| 释义 |
puzzle over
Thesaurus| Verb | 1.puzzle over - try to solvecerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
puzzle over
puzzle over (someone or something)To think about or consider something, usually at length. After puzzling over the experiment all day, I think I've figured out where we've gone wrong.See also: over, puzzlepuzzle over someone or somethingto consider or ponder. I can't puzzle out the mean—someone or something. Anne is a bit strange. I've spent some time puzzling over her. While I was puzzling over why she had slapped me, she did it again.See also: over, puzzlepuzzle over
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