discombobulate
混淆视听,搞混了,混沌不清,混淆视听的情况下
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dis·com·bob·u·lat·ed, dis·com·bob·u·lat·ing.
- : to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
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Where does discombobulate come from?
Discombobulate, meaning “to confuse, frustrate,” sounds like something straight out of a cartoon. It was first recorded in the form discomboberate in the early 1800s, and apparently originated as a humorous imitation of hifalutin-sounding Latin words. We can also detect the influence of words with similar senses like discomfit or discompose in it.Many more amusing Americanisms await in our slideshow “These Wacky Words Originated In The USA.”
Examples
Yet as Tampa Bay discombobulated Kansas City in a 31-9 victory, the greatest statement wasn’t what Brady proved to his former team or anyone else wondering whether he still had it at age 43.
A personal assault by you on me will wake these people up and discombobulate Goldsmith.
They may copy my style till all's blue, but they won't discombobulate me.