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美:[ˌdɪskəmˈbɑbjəˌlet]
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dis·com·bob·u·late
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第三人称单数:discombobulates
现在分词:discombobulating
过去式:discombobulated
过去分词:discombobulated
discombobulation (n.)
verb
transitive verb
to cause to be in a state of confusion : upset, disorient Executives of other NHL clubs are hopping mad at St. Louis president Jack Quinn and general manager Ron Caron for once again discombobulating the NHL's salary structure.—Austin Murphy … his determination to discombobulate the bourgeoise was not regarded as a joke.—George Levine see also discombobulated
… inventing cool new ways to discombobulate the old order.—Kurt Andersen
“to upset, embarrass,” 1834年, discombobricate,美国英语,当时流行的一种幻想的模拟拉丁语词汇。类似的词汇还有 confusticate(1852), absquatulate(1840), spifflicate “使困惑,打败”(1850), scrumplicate “吃”(1890)。相关词汇: discombobulating; discombobulation。
probably alteration of discompose
The first known use of discombobulate was in 1879
discomposeverb
to disturb the calmness or peace of : agitate
discomposed by the bad news
disarrange
hair discomposed by the wind
discomposeverb
to disturb the calmness or peace of : agitate
discomposed by the bad news
disarrange
hair discomposed by the wind
discommodeverb
to make things difficult for : trouble
discomfort1 of 2verb
to make uncomfortable or uneasy : distress
discomfort2 of 2noun
physical or mental uneasiness
discomfort1 of 2verb
to make uncomfortable or uneasy : distress
discomfort2 of 2noun
physical or mental uneasiness
discomfort1 of 2verb
to make uncomfortable or uneasy : distress
discomfort2 of 2noun
physical or mental uneasiness
discomfitverb
to make confused or upset
the speaker was discomfited by the embarrassing question
discombobulateverb
upset entry 1 sense 3a, confuse
discombobulateverb
upset entry 1 sense 3a, confuse
1 Far from being discombobulating, her experience on the show “solidified” her as an actor, she said, along with a small but inspiring role in the 2016 Texas heist drama “Hell or High Water.”
2 He shows grief as a kind of force field, discombobulating until you get used to dealing with its unpredictable pulses of energy.
3 The wheel fell off his trailer, and the sows were left all discombobulated.
4 After our narrow brush with the drippy Miss Goodacre, the house stayed discombobulated for weeks as Harry mourned and moped.
5 Dimple had looked so utterly discombobulated, he hoped he'd done the right thing by surprising her.
6 The effect is discombobulating, like being on a strobe-lit ferry in rough seas.
7 Reading her, you are left feeling dislocated by the world’s strangeness, and wondering if she and her discombobulated characters are really the sane ones.
8 “She was a little discombobulated, like she couldn’t figure something out. I just said, ‘Thanks for thinking about it.’”
9 I have always found the late December void we are currently enduring to be discombobulating and stressful.
10 Being David is jarring, discombobulating, terrifying and, at times, wonderful; however, the viewer has to give herself over to that adventure.
11 There are points in tonight's impressive but discombobulating set when you find yourself scribbling down swear words – such as "Lenny Kravitz".
12 Even if you’re not a fan of the stage show, the Cats trailer makes for discombobulating viewing.
13 It’s discombobulating discovering, in your 30s, that the myths you told yourself your entire life, even if you knew you had made them up, were all wrong.
14 So Waves, while mourning victims of globalisation, has a discombobulating nature.
15 By being reflective or see-through, they greatly complicate and even discombobulate the experience of the structure and everything around it.
16 What struck me in this era was how his disillusionment with America’s addictions neither discombobulated nor tamed his moral vision or his hopes.
17 Art rocker St Vincent provides a menacing, throbbing electronic soundtrack, and the film is edited in a series of discombobulating quick cuts.
18 I’m writing him into a novel, one unlike the material of this story—it’s set in a discombobulated low-tech future, in which Todbaum has grown into a kind of weird supervillain.
19 “I like Ethan’s directness — in his job, and how discombobulated he becomes trying to deal with the women in his life,” Costner says.
20 “This is why I miss PAPER!” he shouted, regaining his comic timing, but still discombobulated as the tablet refused to show him his text.
1 使混乱
disorder confuse devastate entangle obfuscate perturb disjoint bedevil unstring mess tangle jumble muddle snarl ravel make hay of twist disrupt clutter turmoil puddle amuse confound bugger embroil denigrate disorganize derange snafu roil disorient kerfuffle ballocks fuddle mux disrupture ensnarl embrangle stand on its head throw out of gear ball up make work
2 打乱
upset scramble make a muck of muck up dislocation disorganize derange disjoint disconcert discomfit
3 使困惑
get throw confuse distract gravel stump baffle buffalo dizzy confound perplex bewilder Wilder bemuse befog tie in knots boggle flummox floor embarrass discomfit exercise fog fox lick stagger tangle take aback be hung up
4 破坏
subversive ruinous failure ruin rack breach destruction wreck demolition breaking breakage wreckage ravage subversion hob wrack wrecking overset torpedo sabotage counterwork lose break mine cloud cook waste destroy dish founder violate disrupt frustrate spoil undo shatter devastate demolish overthrow infringe baffle queer smite trespass assassinate subvert honeycomb scuttle mangle vandalize discomfit unmake deflower monkey-wrench
5 混乱
shambolic haywire mixed-up ragtime rough tumultuous hazy disorderly woolly indiscriminate untidy turbid untuned hugger-mugger adrift pell-mell balls-up cock-up ruction snarl-up shambles screw-up tracasserie disorder shock dust pie confusion chaos distraction rout tumble turmoil mayhem turbulence huddle anarchy ruffle commotion jumble broil snarl tumult mix-up perturbation upturn snafu perplexity hubbub pandemonium brouhaha kerfuffle anomie foul-up fuddle shemozzle mêlée involve confuse devastate confound entangle obfuscate perturb disjoint bedevil unstring mess tangle whirl muddle ravel make hay of out of joint cock-a-hoop hirdie-girdie fouled-up involved upset confused chaotic dizzy turbulent tangled drowning foggy disturbed shaggy deranged unstuck hurried vexatious non-operational confounded mazy snarly hurly-burly flurried tangly raddled untogether wuzzy farmisht farblonjet drumly throughither helter-skelter muck-up ravelment ballup fubb fumtu hash-up do mix smoke coil pi jungle hassle disruption scramble clutter swirl melee hustle maze puddle whirlpool flurry twine smother dislocation mull perplex disarray crisscross skein cobweb botch dither turbidity disorganization muss tousle topsy-turvy welter fubar involution Mess-up unreason dishabille throe bollix cockup moil deray swither mullock ataxy piss-up hurry-scurry schemozzle wander twist disrupt amuse bugger embroil denigrate disorganize derange roil disorient ballocks mux disrupture ensnarl embrangle in a spin stand on its head throw out of gear ball up in a fog make work
7 困惑
dizzy distraction fog tangle daze quandary perplexity swither boggle flummox floor throw confuse distract gravel baffle evade embarrass confound perplex discomfit get exercise labour fox lick stump stagger take aback be hung up tie in knots in a fog messed up muddled distracted conflicted confusion puzzlement obfuscate mystify tie up in knots at sea
8 扰乱
discomposingly ingerence interference disturbance jamming perturbation disorganization derangement disarrangement stramash break disorder disturb fray ruffle flutter agitate dislocate derange disconcert discomfit disarrange ball up unsettling disrupt destabilize put a dampener on put a damper on trouble twist toss scramble harass hog unhinge perturb fluster discompose troubled perturbative whirl commove stir tempest disarray rend incommode break in on