riddle

n.粗筛；谜语；猜不透的难题，难解之谜

v.用筛分选（卵石等），筛分；用子弹把耙子打成蜂窝似的；精查（证据）；解（谜），猜

noun

1. 谜；谜语
   a question that is difficult to understand, and that has a surprising answer, that you ask sb as a game
   1. Stop talking in riddles (= saying things that are confusing) ─say what you mean.
      别拐弯抹角了，有话直说。
   2. to solve the riddle of the Sphinx
      解开斯芬克斯之谜
2. 神秘事件；无法解释的情况
   a mysterious event or situation that you cannot explain
   1. the riddle of how the baby died
      婴儿死亡之谜

verb

1. 使布满窟窿
   to make a lot of holes in sb/sth
   1. The car was riddled with bullets .
      这辆车被子弹打得千疮百孔。

过去分词:riddled 名词复数形式:riddles 过去式:riddled 现在分词:riddling 第三人称单数:riddles

riddle 谜，谜语

词源同 read,读，理解，猜测，-le,小词后缀。引申词义谜，谜语。

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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. Can you answer this riddle?
   你能猜出这个谜语吗？
6. Whoever solves the riddle will get a prize.
   谁猜中这个谜语就能得奖。
7. But behold a marvel and a riddle!
   但拭目瞧瞧一个奇迹和一个谜吧！
8. One day, in heaven garden, she met a charming man named night, just like a riddle.
   有一天，在上帝的花园里，她碰到了暗夜，一个谜一样的男子。
9. I am wrestling with this riddle.
   我正绞尽脑汁解这个谜。
10. If you move I'll riddle you with bullets!
    你若动一动，我就用子弹把你打成“筛子”。
11. So the little poem is a riddle that contains these doctrines within itself.
    所以这首小诗，其实是包含了这些教义的谜语。
12. Was this the answer to the frightening riddle of tara's silence?
    这是不是对可怕的塔拉沉默之谜的解答呢？
13. Can you solve this riddle?
    你能解开这个谜吗？
14. Christmas crackers with a gift and a riddle inside.
    里面装有礼物和谜语的圣诞彩包爆竹。
15. You answer the riddle, the poem riddle.
    回答这个谜语，诗中的谜语。
16. Give me a hint so that I can solve the riddle.
    给我一点提示我就可以揭开这个谜。
17. Riddle me a riddle, what is this?
    给你猜一个谜，你猜这是什么谜？
18. Teacher: Boys, I have a riddle to ask you.
    老师：孩子们，我有一个谜语要问大家。
19. I will put a riddle to you, boys.
    孩子们，我出个谜语给你们猜。
20. More of a riddle, actually.
    事实上更象是个谜语。
21. Each time he came home, he gave me a riddle.
    每次他回家他都回给我出个迷题。
22. Who can help me to guess the riddle?
    谁能帮我猜这个谜？
23. Probably it is another riddle of the riddles.
    这大概又是一个难以说清的谜外谜了。
24. All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.
    所有的都是谜，而解开一个谜的钥匙是另一个谜。
25. I have a riddle.
    我有一个谜语。
26. That gives you one of the answers to your riddle.
    这就给你所感觉到的谜提供了一个答案。
27. The riddle is "We all laugh at you".
    这个谜语叫做“大家都笑你”。
28. You know why? It's not a riddle.
    你知道你为何永远都解决不了吗。
29. The riddle remains inscrutable to us.
    那个谜对我们仍然是不可解的。
30. Now, each of us has a riddle for you.
    现在咱俩就给你一人出一个谜语。