| 单词 | puzzlement |
| 释义 | puzzlement (once / 16508 pages) n When you're feeling confused, you're experiencing puzzlement. Many people have a sense of puzzlement during their first day at a brand new job, while they are trying to figure out how to please the boss and work the coffee machine. A state of puzzlement is familiar to anyone who's ever been literally lost (on the streets of an unfamiliar city), or figuratively lost (sitting in the wrong math class). If you're puzzled, baffled, confused, or befuddled — that's puzzlement. There's some puzzlement among word experts about where exactly this word comes from. They know puzzle came first, from the earlier pusle, "bewilder," but beyond that its origin is a puzzle. WORD FAMILYpuzzlement: puzzlements+/puzzle: puzzled, puzzlement, puzzler, puzzles, puzzling/puzzled: puzzledly/puzzler: puzzlers/puzzling: puzzlingly USAGE EXAMPLESAsking how many people here attend Sunday Mass elicits puzzlement. New York Times(Dec 06, 2016) When Aaron Rodgers disappeared into a tiny sideline tent during Monday night’s game against the Eagles, puzzlement grew. The Guardian(Nov 29, 2016) His statement was met with puzzlement and derision by some Americans, including US Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who is of Cuban descent. The Guardian(Nov 27, 2016) n confusion resulting from failure to understand Syn|Hyper bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation confusedness, confusion, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior |
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