| 单词 | chinese puzzle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasChinese puzzle Chinese puzzle n. one of the ingenious puzzles made by the Chinese, in which the problem is to fit together the dissected pieces of a geometrical or other figure, to disentangle interlocked rings, to remove a string from an object without untying it, etc., etc. (the name was apparently first applied to the dissected square called tangram); (hence) figurative any specially intricate puzzle or problem. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > that which is difficult > a difficult problem knotc1000 a bone to pick (also gnaw)c1450 dark, hard sentence1535 nut1540 Gordian knot1579 nodus1728 teaser1759 stumper1807 Chinese puzzlec1815 facer1828 sticker1849 grueller1856 stumbler1863 twister1879 society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > puzzle > [noun] > Chinese puzzle Chinese puzzlec1815 tangram1864 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > [noun] > especially difficult nut1540 problem1543 enigma1609 three-pipe problem1891 Chinese puzzle1895 monkey-puzzle1902 c1815 [Pamphlet, Brit. Mus. No. 15. 257 d. 18, containing upwards of 330 figures, formed out of the seven pieces of the ‘tangram’] (title) A Grand Eastern Puzzle. The following Chinese puzzle is recommended to the Nobility, Gentry, and others, being superior to any hitherto invented for the amusement of the Juvenile World. 1844 Juvenile Missionary Mag. Sept. 90 A real Chinese Puzzle.—Young people are fond of puzzles, and have often puzzled for hours over bits of wood called Chinese Puzzles, to very little purpose. 1859 M. Gatty Aunt Judy's Tales 60 Putting Chinese puzzles together into stupid patterns. 1874 S. W. Williams Syllabic Dict. Chinese Lang. 987 [Ch‘i ch‘iao t‘u] The Chinese puzzle of seven pieces, the tangram. 1895 Gentleman's Mag. vol. 278, p. 279 The Chinese religion may be said to be a Chinese puzzle. 1906 Times 1 Feb. (heading) Faulty Legislation: A statute is by this process converted into a sort of Chinese puzzle. < as lemmas |
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