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If you are befuddled, your mind is in a — completely confused, unable to think in a straight line. A long exam paper can leave you befuddled; so can jet lag, or a set of instructions with too many arrows.
If you are befuddled如果你befuddled糊裡糊塗，your mind is in a muddle你的腦子就是一團亂——completely confused, unable to think in a straight line完全搞不清楚、沒辦法直線思考。A long exam paper can leave you befuddled一份很長的考卷可能會讓你變成這樣；so can jet lag, or a set of instructions with too many arrows時差，或是箭頭多到爆炸的說明書，也會有一樣的效果。
The word is informal and a bit colourful; it is kinder and funnier than “stupid.” Though actually it used to carry a smell of drink: to someone was to confuse them, often with alcohol, and a befuddled man might have been simply drunk. That older colour is still in the background, but today you can be befuddled by maths, by love, or by a new phone, with no beer in sight.
The word is informal and a bit colourful這個字很口語，也帶點趣味；it is kinder and funnier than "stupid."比"stupid"笨更溫和也更好笑。Though actually不過事實上it used to carry a smell of drink它以前帶著一點酒味：to fuddle someone was to confuse them, often with alcohol讓人fuddle就是把人搞糊塗，通常是因為喝酒，and a befuddled man might have been simply drunk一個befuddled的男人搞不好只是喝醉了。That older colour is still in the background那層舊的色彩現在還在背後，but today you can be befuddled by maths, by love, or by a new phone, with no beer in sight但現在你可以因為數學、因為戀愛，或因為一支新手機就befuddled，完全不用喝酒。
There is a verb, befuddle, but the -ed form is the one you will meet most.
There is a verb, befuddle雖然有動詞befuddle，but the -ed form is the one you will meet most但你最常碰到的還是-ed形式的befuddled。
組成be- + fuddle, an old verb meaning to confuse, especially with drink; befuddled is the state that leaves you in.
同家族的字
- fuddlethe old verb “to confuse,” often by drink
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
befuddledadj
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Confused or perplexed.
- But Yancey Goree was not thinking of feuds. His befuddled brain was hopelessly attacking the problem of the future maintenance of himself and his favourite follies.
- Gracious, man, are you so befuddled in your old books that you don't see what's going on round you?
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Drunk
- His head rested upon his two hands, as if he were befuddled with wine, but at the harsh sound of the snapping bolts he raised his face and looked angrily around him.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。