riddle
- n.谜;谜语;神秘事件;无法解释的情况
- vt.使布满窟窿
复数： riddles 过去式： riddled 现在分词： riddling 过去分词： riddled 第三人称单数： riddles
riddlenoun
谜；谜语
a question that is difficult to understand, and that has a surprising answer, that you ask sb as a game
Stop talking in riddles (= saying things that are confusing) ─say what you mean.
别拐弯抹角了，有话直说。
to solve the riddle of the Sphinx
解开斯芬克斯之谜
神秘事件；无法解释的情况
a mysterious event or situation that you cannot explain
the riddle of how the baby died
婴儿死亡之谜
riddle
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N-COUNT 谜;谜语
A riddle is a puzzle or joke in which you ask a question that seems to be nonsense but which has a clever or amusing answer. -
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N-COUNT 谜团;费解的事
You can describe something as a riddle if people have been trying to understand or explain it but have not been able to.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。
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VERB （用子弹）把…打得到处是洞，使满是弹孔
If someone riddles something with bullets or bullet holes, they fire a lot of bullets into it.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。
noun
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- a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
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- a difficult problem
- Synonym: conundrum enigma brain-teaser
verb
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- set a difficult problem or riddle
- riddle me a riddle
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- explain a riddle
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- speak in riddles
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- spread or diffuse through
- An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
- music penetrated the entire building
- His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks
- Synonym: permeate pervade penetrate interpenetrate diffuse imbue
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- pierce with many holes
- The bullets riddled his body
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- separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
- Synonym: screen
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Countless people have had a stab at solving the riddle .
无数人试图解开这个谜。
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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。
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Stop talking in riddles ─ say what you mean .
别拐弯抹角了，有话直说。
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His body was riddled with cancer .
癌瘤遍布他的全身。
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Her typing was slow and riddled with mistakes .
她打字很慢而且错误百出。
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The car was riddled with bullets .
这辆车被子弹打得千疮百孔。
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The beams are riddled with woodworm .
这些木梁被蛀虫蛀得都是洞。
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The bodies of four people were found riddled with bullets .
4具尸体被发现时布满了枪眼。
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They were the principal shareholders in a bank riddled with corruption
他们是一家腐败成风的银行的主要股东。
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The past is riddled with deep dark secrets .
过去承载了诸多不可告人的惊天秘密。
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The report was riddled with errors .
这份报告错误百出。
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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。
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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。
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The house was riddled with dry rot.
屋子因木材干腐而变得千疮百孔。
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Mr Jones was dismissive of the report , saying it was riddled with inaccuracies .
琼斯先生对报告不屑一顾，称其中充斥着谬误。
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They were comparing notes on each other 's progress towards solving that most taxing of all puzzles : the riddle of the human genome
他们就解决人类所面临的最大难题，即人类基因组之谜的进展情况交换了意见。
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The world 's most prestigious insurance company was last night squaring up to take on MPs who have accused it of being riddled with corruption .
世界上最负盛名的保险公司昨晚作出回应，要和那些指责其腐败泛滥的议员们较量一番。
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He took half an hour to solve the riddle .
他用了半个小时猜出谜底。
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The cliffs are riddled with caves .
岩壁上布满洞穴。
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Can you answer this riddle ?
你能猜出这个谜语吗？
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Riddled with a thousand gaping wounds , this reactionary clique is now beset with difficulties and contradictions both in internal and external affairs .
今天，这个反动集团百孔千疮，内外交困，矛盾重重。
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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。
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Whoever solves the riddle will get a prize .
谁猜中这个谜语就能得奖。
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The bodies of the hostages were found riddled with bullets .
在人质的尸体上发现了很多弹孔。
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Once a year the king made a new riddle .
每年国王都会出一个新的谜语。
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One year the king made a new riddle that puzzled everyone .
有一年,国王出了一个新的谜语,使所有人都困惑不解。
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Everyone was puzzled about how to solve this new riddle .
每个人都对如何解开这个新谜题感到困惑。
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He gave a prize to the person who could solve the riddle .
他把奖品给了能解开谜语的人。
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The riddles are usually short , wise , and sometimes humorous .
这些谜语通常简短、机智,有时也很幽默。
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“ I will give a prize to the person who can solve my riddle , ” the king said .
国王说："我会给能解开我谜语的人一个奖品。"。
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