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

• The words of the wise and their riddles.
  懂得智慧人的言词和谜语。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And I will make you a game, guessing riddles.
  我要和你们做个游戏，猜谜语。
• Because riddles are so closely related to language, usually they do not translate easily.
  谜语和语言有密切的关系，所以通常很难翻译。
• Stop talking in riddles and explain what's going on.
  别再打哑谜了，解释一下发生了什么事。
• This learning activity allows users to answer rhyming riddles and then check their answers online.
  这个学习活动允许使用者回答押韵的谜语然后在线核对答案。