āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to baffle
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āĻšāĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to confuse someone by making something difficult to understand or explain
Transitive: to baffle sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The scientific concepts presented in the lecture baffled the students.
āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to control or direct the flow of a fluid, sound, or similar substance in a particular way
Transitive: to baffle a liquid, sound, or air
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The soundproof walls baffled the noise, making the room completely silent.
āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻĢ āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§, āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĢāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻšāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to prevent someone from achieving their goal or to disrupt their plans
Transitive: to baffle a plan or attempt
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His quick thinking baffled the robber âs attempt to escape.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĢāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Baffle
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āĻŦāĻžāĻĢāĻ˛, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ
a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
baffled
bafflement
baffling
baffle
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
