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boggle

/bog-uhl/US // ˈbɒg əl //UK // (ˈbɒɡəl) //

绕口令,拗口,迷惑,拗拗看

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v.有主动词 verb
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    bog·gled, bog·gling.

    • : to overwhelm or bewilder, as with magnitude, complexity, or strangeness: The speed of light boggles the mind.
    • : to bungle; botch.
v.无主动词 verb
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    bog·gled, bog·gling.

    • : to hesitate or waver because of scruples, fear, etc.
    • : to start or jump with fear, alarm, or surprise; shrink; shy.
    • : to bungle awkwardly.
    • : to be overwhelmed or bewildered.
n.名词 noun
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    • : an act of shying or taking alarm.
    • : a mess; a bungle or botch.
    • : Archaic. a scruple; demur; hesitation.

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Examples

  • When placed side-by-side, the horrors of the Palestinian propaganda machine begin to boggle the mind.

  • There was Boggle, the tooth fairy, Sesame Street, family pets, and school plays.

  • I did not boggle at his slave-dealing, but took him on the spot.

  • I see, when a woman has a mind to't, she'll never boggle at a sin.

  • You needn't boggle at it; it's honest got and earned, long before this other racket.

  • However you would immediately require some specimen of my skill; and at that indeed I might boggle a little.

  • The time to think of risks was gone by; the time to boggle over what honor allowed or forbade had never come to Rupert of Hentzau.