- 1aB2
/ˈpʌzəld/
confused because you cannot understand something, especially when it is not what you expected.
困惑的；想不通的
比較級 more puzzled最高級 most puzzled
核心畫面
One way to picture it: a piece that will not fit. You are looking at something and your mind keeps turning it around, trying to make it match what you expected — and it doesn't.
手上有一塊拼圖怎麼轉都放不進去。你不是完全不懂，你是「本來以為會這樣，結果不是」——所以腦子還在轉，還在找那個對得上…更多收起
手上有一塊拼圖怎麼轉都放不進去。你不是完全不懂，你是「本來以為會這樣，結果不是」——所以腦子還在轉，還在找那個對得上的角度。puzzled 的表情很典型：眉頭皺起來、頭微微一歪、停頓一下才說話。它跟「笨」無關，反而是一個正在動腦的人才會有的樣子；也跟 confused（整個亂掉）不同，puzzled 通常是有一個具體的點卡住：他明明說會來，怎麼沒來？原始詞典資料2 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。
puzzledadj/ˈpʌ.zl̩d/
- 1
Confused or perplexed.
- They diſentangle from the puzzled ſkein / In vvhich obſcurity has vvrapp'd them up, / The threads of politic and ſhrevvd deſign / That ran through all his purpoſes, […]
- [W]hen the day of the departure came, between her two customs of laughing and crying, Miss Sedley was greatly puzzled how to act.
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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。