discombobulate
英 [,dɪskəm'bɒbjʊleɪt]
美[,dɪskəm'bɑbjə,let]
GRE
助记提示
1. perhaps it is the fanciful variant of discompose.
英文词源
- discombobulate (v.)
- 1834, American English, fanciful coinage of a type popular then (originally discombobricate). Related: discombobulating; discombobulation.
英英释意
- 1. cause to be confused emotionally
- 2. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly;
- "These questions confuse even the experts"
- "This question completely threw me"
- "This question befuddled even the teacher"
