英语词汇“boggle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

boggle

/ˈbɒɡ(ə)l

verb [no object] informal

1(Of a person or their mind) be astonished or baffled when trying to imagine something: the mind boggles at the spectacle...

The mind boggles, and so, I imagine, do the eyes.
When respected performers like her take five million dollars from Chanel No.5 to transform into little more than a big-screen Avon Lady, however, the mind truly boggles.
That's why my mind boggles when I see or hear people talking about American Idol.

Synonyms

marvel, wonder, be astonished, be astounded, be amazed, be filled with amazement, be overwhelmed, be shocked, be staggered, be bowled over, be startled;

gape, goggle, gawk

informal be flabbergasted

1.1 [with object] Cause (a person or their mind) to be astonished: the inflated salary of a star boggles the mind...

Sharon's long standing demand for seven days of total quiet has been so utterly unrealistic it boggles the mind.
But then everything in this excerpt is so narrow-minded and wrong, it just boggles the mind that a 31-year-old could have said it.
The sheer amount of time and patience it must have taken to painstakingly draw out these complex pieces boggles the mind, which can be said for another series he created from the Surrey Suburban Project.

Synonyms

astonish, astound, amaze, fill with amazement, overwhelm, shock, startle, fill with wonder

informal flabbergast, bowl over

1.2 (boggle at) (Of a person) hesitate to do or accept: you never boggle at plain speaking...

Whilst watching a soap opera, and boggling at the revelation that a character had gone away and come back with a changed face, her puzzled six-year-old tugged on her skirt hem.
I see houses being showcased and toured on Channel 4's neverending parade of property programmes and I boggle at the fact that nobody who appears on any of them ever seems to have any stuff.
His first employers thought a Cajun audience might boggle at a journalist called ‘Wiltfong’.

Synonyms

demur, jib, shrink from, flinch from, recoil from, hang back from, waver, falter, dither, baulk, vacillate about, think twice about, be reluctant about, have scruples about, scruple about, have misgivings about, have qualms about, be chary of, hesitate to, be shy about, be coy about, shy away from

informal be cagey about, shilly-shally

Origin

Late 16th century: probably of dialect origin and related to bogle and bogey².

mind from Old English:
English mind shares its ancient root with Latin mens ‘mind’, from which demented (mid 17th century), mental (Late Middle English), and mention derive. The mind can do many wonderful things, including ‘boggling’. The phrase the mind boggles, meaning that someone becomes astonished or overwhelmed at the thought of something, is first recorded in the 1890s. Boggle itself is probably a dialect word related to bogle ‘a phantom or goblin’ and bogey ‘an evil or mischievous spirit’. Someone may have warned you to mind your Ps and Qs, ‘be careful to behave well and avoid giving offence’. The expression has been known since the 1770s, but its exact origins are uncertain. One obvious suggestion is that it comes from a child's early days of learning to read and write, when they might find it difficult to distinguish between the two tailed letters p and q. Another idea suggests that printers had to be very careful to avoid confusing the two letters when setting metal type. Mind how you go!, meaning ‘be careful, look after yourself’, has been common in Britain since the 1940s. It was popularized by the long-running BBC TV series Dixon of Dock Green (1955–76), in which it was a catchphrase of the avuncular PC George Dixon, along with evening all.

单词	boggle
释义	boggle /ˈbɒɡ(ə)l / verb [no object] informal 1(Of a person or their mind) be astonished or baffled when trying to imagine something: the mind boggles at the spectacle... The mind boggles, and so, I imagine, do the eyes. When respected performers like her take five million dollars from Chanel No.5 to transform into little more than a big-screen Avon Lady, however, the mind truly boggles. That's why my mind boggles when I see or hear people talking about American Idol. Synonyms marvel, wonder, be astonished, be astounded, be amazed, be filled with amazement, be overwhelmed, be shocked, be staggered, be bowled over, be startled; gape, goggle, gawk informal be flabbergasted 1.1 [with object] Cause (a person or their mind) to be astonished: the inflated salary of a star boggles the mind... Sharon's long standing demand for seven days of total quiet has been so utterly unrealistic it boggles the mind. But then everything in this excerpt is so narrow-minded and wrong, it just boggles the mind that a 31-year-old could have said it. The sheer amount of time and patience it must have taken to painstakingly draw out these complex pieces boggles the mind, which can be said for another series he created from the Surrey Suburban Project. Synonyms astonish, astound, amaze, fill with amazement, overwhelm, shock, startle, fill with wonder informal flabbergast, bowl over 1.2 (boggle at) (Of a person) hesitate to do or accept: you never boggle at plain speaking... Whilst watching a soap opera, and boggling at the revelation that a character had gone away and come back with a changed face, her puzzled six-year-old tugged on her skirt hem. I see houses being showcased and toured on Channel 4's neverending parade of property programmes and I boggle at the fact that nobody who appears on any of them ever seems to have any stuff. His first employers thought a Cajun audience might boggle at a journalist called ‘Wiltfong’. Synonyms demur, jib, shrink from, flinch from, recoil from, hang back from, waver, falter, dither, baulk, vacillate about, think twice about, be reluctant about, have scruples about, scruple about, have misgivings about, have qualms about, be chary of, hesitate to, be shy about, be coy about, shy away from informal be cagey about, shilly-shally Origin Late 16th century: probably of dialect origin and related to bogle and bogey². mind from Old English: English mind shares its ancient root with Latin mens ‘mind’, from which demented (mid 17th century), mental (Late Middle English), and mention derive. The mind can do many wonderful things, including ‘boggling’. The phrase the mind boggles, meaning that someone becomes astonished or overwhelmed at the thought of something, is first recorded in the 1890s. Boggle itself is probably a dialect word related to bogle ‘a phantom or goblin’ and bogey ‘an evil or mischievous spirit’. Someone may have warned you to mind your Ps and Qs, ‘be careful to behave well and avoid giving offence’. The expression has been known since the 1770s, but its exact origins are uncertain. One obvious suggestion is that it comes from a child's early days of learning to read and write, when they might find it difficult to distinguish between the two tailed letters p and q. Another idea suggests that printers had to be very careful to avoid confusing the two letters when setting metal type. Mind how you go!, meaning ‘be careful, look after yourself’, has been common in Britain since the 1940s. It was popularized by the long-running BBC TV series Dixon of Dock Green (1955–76), in which it was a catchphrase of the avuncular PC George Dixon, along with evening all. Rhymes goggle, joggle, synagogal, toggle, woggle
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