英语词汇“conundrum”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	conundrum
释义	co·nun·drum \kəˈnəndrəm\ noun (-s) Etymology: origin unknown 1. obsolete a. : conceit, whim, fancy b. : pun, quibble 2. : a riddle based on some fanciful or fantastic resemblance between things quite unlike and forming a puzzling question whose answer is or involves a pun (as in “Why didn't the children of Israel starve in the desert? Because of the sand which is there”) 3. a. : a question or problem to which only a conjectural answer can be made < the political conundrums, particularly the problem of how the richer areas … can be made to subsidize the poorer — Douglass Cater > b. : a puzzle or problem that is usually intricate and difficult of solution < it's been a chronic conundrum where they were to pay taxes and vote: some have paid taxes to both states, some to neither — New York Times > Synonyms: see mystery
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