单词 | riddle-like |
释义 | > as lemmasˈriddle-like ˈriddle-like adj. ΚΠ 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (v. 1) Forasmuch as I like not theis riddelike tytles. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. iii. 213 She..that..riddle like, liues sweetely where she dies. View more context for this quotation 1836 W. O'Bryan Narr. Trav. U.S. xxx. 366 On the same publication was the following curious, riddle-like notice. 1891 J. Winsor Columbus App. 633 The strange and riddle-like narrative. 1922 M. L. Margolis Hebrew Script. in Making iv. 62 It is the ‘mashal’, at once proverb, parable, fable, and ballad, figurative speech and dark saying, riddle-like and enigmatic. 2004 N. Mosley Uses Slime Mould 7 This certainty..is somehow cheering; in spit of (or perhaps because of) the riddle-like form in which it is put. < as lemmas |
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