English Dictionary

baffle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbæfl̩/

動詞

自動詞 古語 廃用

To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex. / (intransitive) To struggle in vain. / (now rare) To foil; to thwart. / (obsolete) To publicly disgrace, especially of a recreant knight.

日本語の意味

完全に当惑させる、混乱させる / 無駄な苦労をする、徒労に終わる / （現在は稀に用いられる意味）計略を打ち砕く、阻止する / （古い用法）公然と恥をかかせる（特に臆病な騎士について）

The magician's sudden disappearance continued to baffle the audience long after the show ended.

その手品師が突然消えたことは、ショーが終わった後もしばらく観客を困惑させ続けた。

意味（1）

To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex.

I am baffled by the contradictions and omissions in the instructions.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To struggle in vain.

A ship baffles with the winds.

意味（3）

(now rare) To foil; to thwart.

the art that baffles time's tyrannic claim

意味（4）

(obsolete) To publicly disgrace, especially of a recreant knight.

He by the heeles him hung upon a tree, / And baffuld so, that all which passed by / The picture of his punishment might see […].

意味（5）

(obsolete) To hoodwink or deceive (someone).

pretences to baffle with his goodness

baffles （ present singular third-person ）

baffling （ participle present ）

baffled （ participle past ）

baffled （ past ）