riddles

英 [ˈrɪdlz]

美 [ˈrɪdlz]

n.  谜; 谜语; 神秘事件; 无法解释的情况
v.  使布满窟窿
riddle的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 谜;谜语
  Ariddleis 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 ariddleif people have been trying to understand or explain it but have not been able to.
  1. 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 someoneriddlessomethingwithbullets or bullet holes, they fire a lot of bullets into it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• Few riddles collected from oral tradition, however, have all six parts.
  但是据收集的情况看，口头流传的谜语很少具有这完整的六部分。
• While making lanterns people usually write riddles on lanterns.
  做灯笼时，人们通常在上面写上谜语。
• She told me much and more, but all in riddles.
  她还告诉了我许多许多，但都是以谜语的形式。
• "Guessing lantern riddles" is an essential part of the Festival.
  猜灯谜是元宵节上很重要的一项节目。
• In his spare time, he loved to play with puzzles and math riddles.
  在业余时间，他喜欢玩拼图和数迷游戏。
• Sorry, I should stop speaking in riddles.
  抱歉，我应该停止打哑谜。
• And if you would know God be not therefore a solver of riddles.
  而假如你们愿意了解上帝就不要因此成为一个解谜者。
• Like it or not, puzzles and riddles are a hot new trend in hiring.
  喜欢还是不喜欢，游戏和谜语是一个热门的新趋势，雇用。
• Probably it is another riddle of the riddles.
  这大概又是一个难以说清的谜外谜了。
• The creation as a whole seems to speak to us in riddles, or at least in ambiguous terms.
  对于我们，整个创始就似乎用哑谜向我们表达，或者说，它是用含糊的词语跟我们说话。