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riddle n.谜；谜语vt.解谜；出谜题；充满；打洞；筛选vi.出谜题 (1) 那幅画对我们仍然是个谜。(2) 他猜不出这个谜。(3) 他一下子就猜中了谜底。(4) 她喜欢解答问题。(5) 门被子弹打得尽是窟窿。(6) 不要乱动，不然我就把你打得满身是弹孔。(7) 他每天的工作是用粗筛筛煤渣，将大块的煤渣挑出来。 The word riddle might put you in mind of such brain-teasers as "Why did the chicken cross the road?", but riddles actually have a distinguished history in English literature going back to the 10th century. Today, you often find riddle used to mean a hard problem or question to figure out. Is it a riddle to you why you have to go to school? In an unrelated use, if something is riddled with holes, there are many holes in it, quite possible from bullets!

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英 ['rɪdl] 美 ['rɪdl] (1) That painting is still a riddle to us.(2) He could not solve the riddle.(3) He got the answer to the riddle as quick as a flash.(4) She loved to riddle out the solution to problems.(5) The door was riddled with shots.(6) Stay where you are,or I'll riddle you with bullet holes.(7) His daily work is to riddle coal cinders to get out the larger pieces. What's a question or problem that requires a bit of thought before you answer? It's a riddle, of course. The verb riddle can mean to speak in a puzzling fashion, though that use is not very common. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]谜；谜语 A riddle is a puzzle or joke in which you ask a question that seems to be nonsense but which has a clever or amusing answer. 2[N-COUNT 可数名词]谜团；费解的事 You can describe something as a riddle if people have been trying to understand or explain it but have not been able to. Scientists claimed yesterday to have solved the riddle of the birth of the Universe.科学家们昨天声称已经解开了宇宙形成之谜。3[VERB 动词]（用子弹）把…打得到处是洞，使满是弹孔 If someone riddles something with bullets or bullet holes, they fire a lot of bullets into it.   [V n with n]Unknown attackers riddled two homes with gunfire...来路不明的袭击者用枪炮将两处住宅打得千疮百孔。The darkness saved me from being riddled with bullets.身处黑暗中让我不至于被子弹打得浑身是洞。

英语单词	riddle
英美音标	英 ['rɪdl] 美 ['rɪdl]
中文释义	n.谜；谜语 vt.解谜；出谜题；充满；打洞；筛选 vi.出谜题
英语例句	(1) That painting is still a riddle to us. (2) He could not solve the riddle. (3) He got the answer to the riddle as quick as a flash. (4) She loved to riddle out the solution to problems. (5) The door was riddled with shots. (6) Stay where you are,or I'll riddle you with bullet holes. (7) His daily work is to riddle coal cinders to get out the larger pieces.
中文例句	(1) 那幅画对我们仍然是个谜。 (2) 他猜不出这个谜。 (3) 他一下子就猜中了谜底。 (4) 她喜欢解答问题。 (5) 门被子弹打得尽是窟窿。 (6) 不要乱动，不然我就把你打得满身是弹孔。 (7) 他每天的工作是用粗筛筛煤渣，将大块的煤渣挑出来。
vocabulary简明	What's a question or problem that requires a bit of thought before you answer? It's a riddle, of course. The verb riddle can mean to speak in a puzzling fashion, though that use is not very common.
vocabulary扩展	The word riddle might put you in mind of such brain-teasers as "Why did the chicken cross the road?", but riddles actually have a distinguished history in English literature going back to the 10th century. Today, you often find riddle used to mean a hard problem or question to figure out. Is it a riddle to you why you have to go to school? In an unrelated use, if something is riddled with holes, there are many holes in it, quite possible from bullets!
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]谜；谜语 A riddle is a puzzle or joke in which you ask a question that seems to be nonsense but which has a clever or amusing answer. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]谜团；费解的事 You can describe something as a riddle if people have been trying to understand or explain it but have not been able to. Scientists claimed yesterday to have solved the riddle of the birth of the Universe. 科学家们昨天声称已经解开了宇宙形成之谜。 3 [VERB 动词]（用子弹）把…打得到处是洞，使满是弹孔 If someone riddles something with bullets or bullet holes, they fire a lot of bullets into it. [V n with n] Unknown attackers riddled two homes with gunfire... 来路不明的袭击者用枪炮将两处住宅打得千疮百孔。 The darkness saved me from being riddled with bullets. 身处黑暗中让我不至于被子弹打得浑身是洞。

Riddle Question Riddled Bullet Problem Holes N Count 可数名词