Usually with clause: To ask oneself in wonderment; to feel some doubt or curiosity (how, whether, why, etc.); to be desirous to know or learn.
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > be or become confused [verb (intransitive)] (26) wonder1297 Usually with clause: To ask oneself in wonderment; to feel some doubt or curiosity (how, whether, why, etc.); to be desirous to know or learn. confusec1350 To discomfit in mind or feelings; to abash, disconcert, put to shame; to distract, perplex, bewilder; = confound, v. 3 4 Till 19th cent. only passive. maskera1375 intransitive. To wander aimlessly; to be bewildered. Obsolete. rare. studya1375 intransitive. To be perplexed or in doubt; to think anxiously, worry. Obsolete. to annoy of?c1400 intransitive. to annoy of: to be perplexed by (something); to feel worried or uneasy about (something). Obsolete. muse?c1430 transitive. With interrogative clause as object: to be at a loss to discover; to ask oneself meditatively; to wonder. marc1440 intransitive. To err, go astray; to be or become bewildered or confused. Obsolete. manga1450 Now Scottish and English regional (northern).(a) transitive. To bewilder, to lead astray; (b) intransitive to be bewildered, to go wrong; to rave, go… puzzle1605 intransitive. To be at a loss how to act or decide; to be bewildered or perplexed for a solution; to think hard about something because one cannot… dunce1611 To make a dunce of; to treat as a dunce; (formerly) spec. to puzzle, mystify, confound. intransitive with upon. Obsolete. quandary1616 intransitive. To be in doubt whether to do something. Obsolete. wavera1625 Of the voice, the eye, etc. (or a person with reference to these): To become unsteady; to shake, tremble, falter (through emotion or bodily… wilder1658 intransitive. To lose one's way, go astray, stray, wander; to be bewildered; to move or extend in a confused way. to scratch one's head1712 transitive. To rub or scrape lightly (a part of the body) with the finger-nails or claws (e.g. to relieve itching). So to scratch one's head, as a… maffle1781 intransitive. To blunder, bungle; to delay, waste time, procrastinate. to strike up1844 U.S. in passive (a) To be bewildered. (b) To be fascinated with or ‘gone’ on (a person of the opposite sex). turn1852 intransitive. Of a person's head: to become deranged or distracted; (in weakened sense) to become bewildered. Cf. sense 1b. rare. to fall over oneself1889 intransitive. colloquial. to fall over oneself: (a) to become confused, make mistakes; (now) esp. to speak in a hurried or stumbling manner; (b)… fuzz1930 To make fuzzy, indistinct, or confused; to blur, confound. Also with up and intransitive, to become blurred or unclear. Chiefly U.S. to get the lines crossed1973 A telegraph or telephone wire or cable. Also (with mixture of sense 26), a telegraph route, a telegraphic system connecting two or more stations… Subcategories:— be at a loss (6) |
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