discombobulate
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,一般過去時及過去分詞 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”, in A House-Boat on the Styx,New York: Harper & Brothers, 出版於 1901,頁 132:
- 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”, in The New York Times,頁 E3:
- 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, in 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- ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025年),“discombobulate”,《在线词源词典》(Online Etymology Dictionary)