
flummox基本信息
读法:英 ["flʌməks] 美 ["flʌməks]
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英英释义
Verb:
"Got me--I don"t know the answer!"
"a vexing problem"
"This question really stuck me"
中英词源
flummox 糊涂
词源不详。可能来自辅音丛fl, 扑腾,拍打,词源同flap, flounce, flimflam. 引申词义混乱,迷糊。
- flummox (v.)
- 1837, cant word, also flummux, of uncertain origin, probably risen out of a British dialect (OED finds candidate words in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, southern Cheshire, and Sheffield). "The formation seems to be onomatopœic, expressive of the notion of throwing down roughly and untidily" [OED]. Related: Flummoxed; flummoxing.
词态变化
第三人称单数 flummoxes;
过去式 flummoxed;
过去分词 flummoxed;
现在分词 flummoxing;
形容词 flummoxed;
权威造句
- 1. She can flummox anybody by the lip.
- 她能把任何人数落得狼狈不堪.
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