喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/ˈpʌzəld/困惑的；想不通的

    confused because you cannot understand something, especially when it is not what you expected.

    示範例句 · Example

    Leo looked puzzled when the teacher said the test was tomorrow, not next week.

    逐字當老師說考試是明天、不是下週時，里歐看起來很困惑。

    「puzzled」可以想成「你面前擺著一塊拼不起來的拼圖」——各個部分你都看得懂，可是它們兜不起來，所以你想不通。它常常帶著「跟我以為的不一樣」這個味道：老師說考試是明天，你以為是下週，那一秒的表情就是 puzzled。跟鄰居字比：confused 是整件事都搞不清楚，puzzled 是特別針對「這一點怎麼會這樣」，baffled 則是想很久了還是想不出來。最常出現在 look / seem / sound 後面（looked puzzled），或用 puzzled look、puzzled expression 形容表情。

    常見搭配

    • look puzzled

      看起來一臉困惑

      to have an expression that shows you cannot understand something

      Ren looked puzzled, so his sister explained the rule again.

    • a puzzled look / expression / frown

      困惑的表情／皺著眉想不通的樣子

      a face that shows someone is confused

      Alice read the letter with a puzzled expression on her face.

    • puzzled about / as to something

      對某件事想不通

      confused about a particular thing

      John seemed puzzled about what the question meant.

    • puzzled by something

      被某件事弄得想不通

      made confused by something

      The doctor was puzzled by the symptoms and checked again.

    • leave someone puzzled

      讓某人一頭霧水

      to make someone feel confused

      Her reaction left me puzzled.

    • slightly / a little puzzled

      有點想不通

      a bit confused, but not seriously

      I'm a little puzzled — why did you call her yourself?

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core核心畫面

One way to picture it: a piece that will not fit. You are looking at something and your mind keeps turning it around, trying to make it match what you expected — and it doesn't.

手上有一塊拼圖怎麼轉都放不進去。你不是完全不懂，你是「本來以為會這樣，結果不是」——所以腦子還在轉，還在找那個對得上的角度。puzzled 的表情很典型：眉頭皺起來、頭微微一歪、停頓一下才說話。它跟「笨」無關，反而是一個正在動腦的人才會有的樣子；也跟 confused（整個亂掉）不同，puzzled 通常是有一個具體的點卡住：他明明說會來，怎麼沒來？

同家族的字

比較級 more puzzled最高級 most puzzled

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原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

puzzledadj/ˈpʌ.zl̩d/

  • 1

    Confused or perplexed.

    • They diſentangle from the puzzled ſkein / In vvhich obſcurity has vvrapp'd them up, / The threads of politic and ſhrevvd deſign / That ran through all his purpoſes, […]
    • [W]hen the day of the departure came, between her two customs of laughing and crying, Miss Sedley was greatly puzzled how to act.

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