释义 |
puzzlementpuz‧zle‧ment /ˈpʌzəlmənt/ noun [uncountable] - Angry amazement dwindled into puzzlement of the what-on-earth-are-you-doing-here? variety.
- But their eyes met over the plate; and a faint puzzlement flared into the Grand Duchess's.
- Her flag of meanings dimmed in puzzlement.
- She shook her head in puzzlement.
- The wind was strengthening in their faces, and more than one man looked up at the sky in puzzlement.
- This women's protest was received with expressions of outrage and puzzlement by men within the dominant political culture.
- Three hours later, to our puzzlement, a small fishing boat scurried up in our wake, firing red distress rockets.
- To misuse or break the rules of winking is to produce misunderstanding, puzzlement, complaint, or some other social reaction.
VERB► see· I saw him look at me across the square and could see his puzzlement. formal a feeling of being confused and unable to understand something |