flummox

英 ['flʌməks]美 ['flʌməks]

n. 失败

vt. 使狼狈；使混乱；使惶惑

vi. 出现错误；失败

中文词源

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。

英文词源

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.

双语例句

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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