baffle
vt. 困惑, 为难, 使挫折 vi. 徒作挣扎 n. 迷惑, 挡板
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A device used to dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control the movement of a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound; specifically, a surface positioned inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one place to another without preventing motion altogether.
可数 不可数 工程Tanker trucks use baffles to keep the liquids inside from sloshing around.
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A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
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A device to prevent the spreading of sound or light.
可数 不可数 工程sound baffle
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A barrier designed to obstruct and confuse enemies, rendering them vulnerable.
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An argument or objection based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint; a quibble.
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Intentional insult; affront; also, disgrace; (countable) an instance of this.
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To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
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及物I am baffled by the contradictions and omissions in the instructions.
They were baffled as to how the confusion could have arisen.
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To defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts, plans, etc.); to confound, to foil.
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To defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts, plans, etc.); to confound, to foil.
Of weather or wind: to hinder or prevent (a ship or its crew) from advancing.
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To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).
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To deceive or hoodwink (someone); to gull.
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Followed by away or out: to deprive of (something) through cheating or manipulation; also (followed by out of), to deprive of something by cheating or manipulating (someone).
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To expend effort or struggle in vain.
不及物The ship, baffling with the winds, moved not an inch.
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To argue or complain in a petty or trivial manner; to quibble.
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To publicly disgrace (someone); specifically, a recreant knight.
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To treat (someone) with contempt; to disgrace; also, to speak of (someone or something) in contemptuous terms; to speak ill of, to vilify.
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The origin of the verb is uncertain; it is possibly: * from French bafouer, baffoüer (“to abuse, revile; to confuse, baffle; to deceive; to flout; to scorn”), imitative of someone making a disdainful sound by expelling air quickly through pouted lips (compare Occitan baf (interjection expressing disdain)); or * from French befer, beffer, beffler (“(obsolete) to deceive; to mock, ridicule”) (compare Old French befe, beffe, buffe (“deception; mockery”); beferie (“deceit; quibbling”)), possibly from bafouer: see above. The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * Italian beffare (“(verb) to deride, mock”), beffa (“(noun) banter; mockery”) * Occitan bafar (“(verb) to deride, mock”), bafa (“(noun) banter; mockery”) * Old Spanish bafa (modern Spanish befa (“(noun) banter; mockery”)) * Spanish befar (“(verb) to deride, mock”)
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