baffle

意味: 困惑させるもの、遮蔽物

例文: The kitchen has a noise baffle for Haruki.
    台所にはハルキ用の防音壁がある。

定義: 流体やエネルギーの流れを制御または指示する平らな板

コロケーション:

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Definitions(定義)

Noun: a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
Verb: be a mystery or bewildering to
Verb: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Verb: check the emission of (sound)

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

Verb: This beats me!
Verb: Got me–I don’t know the answer!
Verb: a vexing problem
Verb: This question really stuck me
Verb: What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth’s amazing September surge
Verb: foil your opponent

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): amaze, baffle, baffle board, beat, bewilder, bilk, cross, dumbfound, flummox, foil, frustrate, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, queer, regulate, scotch, spoil, stick, stupefy, thwart, vex

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): confuse, plate, prevent, restrict

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): baffle, clamp down, cylinder head, damper, debar, demoralize, disk, disorient, draw the line, engraving, escutcheon, fin keel, fishplate, gate, grid, gusset, hamper, inhibit, l-plate, lamella, license plate, mark off, nameplate, obstruct, perplex, plate iron, platen, pleximeter, reduce, restrain, rule, save, stiffen, stop, tap, thwart, tie

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): dash, diffuser, disappoint, elude, riddle, ruin, short-circuit, stump

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: baffle, bafflement, bewilderment, cross, foiling, frustration, frustrative, mystery, mystification, mystifier, poser, puzzle, puzzlement, puzzler, stupefaction, thwarter, thwarting

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書):

Movies(映画): Frozen

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories:

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