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单词 puzzling
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Definition of puzzling in English:

puzzling

adjective ˈpʌz(ə)lɪŋˈpəz(ə)lɪŋ
  • Causing one to be puzzled; perplexing.

    only one very puzzling question remains unanswered
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Forensic tests must be done to bring more information in this puzzling, sad discovery.
    • Every few yards there is a surreal spectacle, a puzzling riddle or a mysterious door.
    • But the current discussion about moral status misses much that is most essential, and most interesting, and most puzzling.
    • The ending increased my strong, if puzzling, reaction.
    • But the custom may seem puzzling or bizarre to many people today.
    • Given the large structural changes in the complex, the small change in dynamics might seem puzzling.
    • And so in that sense, he is not puzzling to us.
    • What was puzzling was the manner of his exit.
    • For an area that depends so much on tourism, the attitude of the authorities is puzzling.
    • Even so, I did find the whole arrangement rather puzzling.
    • Even more puzzling is that larger lizards from northern populations grow more slowly to reach their adult body size.
    • It really has been a very puzzling week.
    • There are many puzzling features about the French Air Force in 1940.
    • At first blush, these responses may seem puzzling.
    • The movie also has a puzzling attitude towards women.
    • The Labour leader added that other aspects of the situation were puzzling.
    • However, there is one aspect of the debate that is, to me, simply puzzling.
    • IBS can affect children, too, giving them a puzzling set of digestive complaints.
    • With hindsight, it is puzzling that I was not electrocuted.
    • Among these, the most puzzling element to analysts has been the growth in personal income.

Derivatives

  • puzzlingly

  • adverbˈpʌz(ə)lɪŋliˈpəz(ə)lɪŋli
    • sentence adverb puzzlingly, he was never able to attend gatherings of contributors in Oxford
      as submodifier prices for Goya paintings are still puzzlingly low
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Botticelli's work is puzzlingly varied in quality.
      • ‘I don't have the voice in my head,’ he says, puzzlingly, ‘It is on the paper.’
      • It's pleasant, but puzzlingly inconsequential.
      • The highest price is 151 rupees, attached to a puzzlingly scrawny white bird.
      • ‘I've been trying to say this to you for the best part of 10 years, but never quite found the words,’ he said, puzzlingly.
 
 

Definition of puzzling in US English:

puzzling

adjectiveˈpəz(ə)liNGˈpəz(ə)lɪŋ
  • Causing one to be puzzled; perplexing.

    only one very puzzling question remains unanswered
    that was the most puzzling aspect of the whole affair
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For an area that depends so much on tourism, the attitude of the authorities is puzzling.
    • IBS can affect children, too, giving them a puzzling set of digestive complaints.
    • It really has been a very puzzling week.
    • Given the large structural changes in the complex, the small change in dynamics might seem puzzling.
    • But the custom may seem puzzling or bizarre to many people today.
    • But the current discussion about moral status misses much that is most essential, and most interesting, and most puzzling.
    • The ending increased my strong, if puzzling, reaction.
    • At first blush, these responses may seem puzzling.
    • Even so, I did find the whole arrangement rather puzzling.
    • Among these, the most puzzling element to analysts has been the growth in personal income.
    • Even more puzzling is that larger lizards from northern populations grow more slowly to reach their adult body size.
    • However, there is one aspect of the debate that is, to me, simply puzzling.
    • What was puzzling was the manner of his exit.
    • And so in that sense, he is not puzzling to us.
    • With hindsight, it is puzzling that I was not electrocuted.
    • The Labour leader added that other aspects of the situation were puzzling.
    • Forensic tests must be done to bring more information in this puzzling, sad discovery.
    • Every few yards there is a surreal spectacle, a puzzling riddle or a mysterious door.
    • The movie also has a puzzling attitude towards women.
    • There are many puzzling features about the French Air Force in 1940.
 
 
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