addle

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addle

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ad·dle /ˈædl/ verb [transitive] old-fashioned CONFUSEDto confuse someone so they cannot think properly 使思维混乱，使糊涂addle somebody’s brains/wits All that drink has addled his brains! 那么多酒喝下去他都糊涂了！→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

addle• A few cocktails later, enough to addle my memory, I found myself in bed with Bob.

ad·dle verbChineseSyllable

confuse someone properly think they to Corpus cannot so

addle
ad‧dle /ˈædl/

verb [transitive] old-fashioned
to confuse someone so they cannot think properly
addle sb’s brains/wits

All that drink has addled his brains!

addle

BrE

/ˈædl/

NAmE

/ˈædl/

verb

present simple - I / you / we / they

addle

BrE

/ˈædl/

NAmE

/ˈædl/

present simple - he / she / it

addles

BrE

/ˈædlz/

NAmE

/ˈædlz/

past simple

addled

BrE

/ˈædld/

NAmE

/ˈædld/

past participle

addled

BrE

/ˈædld/

NAmE

/ˈædld/

-ing form

addling

BrE

/ˈædlɪŋ/

NAmE

/ˈædlɪŋ/

~ sth

to make sb unable to think clearly; to confuse sb 使不能清晰地思考；使糊涂

◆Being in love must have addled your brain. 坠入爱河必已使你神魂颠倒。