riddle是什么意思？

riddle

英[ˈrɪdl] 美[ˈrɪdl]

• n. 粗筛，谜语，猜不透的难题，难解之谜；
• v. 用筛分选（卵石等），筛分，用子弹把耙子打成蜂窝似的，精查（证据），解（谜），猜；

复数：riddles;

第三人称单数：riddles;

过去式：riddled;

过去分词：riddled;

现在分词：riddling;

例句

• a sphinx riddle 怪谜; <喻>难题
• Her disappearance is a complete riddle. 她的失踪完全是一个谜。
• Guess this riddle! 猜猜这道谜语！
• Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. 俄罗斯是被包藏在一个闷葫芦里面的神秘物体之中的谜。
• It's as vexing as the riddle of the Sphinx. 这个问题和古埃及司芬克思的谜语一样令人费解.
• I. Comparisons to a Living Creature ( i . e . , the Sphinx riddle ) 1.比作某种生物 ( 如斯芬克司谜 )
• He found out the riddle at last. 他终于猜出了这个谜语.
• The riddle couldn't be solved by the child. 这个谜语孩子猜不出来.
• They were comparing notes on each other's progress towards solving that most taxing of all puzzles: the riddle of the human genome. 他们就解决人类所面临的最大难题，即人类基因组之谜的进展情况交换了意见。
• They were comparing notes on each other's progress towards solving that most taxing of all puzzles: the riddle of the human genome... 他们就解决人类所面临的最大难题，即人类基因组之谜的进展情况交换了意见。

同义词解析

• 以下这些名词均有"谜，难题" 的意思
  puzzle：语气较强，指复杂令人费解的情况或问题。
  mystery：指常人难以认识其起因或性质的奥秘，或指有意不让人理解的奥妙。
  riddle：指供人猜的谜语游戏，也可指终究会有解答的难题。
  problem：指有待探讨的疑难问题，也可指令人困惑的情况。

词组

• talk (或 speak) in riddles
  express oneself in an ambiguous or puzzling manner 说谜语般的话

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  谜;谜语
  A riddle is a puzzle or joke in which you ask a question that seems to be nonsense but which has a clever or amusing answer.
• N-COUNT
  谜团;费解的事
  You can describe something as a riddle if people have been trying to understand or explain it but have not been able to.
  例句
  Scientists claimed yesterday to have solved the riddle of the birth of the Universe. 科学家们昨天声称已经解开了宇宙形成之谜。
• VERB
  （用子弹）把…打得到处是洞，使满是弹孔
  If someone riddles something with bullets or bullet holes, they fire a lot of bullets into it.
  例句
  Unknown attackers riddled two homes with gunfire... 来路不明的袭击者用枪炮将两处住宅打得千疮百孔。 The darkness saved me from being riddled with bullets. 身处黑暗中让我不至于被子弹打得浑身是洞。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  谜(语)
  He found out the riddle at last. 他终于猜出了这个谜语。
  猜不透的难题, 难解之谜
  Her disappearance is a complete riddle. 她的失踪完全是一个谜。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a difficult problem
  2. a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
• Verb
  1. pierce many times;
  "The bullets riddled his body"
  2. set a difficult problem or riddle;
  "riddle me a riddle"
  3. separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
  4. speak in riddles
  5. explain a riddle

行业词典

• 机械： 筛砂机；机动的工作面具有一定孔径的筛网，可去除砂中粗颗粒和杂物的设备。；