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单词 puzzlement
释义
puzzlementpuz‧zle‧ment /ˈpʌzəlmənt/ noun [uncountable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • 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.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· 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
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