discombobulate
外观
英语
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[编辑]词源
[编辑]出现于1834年美国,为discompose、discomfit等词的诙谐变体,原作discombobricate。[1]
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[编辑]discombobulate (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 discombobulates,現在分詞 discombobulating,簡單過去時和過去分詞 discombobulated)
- (及物,幽默) 迷惑,使...困惑,使...慌张,让...糊涂,让...摸不着头脑
- 1895,John Kendrick Bangs,“Story-tellers' Night”,A House-Boat on the Styx,New York:Harper & Brothers,出版於 1901,第 132 頁:
- Can't you and I pretend to quarrel? A personal assault by you on me will wake these people up and discombobulate Goldsmith. Say the word—only don't hit too hard.
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- 1999年12月13日,Anthony Tommasini,“MUSIC REVIEW; Plenty Of Zigzags, But Hold The Angst”,The New York Times,第 E3 頁:
- The notes zigzag in his pieces and discombobulate the ear, just as in 12-tone works.
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- 2009年12月25日,Michael Robert Johnson,Anthony Peckham,Simon Kinberg,片头起17:18,Sherlock Holmes,spoken by Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.):
- First, distract target. Then block his blind jab. Counter with cross to left cheek. Discombobulate. Dazed, he'll attempt wild haymaker. Employ elbow block.
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[编辑]参考资料
[编辑]- ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2026年),“discombobulate”,《在线词源词典》(Online Etymology Dictionary)