| 单词 | baffling |
| 释义 | baffling (once / 2721 pages) adj If something is baffling, it's completely confusing or mysterious. You might find your friend's hatred for the taste of chocolate utterly baffling. A good mystery novel begins with a baffling crime — one that seems at first nearly impossible to solve. You might also find your math homework baffling or wander around the baffling snarl of streets in a city with no idea where you are. The earliest meaning of baffling was nautical, describing winds blowing in all directions. It comes from the verb baffle, which first meant "to disgrace" before it came to mean "to confuse." WORD FAMILYbaffling: bafflingly+/baffle: baffled, bafflement, baffles, baffling/baffled: unbaffled/bafflement: bafflements USAGE EXAMPLESFinding it would solve one of science’s most baffling mysteries and explain why galaxies are not ripped apart by stars flying off into deep space. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) As a liberal-minded academic, I sometimes find their political views baffling. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) But even they and their friends acknowledge the story is baffling. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) adj making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe a baffling problem Syn elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough difficult, hard not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure |
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