"I'd be obliged to you if you could tell me," said Larry. "Tryin' to stall, 'r' you," declared the young gentleman with a scowling profundity. "No go. Got to come out your corner 'n' fight. 'N' I'm goin' lick you."
The young man crossed unsteadily to Larry and took a fighting pose. "Put 'em up!" he ordered. This was certainly a night of strange adventure, thought Larry. His wild escape--his coming to this unknown place--and now this befuddled young fellow intent upon battle with him.英文原著 · 《Children of the Whirlwind》
At the Woolens post he was buying in the effort to sustain its price, buying stock that might be worthless when he got it--and that he might not be able to pay for. At the Great Lakes post he was selling in the effort to force the price down, selling more and more of a stock he did not have and---- At last the thought flashed into his befuddled brain: "There may be a corner in Great Lakes. What if there were no stock to be had?"英文原著 · 《The Cost》
"Befuddled." The word I was looking for was "befuddled." Knight to Old Woman...美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》
I think the word you're looking for is "befuddled." My catapult flings my bishop To Howard's Queen's Gorilla two.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》