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

• Riddles: What question can you never answer Yes to?
  问：什么问题你永远不能回答是？
• "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。
• Most kids have fun creating lanterns or playing games like guessing the lantern riddles.
  大部分的小孩子会动手做灯笼、猜灯谜，玩得不亦乐乎。
• Probably it is another riddle of the riddles.
  这大概又是一个难以说清的谜外谜了。
• 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。
• As a traditional culture of Chinese writing, the art of lantern riddles has its distinctive contemporaneity and folkways.
  灯谜是一种中华传统汉字文化艺术，从它的诞生、发展来看，它具有鲜明的时代性、民俗性和艺术性。
• Mysteries, unsolved riddles, and topics that people usually avoid or sweep under the rug occupy your thoughts.
  奥秘、未解之谜和人们通常避免的主题占据你的想法。
• 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。
• 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。