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Riddle N Count Bullets Riddled 英[ˈrɪdl 美[ˈrɪdl N.粗筛;谜语;猜不透的难题,难解之谜;V.用筛分选(卵石等),筛分;用子弹把耙子打成蜂窝似的;精查(证据);解(谜),猜 谜;谜语

单词 riddle
音标
英[ˈrɪdl] 美[ˈrɪdl]
解释
n.粗筛;谜语;猜不透的难题,难解之谜;v.用筛分选(卵石等),筛分;用子弹把耙子打成蜂窝似的;精查(证据);解(谜),猜;
例句

N-COUNT
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.

N-COUNT
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.
例: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。

VERB
(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.
例: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。
例: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。
变形
third:riddles~done:riddled~pl:riddles~ing:riddling~past:riddled~

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