| 单词 | puzzle piece |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspuzzle piece puzzle piece n. a literary or creative work that contains a puzzle; (also) a section or piece of a puzzle, esp. a jigsaw puzzle (also figurative). ΚΠ 1888 Times 28 May 4/7 Public taste has travelled away from the ingeniously dove-tailed puzzle pieces of which..Hennequin was the originator. 1907 Orange County (Middletown, N.Y.) Times-Press 17 May 4/1 The actual hard work done..to fit together the puzzle-pieces involved in the confession of the murderer and prepare the evidence. 1963 Times 18 Nov. 14/1 Mr. Len Deighton's first play for television..was something of a puzzle piece... Fortunately there was more to Mr. Deighton's play than just a puzzle. 1983 P. Theroux Kingdom by Sea v. 54 The Isle of Wight—shaped like the loose puzzle-piece that most offshore islands resemble. 2006 Toronto Star (Nexis) 9 Jan. (Life section) e1 It..gave her a wonderful sense of satisfaction when she fitted in that last puzzle piece. < as lemmas |
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