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

• 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。
• But I believe we humans will uncover these riddles one day.
  不过我相信，总有一天人类会把这些谜团都解开的。
• But what if my words are riddles to you?
  要是我的话对你是迷，怎么办？
• The creation as a whole seems to speak to us in riddles, or at least in ambiguous terms.
  对于我们，整个创始就似乎用哑谜向我们表达，或者说，它是用含糊的词语跟我们说话。
• 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。
• 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。
• I read him poems and stories, sometimes riddles& though I stopped reading those when I saw he was far better at solving them than I was.
  我给他念诗歌和故事，有时也念谜语&不过后来我不念了，因为我发现他解谜语的本领远比我高强。
• 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。
• I wish you would stop this talking in riddles.
  我希望你不要再讲这种令人费解的话。
• 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。