betwattle

词形变化

betwattled betwattles 三单 betwattles betwattling betwattling 现在分词 betwattled 过去式 betwattled 过去分词

别名

betwaddle

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To surprise, to confound, to befuddle, to put in a distressed state of mind.

    古体 及物
  2. 2.

    To be in a distressed state of mind.

    古体 不及物

词源

Possibly a back formation from betwattled, late 18th-century Dorset British slang for confused, bewildered.

来源:wiktionary