| 单词 | riddle |
| 释义 | riddle (rɪdəl ) Word forms: riddles , riddling , riddled 1. countable noun 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. 2. countable noun You can describe something as a riddle if people have been trying to understand or explain it but have not been able to. Hawking's equation is a clue to the riddle of black holes. [+ of] 3. verb If someone riddles something with bullets or bullet holes, they fire a lot of bullets into it. Unknown attackers riddled two homes with gunfire. [VERB noun + with] The darkness saved me from being riddled with bullets. [VERB noun with noun] Synonyms: pierce, pepper, puncture, perforate Collocations: solve a riddle And yet, despite his obvious cowardice, he will attempt to solve the riddle of the temporal schism while simultaneously defeating the enemy. Times, Sunday Times This revealing documentary finds out how the building could help us solve the riddle of life and the universe. The Sun No new prime minister can solve this riddle. Times, Sunday Times He had an idea how to solve the riddle. Times, Sunday Times Yet he cannot solve the riddle of where the flair has gone from a group of players who should be producing it in bucket-loads. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 谜语, 用...打穿 Japanese: なぞなぞ, 穴だらけにする |
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