addle

[US]/ˈædl/
[UK]/ˈædl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 使糊塗,混亂
vi. 腐臭,變質
adj. 糊塗的,腐臭的
Word Forms
過去式addled
過去分詞addled
第三人稱單數addles
現在分詞addling

Example Sentences

the film is addle-brained.

這部影片思路混亂。

The object is to addle and not to elucidate.

其目的是爲了混淆而不是爲了闡明。

addle one's brain over figures

讓數字給弄得頭昏腦脹

Eggs addle quickly in hot weather.

蛋在熱天易壞。

problems that addle my brain;

問題把我的大腦搞糊塗了;

being in love must have addled your brain.

一定是戀愛衝昏了你的頭腦。

He has addled his head with reading and writing all day long.

他整天讀書寫字,頭都昏了。

Journo to Addled Man (not direct quotes): "With all these late-game losses are you concerned that your guys won't have the confidence to finish close games in the playoffs?"

記者:幾次輸掉比分接近的比賽後,你是否擔心隊員們到了季後賽裏在最後關頭面對比分咬住的情況時會信心不足?

By 2003 he was an uninsurable serial relapser famous for being pulled out of hotels or other people's homes in an addled, disheveled state.

到2003年,他因以迷亂頹廢、衣冠不整的形象從賓館或他人的家中出來,成了一位不可信任、不斷故態復萌的“名人”。

addle, badger, bait, bemused, beset, circumvent, confound, derange, discombobulated, discomfit, disconcert, disquiet, distraught, faze, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, perturb.

表“ 困擾、騷擾、困惑” 之意:

Real-world Examples

That scar upon his forehead has not addled his brains.

他額頭上的傷疤並沒有把他的腦子弄糊塗。

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

They've addled his brain and yellowed his teeth.

它們攪亂了他的心智,染黃了他的牙齒。

Source: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

My brother taught me where to hit a person's chin, so as to addle them.

我哥哥教我打人的下巴的哪個位置, 這樣可以刺激他們。

Source: One Shilling Candle (Upper)

It addles women's brains. For your information, I was in England, not a month ago, and I'll tell you this.

不到一個月以前,我還在英國。關於你的消息,我要告訴你,英國決不會幫助南部聯盟。

Source: Gone with the Wind

The distilled liquor of addle eggs.

加雞蛋的蒸餾酒。

Source: Water Child

Unfortunately, the judge was an addle man.

很不幸,這個法官是個腐敗的人。

Source: Pan Pan

The eugenicists who, addled by bogus statistics, advocated forced sterilisations are the grisliest example.

被虛假統計數據弄糊塗的優生學家提倡強制絕育是最可怕的例子。

Source: The Economist Culture

These eggs, allowing for what may prove addle and what may be destroyed by vermin, will produce at least 250 chickens.

這些雞蛋,除去臭蛋和被蟲子破壞的,將至少能夠孵出兩百五十隻小雞。

Source: Recite for the King Volume 4 (All 60 lessons)

" He has clearly reacted to a poorly performed Imperius Curse, " said Scrimgeour. " It's addled his brains, but he could still be dangerous."

斯克林傑說,“他的腦子被弄糊塗了,但並不排除他會有危險。這顯然是他中了一個蹩腳的奪魂咒之後的反應。”

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

It was a feathered riddle; a mystery hatched out of an egg, and just as mysterious as if the egg had been addle!

這是一個有羽毛的謎語;一個雞蛋孵化出一個謎,就像雞蛋變髒一樣神祕!

Source: Seven-angled Tower (Part 1)

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