my brain as to how I could wound his feelings. 1936 G. H. Hill Retreat from Death (2005) ii. 479 I puzzled my brains. The 11th of November! What could it be? 1978 J. T. Flexner Young Hamilton (1997) xi. 111 Hamilton undoubtedly puzzled his brain to determine the correct American strategy, but he was not consulted. extracted from brainn. < as lemmas
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