| 单词 | mystify |
| 释义 | mystify (once / 1556 pages) v If something totally stumps you, doesn't make one lick of sense and has no logical explanation, then it's safe to say it mystifies you. To mystify is a verb that sounds not so mysteriously like mystery. That's because something that mystifies is just that. There's no answer or explanation to be found for it. If you're mystified, you're in awe and bewilderment. The infinite nature of the universe mystifies some people. Others are mystified by the appeal of teen sensations from Ricky Nelson to Justin Bieber. WORD FAMILYmystify: demystify, mystification, mystified, mystifier, mystifies, mystifying+/demystify: demystified, demystifies, demystifying/mystification: mystifications/mystifier: mystifiers/mystifying: mystifyingly USAGE EXAMPLESDoctson, meanwhile, developed a medically mystifying Achilles’ tendon ailment that migrated from one ankle to the next. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) A showdown that hardly appeared imminent in mid-November following a mystifying four-game collapse that saw the Steelers cede control of the division to the Ravens. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) Even some Russians are mystified by the story’s low-key reception. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1v be a mystery or bewildering to Syn|Hypo|Hyper amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex mix up, stump cause to be perplexed or confounded riddleset a difficult problem or riddle elude, escapebe incomprehensible to; escape understanding by defy, refuse, resistelude, especially in a baffling way bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly 2v make mysterious mystify the story Ant|Hyper demystify make less mysterious or remove the mystery from blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing |
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