| 释义 |
confuse
I. confuse adjective
Etymology: Middle English confus, from Middle French
obsolete : confused
II. con·fuse \kənˈfyüz\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: back-formation from confused
transitive verb
1. archaic : to bring to ruin : rout
2.
a. : to make ashamed or embarrassed : abash, disconcert, fluster
b. : to make unclear in mind or purpose : mislead, bewilder, perplex : throw off
3.
a. : to dull or make indistinct the outlines or separate elements of (as a picture, pattern, or narrative) : blur
< confuse the issue in a debate >
b. : to throw into disorder : jumble together
< a … wind confused the waters — Virginia Woolf >
< confuse accounts >
c. : to mistake (one person or thing) for another : fail to distinguish between (two or more separate entities) : confound
< expression may be too easily confused with communication — Havelock Ellis >
intransitive verb
: to fail to discriminate
< I always confuse between him and Orion — W.F.de Morgan > |