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[bewilder 词源字典] - bewilder: see wild
[bewilder etymology, bewilder origin, 英语词源] - bewilder (v.)
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- 1680s, from be- "thoroughly" + archaic wilder "lead astray, lure into the wilds," probably a back-formation of wilderness. An earlier word with the same sense was bewhape (early 14c.). Related: Bewildered; bewildering; bewilderingly.