jigsaw

noun

/ˈdʒɪɡsɔː/

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(also jigsaw puzzle)
(also puzzle especially in North American English)
a picture printed on cardboard (= very thick, stiff card) or wood, that has been cut up into a lot of small pieces of different shapes that you have to fit together again
- to do a jigsaw
Topics Games and toysc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- giant
- huge
- 200-piece
- …
… of jigsaw
- bit
- piece
verb + jigsaw
- do
- piece together
- finish
- …
jigsaw + noun
- puzzle
- piece
phrases
- a piece in a jigsaw
See full entry
a mysterious situation in which it is not easy to understand all the causes of what is happening; a complicated problem
- If Hollis was a double agent then the Crabb affair fits neatly into the jigsaw.
Extra Examples
- One piece of the jigsaw is still missing.
- The police managed to piece together the jigsaw and reconstruct the victim's last hours.
- This is another piece in the jigsaw that will help us understand the biology of cancer.
a saw (= a type of tool) with a narrow blade for cutting designs in thin pieces of wood or metal

Word Originlate 19th cent.: from the verb jig + the noun saw.

单词	jigsaw
释义	jigsaw noun /ˈdʒɪɡsɔː/ /ˈdʒɪɡsɔː/ jump to other results enlarge image (also jigsaw puzzle) (also puzzle especially in North American English) a picture printed on cardboard (= very thick, stiff card) or wood, that has been cut up into a lot of small pieces of different shapes that you have to fit together again to do a jigsaw Topics Games and toysc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective giant huge 200-piece … … of jigsaw bit piece verb + jigsaw do piece together finish … jigsaw + noun puzzle piece phrases a piece in a jigsaw See full entry a mysterious situation in which it is not easy to understand all the causes of what is happening; a complicated problem If Hollis was a double agent then the Crabb affair fits neatly into the jigsaw. Extra Examples One piece of the jigsaw is still missing. The police managed to piece together the jigsaw and reconstruct the victim's last hours. This is another piece in the jigsaw that will help us understand the biology of cancer. a saw (= a type of tool) with a narrow blade for cutting designs in thin pieces of wood or metal Word Originlate 19th cent.: from the verb jig + the noun saw.
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