maze

英 [meɪz] 美[mez]

GRE常用词汇TEM8低频词

复数: mazes;

maze 迷惑，迷失，迷宫

来自古英语*masian,迷惑的，来自Proto-Germanic*masona,使混乱，迷糊，来自PIE*sme,刮，涂抹，词源同smear,amaze.引申词义迷惑，迷失，后用于指迷宫。

maze: maze: [13] Maze was originally a verb (now obsolete) meaning ‘daze’, which arose by shortening of amaze. When it was first used as a noun it meant ‘delusion, delirium’, and it was not until the late 14th century that it began to be used for a ‘structure of bewildering complexity’.
=> amaze
maze (n.): c. 1300, "delusion, bewilderment" (also as a verb, "stupefy, daze"), possibly from Old English *mæs, which is suggested by the compound amasod "amazed" and verb amasian "to confound, confuse" (see amaze). Perhaps related to Norwegian dialectal mas "exhausting labor," Swedish masa "to be slow or sluggish." Meaning "labyrinth" first recorded late 14c.

1. The palace has extensive gardens, a maze, and tennis courts.: 这座宫殿有几座大花园、一处迷宫和几个网球场。

2. The book tries to steer you through the maze of alternative therapies.: 本书旨在就各种非传统疗法为您指点迷津。

3. He had romped through the maze of questions with unexpected ease.: 想不到他不费吹灰之力很快就解决了那些错综复杂的问题。

5. He knows his way around the intricate maze of European law.: 他通晓错综复杂的欧洲律法。