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 puzzled
 (v.)困惑(vbl.)困惑

 puz·zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. puzzled p. pr. & vb. n. puzzling ]
 1. To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus.
    A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous in puzzling others.   --Dr. H. More.
    He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his own blunders.   --Addison.
 2. To make intricate; to entangle.
    They disentangle from the puzzled skein.   --Cowper.
 The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate,
 Puzzled in mazes, and perplexed with error.   --Addison.
 3. To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery.
 Syn: -- To embarrass; perplex; confuse; bewilder; confound. See Embarrass.
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 puzzled
      adj : filled with bewilderment; "at a loss to understand those
            remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying
            goodbye" [syn: at a loss(p), nonplused, nonplussed]