riddling
present participle ofriddle
| 单词 | riddling |
| 释义 | riddling present participle ofriddle riddle verb[T] uk/ˈrɪd.əl/us/ˈrɪd.əl/to make a lot ofholesin something: Theanti-aircraftgunsriddled the plane'swingswithbullets. Making holes in things
Examplesofriddlingriddling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Suchriddlingacknowledges the commodifications of aestheticism, while celebrating its capacity to evoke beauty for its own sake. From theCambridge English Corpus Reading andriddling: the role of riddle appreciation in understanding and improving poor text comprehension in children. From theCambridge English Corpus In perhaps the most striking of the essay's tableaux, "charm" is less in evidence than an abundance ofriddlingdetails. From theCambridge English Corpus Such organic proximity to flesh means that music touches all too intimately on the body's nervous system, thusriddlingthe means and ends, the material and immaterial properties of art. From theCambridge English Corpus The essence ofriddlingis to push language beyond its customary rule-governed categories through the bold use of metaphor, paronomasia, personification and any of a number of other rhetorical stratagems. From theCambridge English Corpus Basinriddlingoccurs when these sets also contain a dense set of periodic orbits which are repelling in the transverse direction. From theCambridge English Corpus The lady wasriddlingwith an instrument used forriddlingfires which, in global terms, is called a riddler. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 She wasriddlingher fire and had a notice served on her by her local authority. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The position is not materially affected by the arrangements for theriddlingand despatching of potatoes which have been adopted during the present season. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That could be offset by more careful harvesting andriddling, checking the damage done at the moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that he checked at what time theriddlingtook place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been suggested that the question ofriddlingwas one of some importance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Whileriddlingher fire, she was upsetting the people next door, who were probablyriddlingwith something else in their bedroom. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What was sheriddlingit with—a telegraph pole? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There were underlying weaknessesriddlingthe economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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