bemused

be·muse

B0182500 (bĭ-myo͞oz′)tr.v. be·mused, be·mus·ing, be·mus·es 1. To cause to be bewildered; confuse.2. To occupy the attention of; absorb or engross: The book bemused him for days.3. Usage Problem To cause to be mildly or wryly amused: "Unlike William McKinley, whose priggishness bemused him, Roosevelt had no compunctions about smoking cigars in public" (Joseph Conlin).

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be·mus′ed·ly (-myo͞o′zĭd-lē) adv.be·muse′ment n.Usage Note: The word bemused is sometimes used to mean "amused, especially when finding something wryly funny," as in The stream of jokes from the comedian left the audience bemused, with some breaking out into guffaws. Most of the Usage Panel does not like this usage, with 78 percent rejecting this sentence in our 2005 survey. By contrast, 84 percent accepted a sentence in which bemused means "confused."

bemused

(bɪˈmjuːzd) adjpreoccupied; lost in thought bemusedly adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	bemused - deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown"deep in thought, preoccupied, lostthoughtful - exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper"
	2.	bemused - perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"bewildered, confounded, confused, at sea, baffled, mazed, mixed-up, befuddled, lostperplexed - full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"

bemused

adjective puzzled, stunned, confused, stumped, baffled, at sea, bewildered, muddled, preoccupied, dazed, perplexed, mystified, engrossed, clueless, stupefied, nonplussed, absent-minded, flummoxed, half-drunk, fuddled He was looking at the boys with a bemused expression.

bemused

adjectiveSo lost in thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings:absent, absent-minded, abstracted, distrait, faraway, inattentive, preoccupied.Idiom: a million miles away.

Translations

不知所措的困惑的茫然的

bemused

(biˈmjuːzd) adjective bewildered or greatly puzzled. a bemused look. 困惑的, 茫然的 困惑的，茫然的，不知所措的