baffle

1. (переходный)To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.

   I am baffled by the contradictions and omissions in the instructions.

   They were baffled as to how the confusion could have arisen.

   aus der Fassung bringen, ratlos machen, überraschen

   озада́чиватьozadáčivatʹ, озада́читьozadáčitʹ, сбива́ть с то́лкуsbivátʹ s tólku

   спантеличуватиspantelyčuvaty, збиватиzbyvaty

2. (переходный)To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).

   restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)

3. (непереходный)To expend effort or struggle in vain.

   The ship, baffling with the winds, moved not an inch.

4. (архаичное, переходный)To defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts, plans, etc.); to confound, to foil.

   hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

5. To defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts, plans, etc.); to confound, to foil.

   (архаичное, конкретно, переходный)Of weather or wind: to hinder or prevent (a ship or its crew) from advancing.

6. (устаревшее, переходный)To deceive or hoodwink (someone); to gull.

7. (устаревшее, переходный)Followed by away or out: to deprive of (something) through cheating or manipulation; also (followed by out of), to deprive of something by cheating or manipulating (someone).

8. (непереходный, устаревшее)To argue or complain in a petty or trivial manner; to quibble.

9. (устаревшее, переходный)To publicly disgrace (someone); specifically, a recreant knight.

10. (устаревшее, переходный)To treat (someone) with contempt; to disgrace; also, to speak of (someone or something) in contemptuous terms; to speak ill of, to vilify.

1. Tom's disappearance completely baffled the police.

   Исчезновение Тома окончательно сбило с толку полицию.

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2. Even Tom was baffled.

   Даже Том был сбит с толку.

   deSelbst Tom war sprachlos.

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3. Tom is baffled.

   Том озадачен.

   ukТом збитий з пантелику.

   deTom ist verwirrt.

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4. I was baffled.

   Я был сбит с толку.

   ukЯ був розгублений.

   deIch war verwirrt.

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5. You looked like you were baffled.

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