bemuse
/bih-myooz/US // bɪˈmyuz //UK // (bɪˈmjuːz) //
酝酿,酝酿中,酝酿之中,酝酿着
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v.有主动词 verb
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be·mused, be·mus·ing.
- : to bewilder or confuse.
- : to preoccupy; engross.
- : to cause to be mildly amused, especially in a detached way: Apparently bemused by his critics, he floated above the clamor surrounding the campaign.
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Examples
I asked, determined not to allow her to bemuse or escape me with her metaphysical talk and illustrations.
Most of these were of the opiate class, light magazines and light stories intended to bemuse and not to educate the mind.
Hunger does not necessarily help the understanding; it may bemuse it by passion and resentment.
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