boggling
present participle ofboggle
单词 | boggling |
释义 | boggling present participle ofboggle boggle verb uk/ˈbɒɡ.əl/us/ˈbɑː.ɡəl/[IorT] to (causesomething or someone to) havedifficultyimaginingorunderstandingsomething: Mymindbogglesattheamountofmoneytheyspendonfood. It boggles theimagination, doesn't it? See also mind-bogglinginformal [I] to be verysurprisedanduncertainabout how todealwith something: He boggledatthesuggestion. Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Puzzle and confuse Surprised Examplesofbogglingboggling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. When we turn our minds to a ' mystery ' (in any but the first sense) we feel our minds 'boggling', or giving out. From theCambridge English Corpus The sheer volume of paperwork created by fines is mindboggling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have beenbogglingabout the cost in a penny-wise and pound-foolish manner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, the cascade effect of having to rehouse 700 families—as may be the case — is mindboggling, particularly in present circumstances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Do let us have an end to all this haggling andbogglingto which we have become accustomed in the last few years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am so grateful to him, but nobody is "boggling". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think there is any point inbogglingabout this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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