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

单词

bafflement

释义

baffle /bafˈl/

transitive verb

To frustrate, confound, bewilder, or impede perplexingly
To regulate or divert (liquid, gas, sound waves, etc)
To provide with a baffle
To cheat, hoodwink (obsolete)
To disgrace publicly (obsolete)

noun

A plate or similar device for regulating or diverting the flow of liquid, gas, sound waves, etc (also baffˈle-board, baffˈle-plate or baffˈler)
Confusion, check (obsolete)

ORIGIN: Perh Scot and connected with bauchle to treat contemptuously; but cf Fr bafouer, or earlier beffler, from OFr befe mockery

baffˈlement noun

baffˈler noun

A baffle

baffˈling adjective

baffˈlingly adverb

baffˈlegab noun (slang)

The professional logorrhoea of many politicians, officials and salespeople, characterized by prolix abstract circumlocution and/or a profusion of abstruse technical terminology, used as a means of persuasion, pacification or obfuscation

baffle wall noun

A wall that acts as a baffle, esp for sound

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