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If drink, or sometimes a drug, fuddles you, it makes your thoughts slow and mixed-up. You cannot think in a straight line. People also say it fuddles your mind, or fuddles your brain. Tiredness and strong medicine can do it too. It is a little old-fashioned and a little British; many people would now say confuse, , or — with drink — “I’m drunk” / “I can’t think straight.” There is a noun as well: to be in a fuddle is to be in that mixed-up state. Though actually, the verb you will meet more often is befuddle, which is the same idea with be- on the front. It is not a rude word. It is just not the first word most young people reach for.
灌迷糊；使頭腦糊掉（多指酒或藥讓人想不清楚。比 confuse 老派。）
組成Scholars are not sure. People compare it with Dutch vod, “soft,” and with a German dialect word fuddeln, “to cheat / swindle.” That is a likeness, not a proven family tree.
同家族的字
- befuddlethe same verb with be- stuck on the front; this is the form you will read more often
原始詞典資料7 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。
fuddleverb/ˈfʌdəl/
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To confuse or befuddle.
- She's fuddled my fancy, she's muddled me good / I've taken to drinking, and given up food
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To intoxicate.
- If an author fuddles himself, I don’t know why he should be let off a headache the next morning […]
- There was a kind of festival going on, and the people fuddled themselves with caxirí, an intoxicating drink invented by the Indians. It is made by soaking mandioca cakes in water until fermentation takes place, and tastes like new beer.
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To become intoxicated; to get drunk.
- Pipes I blew, on malt I fuddled, / A lushy man! / Till my mind and head got muddled, / Dissipated man!
fuddlenoun/ˈfʌdəl/
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Intoxication.
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Intoxicating drink; liquor.
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Muddle, confusion.
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dialectalA party or picnic where attendees bring food and wine; a kind of potluck.
- Yesterday we were invited to a fuddle. This is a new word & was a new experience for us. Very pleasant it was too.
- When I was I work I loved the time when we had a fuddle. Everybody decided what they were going to bring so we had an even balance of grub. We had sandwiches or cobs of ham, cheese and pate, crisps, sausage rolls, pickled onions cocktail sausages, vol au vonts, swiss roll, and mince pies. We weren’t allowed booze on the premises but we made do with alcohol free drink. We were as stuffed as pigs and had a job to work for the rest of the day.
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。