| 单词 | bedazzle |
| 释义 | bedazzle (once / 51389 pages) v To bedazzle is to charm or impress someone, sometimes to the extent that they feel confused or overwhelmed. A charismatic speaker might bedazzle her audience so much that they all want to buy her new book. Something can literally bedazzle you, or blind you a little bit: the sun glinting off the ocean around your sailboat might bedazzle you. It's more common, however, to find this verb used in a figurative way, when a person amazes or impresses you. The root of bedazzle, the Middle English dasen, or "daze," possibly stems from the Middle Dutch word of the same spelling, which means "act silly." WORD FAMILYbedazzle: bedazzled, bedazzles, bedazzling USAGE EXAMPLESShe sells them shoes and traditional glitzy, long chiffon suits, bedazzled with jewels and embroidery. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) Jacobs declared his support for her with, among other things, a bedazzled T-shirt emblazoned with her image. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) PIMCO's other holiday party near its Newport Beach headquarters featured women in bedazzled snow-white angel costumes whose wings glowed with LED lights. Reuters(Dec 22, 2016) v to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light Syn|Hyper daze, dazzle blind render unable to see |
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