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迷宫,迷惘使迷惘,使混乱,迷失
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Maze \Maze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mazed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Mazing}.]
To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to
amaze. --South.
Maze \Maze\, v. i.
To be bewildered. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Maze \Maze\, n. [OE. mase; cf. OE. masen to confuse, puzzle,
Norweg. masast to fall into a slumber, masa to be continually
busy, prate, chatter, Icel. masa to chatter, dial. Sw. masa
to bask, be slow, work slowly and lazily, mas slow, lazy.]
1. A wild fancy; a confused notion. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of
bewilderment.
3. A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages;
an intricacy; a labyrinth. ``Quaint mazes on the wanton
green.'' --Shak.
Or down the tempting maze of Shawford brook.
--Wordaworth.
The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled
with mazes, and perplexed with error. --Addison.
Syn: Labyrinth; intricacy. See {Labyrinth}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
maze
n 1: complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to
get lost [syn: {labyrinth}]
2: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government
regulations" [syn: {tangle}, {snarl}]