boggle

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vi. 犹豫, 踌躇, 吃惊, 搪塞 vt. 搞坏 n. 犹豫, 吃惊

发音

UK /ˈbɒɡ.əl/
CA /ˈbɑ.ɡəl/
US /ˈbɑ.ɡəl/
AU /ˈbɔɡ.əl/
NZ /ˈbɔɡ.əl/

词形变化

boggles 复数 boggled boggles 三单 boggles boggling boggling 现在分词 boggled 过去式 boggled 过去分词

别名

bogle

教材释义与例句

动词

搞糟，弄坏；使……惊奇；使……困惑

动词

犹豫，退缩；惊恐

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A scruple or objection.

    过时
  2. 2.

    A bungle; a botched situation.

    过时
  3. 1.

    Alternative form of bogle.

v.
  1. 1.

    (literally or figuratively) to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.

    不及物 及物

    The dogs went on, but the horse boggled at the sudden appearance of the strange beast.

    The horror of the deed and its consequences boggle the imagination.

  2. 2.

    To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.

    不及物

    He boggled at the surprising news.

    The mind boggles.

    1795, Mary Wollstonecraft, letter to Gilbert Imlay dated 4 October, 1795, in Mary Wollstonecraft: Letters to Imlay, London: Kegan Paul, 1879, p. 182, From the tenour of your last letter however, I am led to imagine, that you have formed some new attachment.—If it be so, let me earnestly request you to see me once more, and immediately. This is the only proof I require of the friendship you profess for me. I will then decide, since you boggle about a mere form.

  3. 3.

    To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.

    及物

    The vastness of space really boggles the mind.

    The oddities of quantum mechanics can boggle the minds of students and experienced physicists alike.

  4. 4.

    To embarrass with difficulties; to palter or equivocate; to bungle or botch

    美国 方言
  5. 5.

    To dissemble; to play fast and loose (with someone or something).

    不及物 废旧
  6. 6.

    To wiggle the eyes as a result of bruxing.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

bowl over flabbergast

上位词 7

start surprise jump hesitate waffle startle waver

相关短语

boggle eyed

词源

Variation or derivation of bogle, possibly cognate with bug.

来源：wiktionary