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单词 riddle
释义
riddle
noun
uk
/ˈrɪd.əl/us
/ˈrɪd.əl/

riddlenoun(QUESTION)

[C]
atypeofquestionthatdescribessomething in adifficultandconfusingway and has acleverorfunnyanswer, oftenaskedas agame
谜；谜语
[Cusually singular]
something that isconfusing, or aproblemthat isdifficulttosolve:
奥秘；费解之事
Scientists may havesolvedthe riddleofSaturn'srings.科学家们或许已经揭开了土星环的奥秘。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
  • addled
  • all of a doodahidiom
  • all over the placeidiom
  • alphabet soup
  • at seaidiom
  • discombobulation
  • disordered
  • disorganization
  • disorganized
  • disorientating
  • mush
  • muzzily
  • muzziness
  • mysterious
  • mysteriously
  • unaccountably
  • unexplained
  • wise
  • woolliness
  • woolly
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Difficult things and people

Idiom

talk/speak in riddles
riddle
verb[T]
uk
/ˈrɪd.əl/us
/ˈrɪd.əl/
to make a lot ofholesin something:
使布满洞孔
Theanti-aircraftgunsriddled the plane'swingswithbullets.高射炮炮弹把机翼打得千疮百孔。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making holes in things
  • bore
  • borer
  • breach
  • dent
  • drill
  • gouge
  • hole
  • perforate
  • perforated
  • pierce
  • piercing
  • prick
  • probe
  • punch
  • puncture
  • rebore
  • redrill
  • undrilled
(Definition ofriddlefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

riddle| American Dictionary

riddle
noun[C]
us
/ˈrɪd·əl/

riddlenoun[C](QUESTION)

aquestionthat has asurprisingoramusinganswer, or something that is amysteryor is hard toexplain:
Scholars have notcompletelysolvedthe riddle of thesphinx.
riddle
verb[T]
us
/ˈrɪd·əl/

riddleverb[T](MAKE HOLES)

to make a lot ofholesin something:
By the end of thegamewe had riddled thewallaround thedartboardwith adozenlittleholes.
(Definition ofriddlefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofriddle

riddle
Even the early statistical boards recognized that these publications were riddled with problems.
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Many have admonished that the path toward ' enlightenment ' is riddled with traps and pitfalls, mainly from an inflated sense of self, ignorance or illusion.
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He cites numerous collections and studies of sixteenthand seventeenth-century enigmas and riddles.
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In a world riddled with illiteracy, prejudices and ignorance, the re-socialisation process will take time and effort.
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Disappointingly, chapters 2-5 are also riddled with inaccurate information, unsubstantiated claims and a clear lack of knowledge of published literature in the field.
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Every section is riddled with links connecting to further insight on whatever is being discussed.
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The prose is generally involuted and riddled with technical jargon.
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Of course, there are still many riddles that remain unsolved in this small region concerning the mechanism of the magnetic reconnection.
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Work shows us the way to happily, happily solve all riddles of the world.
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We posit that additional flattened sculptures and slabs riddled with small circular depressions were foci of sacred activities aimed at petitioning favors from supernatural forces.
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Many major educational institutions, for example, have purpose-made modern buildings riddled with structural faults and functional shortcomings which bureaucrats have decided to list.
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The following analysis is valid even if is riddled with economic distortions and inequities.
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In each case, the relationship between ' authority ' and popular thought and behaviour was not one-way : it was a complex, reciprocal relationship riddled with ambivalences.
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To conclude, this volume is riddled with slapdash scholarship, unsustained claims and irregular presentation of data and citations.
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The problems to be solved are numerous and each of the two transmissions has its very specific riddles.
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