baffle / ˈbæf əl /

⚽高中词汇挡板档板迷惑迷惑性

baffle3 个定义

v. 有主动词 verb

baf·fled, baf·fling.

  1. to confuse, bewilder, or perplex: He was baffled by the technical language of the instructions.
  2. to frustrate or confound; thwart by creating confusion or bewilderment.
  3. to check or deflect the movement of.
v. 无主动词 verb

baf·fled, baf·fling.

  1. to struggle ineffectually, as a ship in a gale.
n. 名词 noun
  1. something that balks, checks, or deflects.
  2. an artificial obstruction for checking or deflecting the flow of gases, sounds, light, etc.
  3. any boxlike enclosure or flat panel for mounting a loudspeaker.

baffle 近义词

v. 动词 verb

perplex

v. 动词 verb

hinder

更多baffle例句

  1. To their surprise, however, one snake “formed its body in a ring around the baffle and then started to wiggle up,” Savidge says.
  2. One of these ways involved tests to see whether a wide pipe, or baffle, around a pole could prevent predators from reaching a starling nest box at the top.
  3. With their help, I’d made progress toward a prototype for my tiny satellites, inventing and testing precision-pointing hardware and software, and perfecting the design of the onboard telescope and its protective baffle.
  4. These baffles “hug” the microphone and block out external noise while focusing on the source and enhancing the quality of final audio, making them an exceptional tool for recording vocals, kick drums, guitar amps and more.
  5. The glass is lined with custom baffles contoured to block daytime glare.
  6. This hidden Eden continues to baffle geologists with its oculus of volcanic stone.
  7. That decision continues to baffle some law enforcement officials nearly two decades later.
  8. With only two young witnesses, no clear motive, and no identified suspect, the case continues to baffle authorities.
  9. It was no good to set broad goals for agencies: those goals tended to contradict each other—or else to baffle the agency itself.
  10. The singer-actress admits the debate continues to offend and baffle her.
  11. It was Carmena, every nerve of her loyal nature on the alert to baffle this pursuer of Alessandro and Ramona.
  12. We went from office to office, where everything seemed designed to baffle suitors conducting their own cases.
  13. Its limitless deeps reveal themselves to us, and yet baffle our gaze: close themselves against research, but open to conjecture.
  14. Thanks to the darkness and the water, you baffle the hounds, both animal and human.
  15. Both could blight the promise of the harvest, baffle the plans of their enemies, or wither the health of their victims.