英语词汇“boggle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	boggle
释义	bog·gle I. \ˈbägəl\ verb (boggled ; boggled ; boggling \ˈbäg(ə)liŋ\ ; boggles) Etymology: perhaps from boggle (III) *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to make a sudden jerky movement (as of alarm) : start with fright : shy < the prisoner boggled at the sight of the gallows > b. : to be startled (as with amazement or surprise) : be overwhelmed : be set reeling < the reporters boggled over the president's sensational press statement > < the imagination boggles at the thought of interstellar distances > 2. a. : to move hesitatingly or evasively : hold back from decisive action (as through doubt, fear, or scruples) : show indecision : shilly-shally < his responsibilities coupled with his marked inepitude caused him to be perpetually boggling > b. : to raise objections usually minor or petty : hang back from full acceptance or agreement : demur, stickle, haggle < no matter how good the argument, he would always pick out something to boggle about > 3. : to perform an action awkwardly : work unskillfully : make clumsy efforts < uses only one epithet, but it is the right one, and never boggles and patches — Leslie Stephen > : bungle, blunder < boggling along through the job > *transitive verb* 1. a. : to overwhelm with wonder or bewilderment b. dialect Britain : embarrass, perplex < boggled by his father's unexpected return > 2. : to attend to in an awkward clumsy manner : bungle < boggling the little affairs of his own life — Paul de Kruif > Synonyms: see demur II. noun (-s) 1. : the action of boggling 2. archaic : a difficult, unpleasant, or bungled situation III. variant of bogle
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