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单词 puzzle
释义
puzzle
noun
uk
/ˈpʌz.əl/us
/ˈpʌz.əl/
C2[S]
asituationthat isdifficulttounderstand:
令人费解的情况；难题；谜
Scientists have beentryingtosolvethis puzzle foryears.多年来科学家们一直试图解开这个谜。
Thesituationremainsa puzzletoall of us.
A2[C]
agameortoyin which you have tofitseparatepiecestogether:
Thebuildingblocksare like thepiecesof a puzzle.
ajigsawpuzzle智力拼图玩具
picture of puzzle
Dorling Kindersley/GettyImages
aproblemorquestionthat you have toanswerby usingyourskillorknowledge:
acrosswordpuzzle纵横字谜
a puzzlebook谜语书
More examples
  • She had acomplexpersonalitythat was arealpuzzle to me.
  • This puzzle hasastronomersscratchingtheirheads.
  • Planning thecamerashotscan be like putting together a puzzle.
  • Why don't yousitdown anddrawor do a puzzle?
  • Ispenthoursreasoningout thesolutionto the puzzle.
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
  • unaccountable
  • unaccountably
  • unexplained
  • wise
  • woolliness
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Miscellaneous games & activities
puzzle
verb
uk
/ˈpʌz.əl/us
/ˈpʌz.əl/
C1[T]
tocausesomeone tofeelconfusedandslightlyworriedbecause they cannotunderstandsomething:
Thefindingsof thesurveypuzzle me - they're not at all what I would haveexpected.调查的结果使我感到迷惑——它们根本不像我原本预料的那样。
[+ question word]Itpuzzles mewhyshe said that.我想不通她为什么那么说。
Synonym
flummoxinformal
[I+ adv/prep]
totrytosolveaproblemorunderstandasituationbythinkingcarefullyabout it:
Management are still puzzlingabouthow theaccidentcould havehappened.
Scientists are puzzlingovertheresultsof theresearch.
More examples
  • Theeventsof thatnighthave been puzzling me for alongtime.
  • Experts were puzzled by thereports.
  • What puzzles me is why he should haveleftwithouttellingme.
  • Thegameshavecunningsolutions,designedtokeepyou puzzling for justlongenough to besatisfying.
  • He had been puzzling fordaysabout how to get into thefiles.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Puzzle and confuse
  • addle
  • baffle
  • bedazzle
  • befuddle
  • bemuse
  • blind
  • discombobulate
  • disorientate
  • dosomeone'shead inidiom
  • flummox
  • fox
  • fuddle
  • loop
  • ravel
  • search
  • throw
  • throw(someone)a curve (ball)idiom
  • throwsomeoneoff balanceidiom
  • tie
  • tiesomeone(up) in knotsidiom
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Thinking and contemplating
Confusion, confusing and feeling confused

Phrasal verb

puzzlesomethingout
(Definition ofpuzzlefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
puzzle
noun
uk
/ˈpʌz.əl/us
/ˈpʌz.əl/
C2[S]
asituationthat isdifficulttounderstand
令人费解的情况；难题；谜
Scientists have beentryingtosolvethis puzzle foryears.多年来科学家们一直试图解开这个谜。
A2[C]
agameortoyin which you have tofitseparatepiecestogether, or aproblemorquestionthat you have toanswerby usingyourskillorknowledge
测验智力的游戏（或玩具）
ajigsawpuzzle智力拼图玩具
acrosswordpuzzle纵横字谜
a puzzlebook谜语书
More examples
  • Ispenthoursreasoningout thesolutionto the puzzle.
  • She had acomplexpersonalitythat was arealpuzzle to me.
puzzle
verb[I+ adv/prep,T]
uk
/ˈpʌz.əl/us
/ˈpʌz.əl/
C1
tocausesomeone tofeelconfusedandslightlyworriedbecause they cannotunderstandsomething, or tothinkhard about something inordertounderstandit
（使）感到迷惑；（使）感到为难，（使）感到困窘
Thefindingsof thesurveypuzzle me - they're not at all what I would haveexpected.调查的结果使我感到迷惑——它们根本不像我原本预料的那样。
[+ question word]Itpuzzles mewhy she said that.我想不通她为什么那么说。
Management are still puzzlingabout/overhow theaccidentcould havehappened.管理层仍对事故发生的原因感到迷惑不解。
More examples
  • Theeventsof thatnighthave been puzzling me for alongtime.
  • What puzzles me is why he should haveleftwithouttellingme.

Phrasal verbs

puzzlesthout
puzzle oversth

puzzle| American Dictionary

puzzle
noun[C]
us
/ˈpʌz·əl/
something that isdifficulttounderstand:
Theirsonis a puzzle to them.
Thepolicearetryingtosolvethe puzzle of whosentthem theletter.
A puzzle is also agameortoyin which you have tofitseparatepiecestogether, or aproblemorquestionwhich you have toanswerby usingyourskillorknowledge:
ajigsaw/crosswordpuzzle

puzzled

adjectiveus
/ˈpʌz·əld/
Shelookedpuzzled, thensuspicious.
(Definition ofpuzzlefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpuzzle

puzzle
Thus, no satisfactory solution has been offered so far for this typologicalpuzzle.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In general, there is agreement that all of the approaches capture different pieces of thepuzzle, while no single indicator can yield a complete picture.
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This is puzzling, given the political, environmental and economic significance of such a priority.
From theCambridge English Corpus
At first sight, it seems rather puzzling that the children are eventually able to answer the father's question positively.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Through experimentation with the individual income processes, we were able to identify some economic environments in which these puzzles could be resolved.
From theCambridge English Corpus
For instance, the explanation of the equity premiumpuzzleis relatively satisfying: spectral results are as good as those obtained in the traditional approach.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, we argue that scenarios conceptually equivalent to the muddy childrenpuzzlecan occur in robotics.
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Thispuzzleindicates the importance of treating action ascriptions among participants in joint acts differently from action ascription generally.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The argument points to major analytical advantages to studying governments' policy choices in intertemporal terms, for both the identification of comparative puzzles and their explanation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Numbers at the branch nodes indicates percentage quartet puzzling support values for 1000 puzzling steps.
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If it is not easy topuzzleout quite what this practice meant, it most certainly is tangled up with notions of gender organisation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Rather, the key to thepuzzleof where the revelation originated, according to both scholars, is provided by the modern notion of the unconscious.
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Separate areas provided opportunities for housekeeping, blocks, puzzles, games, and precast and manipulative toy play activities, as well as an option for individual reading.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The analyticalpuzzlefor many thus looks to be why some regions have grown so much more rapidly than others.
From theCambridge English Corpus
At the same time, there is much that leaves such a theorist puzzled and dissatisfied.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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