资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mystify \Mys"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mystified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Mystifying}.] [F. mystifier, fr. Gr. ? + L. -ficare
(in comp.) to make. See 1st {Mystery}, and {-fy}.]
1. To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to
understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture.
2. To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the
credulity of; as, to mystify an opponent.
He took undue advantage of his credulity and
mystified him exceedingly. --Ld.
Campbell.
资料来源 : WordNet®
mystified
adj : totally perplexed and mixed up; "all this duncical nonsense
has my brains metagrobolized"- Wall Street Journal
[syn: {metagrobolized}, {metagrobolised}, {metagrabolized},
{metagrabolised}]
mystify
v 1: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I
don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This
question really stuck me" [syn: {perplex}, {vex}, {stick},
{get}, {puzzle}, {baffle}, {beat}, {pose}, {bewilder},
{flummox}, {stupefy}, {nonplus}, {gravel}, {amaze}, {dumbfound}]
2: make mysterious; "mystify the story" [ant: {demystify}]
[also: {mystified}]
mystified
See {mystify}