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1 baffle
['bæfl](to puzzle (a person): I was baffled by her attitude towards her husband.) zmást, vyvést z míry- baffling* * *• znemožnit• mást -
2 puzzle
1. verb1) (to perplex, baffle or bewilder: The question puzzled them; What puzzles me is how he got here so soon.) zmást2) (to think long and carefully about a problem etc: I puzzled over the sum for hours.) lámat si hlavu2. noun1) (a problem that causes a lot of thought: Her behaviour was a puzzle to him.) záhada2) (a kind of game or toy to test one's thinking, knowledge or skill: a jig-saw puzzle; a crossword puzzle.) hlavolam•- puzzling- puzzle out* * *• záhada• zmást• poplést• hádanka -
3 stump
1. noun1) (the part of a tree left in the ground after the trunk has been cut down: He sat on a (tree-)stump and ate his sandwiches.) pařez2) (the part of a limb, tooth, pencil etc remaining after the main part has been cut or broken off, worn away etc.) pahýl, zbytek3) (in cricket, one of the three upright sticks forming the wicket.) tyčka (kriketová)2. verb1) (to walk with heavy, stamping steps: He stumped angrily out of the room.) belhat se2) (to puzzle or baffle completely: I'm stumped!) vyvést z míry•- stumpy- stump up* * *• pařez• pahýl
См. также в других словарях:
Baffle — can refer to: * Baffle (Speaker system enclosure or referred to as Cabinet) * Baffles (submarine) * Sound baffle * Baffle gate , which is a Turnstile * Baffle (game show) and All Star Baffle, a 1973 74 NBC daytime TV game show that was a revival… … Wikipedia
baffle — [ bafl ] n. m. • 1948; mot angl. « écran » ♦ Panneau sur lequel est monté le diffuseur d un haut parleur et qui permet de séparer le rayonnement de la face avant du haut parleur de celui de la face arrière afin d améliorer la sonorité. Recomm.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Baffle — Baf fle (b[a^]f f l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Baffled} ( f ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Baffling} ( fl[i^]ng).] [Cf. Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. b[=a]gr uneasy, poor, or b[=a]gr, n., struggle,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Baffle — Baf fle, n. 1. A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture. [R.] A baffle to philosophy. South. [1913 Webster] 2. (Engin.) (a) A deflector, as a plate or wall, so arranged across a furnace or boiler flue as to mingle the hot gases and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
baffle — [v1] perplex addle, amaze, astound, befuddle, bewilder, buffalo*, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, elude, embarrass, faze, floor*, get, mix up, muddle, mystify, nonplus, puzzle, rattle, stick*, stump*, stun, throw; concepts 7,19,42 … New thesaurus
baffle — [baf′əl] vt. baffled, baffling [16th c. Scot; prob. respelling (as duff for dough, Affleck for Auchinleck) of obs. bauchle] 1. to confuse so as to keep from understanding or solving; puzzle; confound 2. to interfere with; hinder; impede 3. to… … English World dictionary
Baffle — Baf fle, v. i. 1. To practice deceit. [Obs.] Barrow. [1913 Webster] 2. To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
baffle — I verb balk, befog, beguile, bewilder, bluff, bother, check, circumvent, complicate, confound, confuse, cross, defeat, discomfort, disconcert, dismay, disrupt, evade, flummox, fool, frustrate, fuddle, hoax, hinder, impede, incommode,… … Law dictionary
Baffle — [bæfl, englisch] der oder das, s/ s, Vakuumtechnik: Prallfläche … Universal-Lexikon
baffle — → bafle … Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
baffle — balk, circumvent, outwit, foil, thwart, *frustrate Analogous words: *puzzle, mystify, confound, dumbfound: discomfit, rattle, faze, *embarrass, disconcert: *confuse, addle, muddle: *hamper, fetter, hog tie: *hinder, impede, obstruct, block … New Dictionary of Synonyms
