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puzzle
5 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural puzzles
plural puzzles
Learner's definition of PUZZLE
[count]
1
a : a question or problem that requires thought, skill, or cleverness to be answered or solved智力测验（题） — see also crossword puzzle
- a book of puns, riddles, and puzzles一本关于双关语、谜语和智力测验的书
b : jigsaw puzzle — often used figuratively常用作比喻
- The restaurant is trying to attract more customers, and the new menu is an important piece of the puzzle. [=an important part of what is being done]饭馆正试图招徕更多的顾客，而新菜单是关键。
- Researchers are close to finding a solution, but they haven't found the final pieces of the puzzle.研究者马上就要找到解决方案了，但还有最后一道难关。
2
: something or someone that is difficult to understand令人费解的人（或事物）；谜 — usually singular通常用单数
- The cause of the explosion was a puzzle. [=no one knew what caused the explosion]爆炸的原因是个谜。
- His strange behavior is a puzzle to his friends. [=his friends don't understand the reason for his strange behavior]他的怪异行为让朋友们大惑不解。
2 puzzle /ˈpʌzəl/ verb
puzzles; puzzled; puzzling
2 puzzle
/ˈpʌzəl/
verb
puzzles; puzzled; puzzling
Learner's definition of PUZZLE
[+ object]
: to confuse (someone) : to be difficult for (someone) to understand使难以理解；使迷惑
- The question puzzled me. [=I did not know the answer to the question]这个问题令我困惑。
- The cause of the accident has puzzled investigators.调查者对事故发生的原因感到不解。
- I was puzzled by his behavior. [=I did not understand the reason for his behavior]他的行为让我难以理解。
puzzle out
[phrasal verb] puzzle (something) out or puzzle out (something)
: to understand or find (something, such as the answer to a difficult problem) by careful thinking琢磨出；弄明白
- She puzzled out the meaning of the strange phrase.经过认真思考，她弄清楚了这个奇怪短语的意思。
puzzle over
[phrasal verb] puzzle over (something)
: to think or worry for a long time about (something)思虑良久
- He's been puzzling over whether to buy a new car.他一直在考虑要不要买部新车。
- We puzzled over the best arrangement for the furniture.关于家具的最佳摆放位置我们考虑了许久。
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Verb The cause of the accident has puzzled investigators. it is the cause of the disease that puzzles doctors Noun a book of puns, riddles, and puzzles the final fate of the colonists at Roanoke remains a puzzle to this very day
Recent Examples on the Web
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 31 July 2022 The sons immediately start trying to puzzle out the reason, and even the point, of their parents’ imminent split. Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2022 While there are still answers to puzzle out about what, exactly, the partition means to each Ms. Marvel character, Sana provided an early hint in speaking of her past. Paul Schrodt, Men's Health, 6 July 2022 The week has ended, the weekend has arrived and another Wordle is here to puzzle our brains a bit—though like yesterday’s word, this one isn’t too tough. Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 May 2022 The engagement that Krymov and company seek is for all of us to puzzle out together what urgent role theater can perform at a chaotic moment such as this. Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2022 The translators are stunned when the author undergoes an otherworldly transformation and disappears into the forest, leaving them alone to puzzle out what her new novel means. New York Times, 11 Feb. 2022 The solution, Stuef says, is tied far more to understanding Fenn’s emotions, and to a close examination of the poem itself, than to puzzle-solving skills. Daniel Barbarisi, Outside Online, 7 Dec. 2020 Wordle continues to puzzle millions of us at our breakfast tables and during our daily commutes. Zak Doffman, Forbes, 23 Apr. 2022 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 16 Sep. 2022 The first stage is a 500-meter swim and to solve a puzzle. Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2022 They are assembled, like pieces of a familiar puzzle, under Perry’s assured direction and utilitarian screenplay. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2022 Smith knows that Morrison has presented her readers with a puzzle and is eager to play along. Je Banach, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2022 At just 70 words, this grid might more closely resemble a Friday puzzle than your average Thursday. Deb Amlen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022 There's a lot of economic data to digest in the first half of this month -- in particular, inflation numbers for August -- and this is just one piece of a larger puzzle. Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 2 Sep. 2022 The Event Horizon Telescope’s recent image of Sagittarius A*, which reveals its current trickle of infalling matter, presents a new puzzle to solve. Thomas Lewton, Quanta Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022 Subsidizing more gigantic windmills, solar arrays and F-150 Lightnings into existence is but one piece of a vastly larger puzzle. David Blackmon, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022 See More
Verb
As a result of all of the things Frieden is describing, our current data collection and reporting system leaves important information fractured into dozens of states and territories, and thousands of county pieces for the CDC to puzzle together. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 31 July 2022 The sons immediately start trying to puzzle out the reason, and even the point, of their parents’ imminent split. Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2022 While there are still answers to puzzle out about what, exactly, the partition means to each Ms. Marvel character, Sana provided an early hint in speaking of her past. Paul Schrodt, Men's Health, 6 July 2022 The week has ended, the weekend has arrived and another Wordle is here to puzzle our brains a bit—though like yesterday’s word, this one isn’t too tough. Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 May 2022 The engagement that Krymov and company seek is for all of us to puzzle out together what urgent role theater can perform at a chaotic moment such as this. Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2022 The translators are stunned when the author undergoes an otherworldly transformation and disappears into the forest, leaving them alone to puzzle out what her new novel means. New York Times, 11 Feb. 2022 The solution, Stuef says, is tied far more to understanding Fenn’s emotions, and to a close examination of the poem itself, than to puzzle-solving skills. Daniel Barbarisi, Outside Online, 7 Dec. 2020 Wordle continues to puzzle millions of us at our breakfast tables and during our daily commutes. Zak Doffman, Forbes, 23 Apr. 2022 Noun
Whoever fills theirs up first wins! Put this puzzle out on a side table, and let people drift over to work on it whenever there's a lull in conversation. Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 16 Sep. 2022 The first stage is a 500-meter swim and to solve a puzzle. Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2022 They are assembled, like pieces of a familiar puzzle, under Perry’s assured direction and utilitarian screenplay. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2022 Smith knows that Morrison has presented her readers with a puzzle and is eager to play along. Je Banach, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2022 At just 70 words, this grid might more closely resemble a Friday puzzle than your average Thursday. Deb Amlen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022 There's a lot of economic data to digest in the first half of this month -- in particular, inflation numbers for August -- and this is just one piece of a larger puzzle. Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 2 Sep. 2022 The Event Horizon Telescope’s recent image of Sagittarius A*, which reveals its current trickle of infalling matter, presents a new puzzle to solve. Thomas Lewton, Quanta Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022 Subsidizing more gigantic windmills, solar arrays and F-150 Lightnings into existence is but one piece of a vastly larger puzzle. David Blackmon, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb
origin unknown
First Known Use
Verb
1582, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Noun
1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of puzzle was in 1582 Phrases Containing puzzle
noun¹
noun²
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