puzzle
- n.谜;智力游戏;疑问;不解之谜;令人费解的事
- vt.迷惑;使困惑
复数： puzzles 派生词： puzzling adj. 过去式： puzzled 现在分词： puzzling 过去分词： puzzled 第三人称单数： puzzles
puzzlenoun
谜；智力游戏
a game, etc. that you have to think about carefully in order to answer it or do it
a crossword puzzle
纵横字谜
a book of puzzles for children
儿童谜语书
不解之谜；疑问
something that is difficult to understand or explain
verb
VN迷惑；使困惑
to make sb feel confused because they do not understand sth
What puzzles me is why he left the country without telling anyone.
令我不解的是，他为什么悄悄地离开了这个国家。
puzzle
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VERB 使迷惑；使困惑
If something puzzles you, you do not understand it and feel confused.My sister puzzles me and causes me anxiety.
我妹妹总让我捉摸不透，弄得我焦虑不安。
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His letter poses a number of puzzling questions.
他的信中提出了许多令人困惑的问题。
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VERB 对…苦苦思索；因…大伤脑筋
If you puzzle over something, you try hard to think of the answer to it or the explanation for it.In rehearsing Shakespeare, I puzzle over the complexities of his verse and prose.
在排演莎士比亚的戏剧时，其中诗句和散文的复杂让我大伤脑筋。
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N-COUNT 难题；智力问题（或游戏、玩具）；谜
A puzzle is a question, game, or toy which you have to think about carefully in order to answer it correctly or put it together properly....a word puzzle.
字谜
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N-SING 令人费解的人；令人困惑的事物
You can describe a person or thing that is hard to understand as a puzzle .Data from Voyager II has presented astronomers with a puzzle about why our outermost planet exists...
“旅行者二号”发回的数据给天文学家们提出了一个难题：离我们最远的那颗行星为什么会存在。
noun
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- a game that tests your ingenuity
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- a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
- he loved to solve chessmate puzzles
- that's a real puzzler
- Synonym: puzzler mystifier teaser
verb
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- be a mystery or bewildering to
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
- Synonym: perplex vex stick get mystify baffle beat pose bewilder flummox stupefy nonplus gravel amaze dumbfound
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- be uncertain about;think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
- We puzzled over her sudden departure
数据来源：WordNet
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Geneticists in Canada have discovered a clue to the puzzle of why our cells get old and die
加拿大的遗传学家已经发现了解开细胞衰老、死亡之谜的线索。
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She was a puzzle .
她是个谜。
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What puzzles me is why he left the country without telling anyone .
令我不解的是，他为什么悄悄地离开了这个国家。
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She had a puzzled look on her face .
她满面迷惑的表情。
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He was trying to puzzle out why he had been brought to the house .
他想弄明白自己为何被带到这所房子。
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He wore a puzzled look on his face .
他脸上流露出迷惑不解的神情。
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He looked puzzled so I repeated the question .
他好像没听懂，于是我把问题又重复了一遍。
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I puzzled over the problem for ages before the light suddenly dawned .
我对这个问题冥思苦想了很久才豁然开朗。
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We fitted together the pieces of the puzzle .
我们把拼图玩具的各部分拼合在了一起。
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She looked up with a puzzled frown on her face .
她抬头望着，满脸困惑，双眉紧锁。
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His total disinterest in money puzzled his family .
他对金钱毫无兴趣使他的家人感到迷惑不解。
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His face wore a puzzled look .
他脸上流露出迷惑不解的神情。
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The child was clearly puzzled at being addressed in such a grown-up way .
这孩子显然对别人用这种成年人的方式称呼他感到纳闷。
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I don 't have the patience to do jigsaw puzzles .
我没有耐性做拼图游戏。
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Scientists are puzzled as to why the whale had swum to the shore .
科学家们感到不解：为什么这头鲸游到海岸上来。
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Some puzzles look difficult but once the solution is known are actually quite simple
有些谜语看似难解，可一旦知道了谜底其实十分简单。
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Joe passed his hand over his face and looked puzzled .
乔用手摸了一把脸，看上去疑惑不解。
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As she turned back she caught the puzzled look on her mother 's face
她转过身来，看见母亲脸上迷惑的表情。
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He left for his summer cottage to puzzle out what he might try next
他动身到他的避暑别墅去想清楚他下一步应该做什么。
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This whole business is very puzzling .
这件事从头到尾都很让人费解。
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If you pin people down , they will tell you some puzzling things about stress .
如果非让他们说的话，人们会告诉你一些有关压力的令人费解的事情。
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Critics remain puzzled by the British election results
批评家仍然对英国大选的结果困惑不解。
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Critics and the public puzzle out the layers of meaning in his photos .
评论界和公众揭开了他照片中的重重深意。
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His very last paintings are perhaps the most puzzling
他去世前的最后一批画作也许是最让人困惑的。
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The priest frowned into the light , his face puzzled .
神父在亮光下皱起了眉头，一脸疑惑。
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My sister puzzles me and causes me anxiety .
我妹妹总让我捉摸不透，弄得我焦虑不安。
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A rather neat option allows you to design your own fiendish puzzle .
只要干净利落地做一个选择，你就能自己设计出难以解开的谜题。
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The risks can be so complex that banks hire mathematicians to puzzle them out .
由于风险过高，银行便聘请数学家来解决这些问题。
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This whole business is very puzzling . There is a lot more to it than meets the eye .
整件事非常令人费解，远比看起来复杂。
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Stretch your brain with this puzzle .
用这个智力游戏锻炼你的思维能力。
指无法理解某事而感到有些困扰。
What puzzles him is why that movie is so popular.
令他不解的是，为什么那部电影如此受欢迎。
That question continues to puzzle scientists.
那个问题继续困扰着科学家们。
指完全不能理解或解释问题、行为等。
The cloze test baffled many students in her class.
完形填空测验难倒了她班上的很多学生。
He was completely baffled by her strange behaviour.
他完全被她怪异的举动搞糊涂了。
多指不知所措、无法清楚地思考，通常用被动语态。
She was bewildered by his remarks.
他的话把她给弄糊涂了。
That young man was bewildered as to whom to believe.
那个年轻人给搞糊涂了，不知道该相信谁。
词义同 bewilder，但程度略轻。
The detailed instructions for use only served to confuse me further.
所附的详细使用指南使我更加迷惑。
Some of the figures confused him.
其中一些数字把他给弄糊涂了。
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