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单词 puzzler
释义
puzzler
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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 FAMILY
puzzler: puzzlers+/puzzle: puzzled, puzzlement, puzzler, puzzles, puzzling/puzzled: puzzledly/puzzlement: puzzlements/puzzling: puzzlingly
USAGE EXAMPLES
And 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 square
a 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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