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riddle
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural riddles
plural riddles
Learner's definition of RIDDLE
[count]
1
: a difficult question that is asked as a game and that has a surprising or funny answer谜；谜语 — sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻
- The first person to solve the riddle wins a candy bar.第一个猜得谜底的人可以得到一个糖棒。
- Stop speaking in riddles. [=stop speaking in a confusing way]别再打哑谜了。
2
: someone or something that is difficult to understand or solve谜一般的人（或事物）
- the riddle of the origins of the universe宇宙起源之谜
- My brother has always been a riddle to me.我哥哥对我来说一直是个谜。
2 riddle /ˈrɪdl̟/ verb
riddles; riddled; riddling
2 riddle
/ˈrɪdl̟/
verb
riddles; riddled; riddling
Learner's definition of RIDDLE
[+ object]
1
: to make many holes in (something or someone) with something把…打得满是窟窿；把…弄得处处都是眼
- The robbers riddled the car with bullets.劫匪们用枪把那辆车打成了筛子。
2
: to fill (something) with something that is bad or unpleasant使充斥 — usually used as (be) riddled with通常用作(be) riddled with
- The book is riddled with mistakes. [=the book has many mistakes]这本书错误百出。
- Their theory is riddled with contradictions.他们的理论尽是自相矛盾之处。
: a coarse sieve
Did you know?
Riddle Me This
Riddle comes from an Old English word meaning "opinion" or "conjecture" that is related to a verb meaning "to interpret."
Synonyms
Noun (1)
Verb (2)
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English redels, ridel, from Old English rǣdelse opinion, conjecture, riddle; akin to Old English rǣdan to interpret — more at read
Noun (2)
Middle English ridel, going back to Old English hriddel (attested once), alteration (by dissimilation or suffix substitution) of hridder, hrīder, going back to Germanic *hrīdra- (whence also Old Saxon hrīdra "sieve," Old High German rītera), going back to Indo-European *krei̯(h1)̯-dhro- or *krei̯(h1)̯-tro- (whence Latin crībrum "sieve," Old Irish críathar, Old Welsh cruitr "winnowing fan"), from *krei̯(h1)- "sift, separate" + *-dhro-, *-tro-, suffixes of instrument — more at certain entry 1
Note: See note at acetabulum.
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
1571, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Noun (2)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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