flummox
/ˈflʌməks/verb
with obj.(一般作be flummoxed)
- informal perplex (someone) greatly; bewilder〈非正式〉使大为困惑, 使不知所措。
词源
mid 19th cent.: probably of dialect origin; flummock 'to make untidy, confuse' is recorded in western counties and the north Midlands.