Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - baffle
Baffle
baffle
v. & n. --v.tr. 1 confuse or perplex (a person, one's faculties, etc.). 2 a frustrate or hinder (plans etc.). b restrain or regulate the progress of (fluids, sounds, etc.). --n. (also baffle-plate) a device used to restrain the flow of fluid, gas, etc., through an opening, often found in microphones etc. to regulate the emission of sound. Phrases and idioms baffle-board a device to prevent sound from spreading in different directions, esp. round a loudspeaker cone. Derivatives bafflement n. baffling adj. bafflingly adv. Etymology: perh. rel. to F bafouer ridicule, OF beffer mock
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I. transitive verb (~d; baffling) Etymology: probably alteration of Middle English (Scots) bawchillen to denounce, discredit publicly Date: 1675 to defeat or check (as a person) by confusing or puzzling ; disconcert, to check or break the force or flow of by or as if by a ~, see: frustrate ~ment noun ~r noun bafflingly adverb II. noun Date: 1881 a device (as a plate, wall, or screen) to deflect, check, or regulate flow or passage (as of a fluid, light, or sound), ~d adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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