mystify

B2 大学 ★☆☆☆☆

vt. 使神秘化, 使难解, 迷惑 [计] 变幻线

发音

其它 /ˈmɪstɪfaɪ/

词形变化

mystified mystifies 三单 mystifies mystifying mystifying 现在分词 mystified 过去式 mystified 过去分词

别名

mistify

教材释义与例句

动词

使神秘化；使迷惑，使困惑

释义与例句

v. B2
  1. 1.

    To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.

    及物

    Solar eclipses continued to mystify ancient humans for thousands of years.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

get beat stick puzzle pose gravel amaze vex bewilder baffle

反义词 1

demystify

上位词 10

throw hide fox veil confuse obscure confound obliterate blot out bedevil

下位词 5

escape riddle stump elude mix up

词源

From French mystifier, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”) + Latin -ficare.

来源：wiktionary