单词 | puzzler |
释义 | puzzler (once / 31519 pages) n A puzzler is a confusing or tricky problem. The mystery of why you always lose your car keys can be described as a puzzler. You might be sure you'll ace your math test until you get to the final question, a complete puzzler that you can't figure out how to solve. Other kinds of puzzlers could be the complicated plot of a novel you're reading or what the secret ingredient is in your dad's brownie recipe. The noun puzzler has been around since the mid-1600s, from puzzle, "bewilder or confound." WORD FAMILYpuzzler: puzzlers+/puzzle: puzzled, puzzlement, puzzler, puzzles, puzzling/puzzled: puzzledly/puzzlement: puzzlements/puzzling: puzzlingly USAGE EXAMPLESAnd he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore. Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) The game itself is a combination of action, adventure and puzzler — a well-rounded game that should have appeal for most types of players. Washington Post(Nov 18, 2016) Now these films, when they happen at all, tend to be on a small scale — movies such as "Moon," Duncan Jones' chamber-piece puzzler from 2009. Los Angeles Times(Nov 10, 2016) n a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution that's a real puzzler Syn|Hypo|Hyper mystifier, puzzle, teaser sudoku a number puzzle in which the numbers 1 through 9 must be placed into a grid of cells so that each row or column contains only one of each number acrostic, word squarea puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across problem a question raised for consideration or solution |
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