befog

動詞

To envelop in fog or smoke. / To confuse, mystify (a person); to make less acute or perceptive, to cloud (a person’s faculties). / To obscure, make less clear (a subject, issue, etc.).

日本語の意味

霧や煙で覆う、包み込む / 混乱させる、惑わす / 感覚や判断力を鈍らせる / 問題や議論を不明瞭にする

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A sudden sea mist began to befog the coastline, turning the familiar cliffs into shadowy outlines.

突然の海霧が海岸線を霧で包み、馴染みの崖がぼんやりとした輪郭に変わった。

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意味（1）

To envelop in fog or smoke.

Clouds of the most expensive incense befog the chancel […]

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意味（2）

To confuse, mystify (a person); to make less acute or perceptive, to cloud (a person’s faculties).

The voice of interested sycophancy is apt to fill their ears and to befog their judgment.

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意味（3）

To obscure, make less clear (a subject, issue, etc.).

How they had managed to befog the subject! What elaborate show-structures they had built up, with no result but to obscure the horizon!

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befogs （ present singular third-person ）

befogging （ participle present ）

befogged （ participle past ）

befogged （ past ）