🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
BNC: 0 COCA: 36281
BNC: 0 COCA: 36281

flummox

verb

flum·​mox ˈflə-məks How to pronounce flummox (audio)
-miks
flummoxed; flummoxing; flummoxes

transitive verb

: confuse
He was flummoxed by the legal jargon.
a happy innocent who had been flummoxed by wily city slickers Andy Logan

Did you know?

No one is completely sure where the word flummox comes from, but Charles Dickens was aware of it and used it in his 1837 novel The Pickwick Papers. It became quite common in both British and American English by the end of the 19th century.

Example Sentences

an actor who's easily flummoxed by any changes in the script
Recent Examples on the Web The complexity of the cloud migration process, which continues to flummox many enterprises, is a result of the complexity of the on-premises environment. Chetan Mathur, Forbes, 7 June 2022 The spread of fentanyl into an ever-growing portion of the nation’s drug supply has continued to flummox even states with strong addiction-treatment services. New York Times, 11 May 2022 While chronic pain may flummox the usual scans and tests, the condition is very much real, causing immeasurable suffering. New York Times, 26 Apr. 2022 In a game where the Bruins’ sturdy backbone came together to fluster and flummox a disciplined Gaels team in a 72-56 victory, that backbone crumpled. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2022 Mike Zimmer’s defense figures to flummox rookie quarterback Justin Fields just enough. Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 20 Dec. 2021 Some version of this coronavirus is bound to flummox our vaccines. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2021 The bond between Alice and the spiky, decidedly unliterary Felix might flummox. New York Times, 1 Sep. 2021 But none of them compare to saving young lives the way Mr. Jackson could easily do by demonstrating that the vaccine is safe and effective and not some difficult choice that should flummox a healthy adult. Allana Haynes, baltimoresun.com, 11 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flummox was in 1836
BNC: 0 COCA: 36281

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime