| 单词 | baffle |
| 释义 | baffle —bafflement, n. —baffler, n. —baffling, adj. —bafflingly, adv. —bafflingness, n. /baf"euhl/, v. , baffled, baffling, n. v.t. 1. to confuse, bewilder, or perplex: He was baffled by the technical language of the instructions. 2. to frustrate or confound; thwart by creating confusion or bewilderment. 3. to check or deflect the movement of (sound, light, fluids, etc.). 4. to equip with a baffle or baffles. 5. Obs. to cheat; trick. v.i. 6. to struggle ineffectually, as a ship in a gale. n. 7. something that balks, checks, or deflects. 8. an artificial obstruction for checking or deflecting the flow of gases (as in a boiler), sounds (as in the loudspeaker system of a radio or hi-fi set), light (as in a darkroom), etc. 9. any boxlike enclosure or flat panel for mounting a loudspeaker. [1540-50; 1910-15 for def. 8; perh. < Scots bauchle to disgrace, treat with contempt, equiv. to bauch (see BAFF) + -LE] Syn. 1. See thwart. |
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