| 释义 |
bumbaze, v. Chiefly Sc.|bʌmˈbeɪz|
Also 8 bombaze, -base, 9 bumbaize.
[app. a kind of intensive form of baze v.; but cf. also bamboozle.]
To confound, perplex, bamboozle.
1725Ramsay Gentle Sheph. i. i, She..gars me look bombaz'd and unco blate. Ibid. iv. ii, Then oft by night, bombase hare-hearted fools. 1824Scott Redgauntlet II. iv, How the scoundrel redcoats must have been bumbazed. 1840Barham Ingol. Leg. 117 Clear bumbaized, and amazed, and fixed all the room stick. 1882Gd. Words 100 The mother..poor body, looked a good deal bumbazed. |