| 单词 | to puzzle out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto puzzle out 4. transitive. to puzzle out: to come to understand or perceive, esp. through patience or ingenuity; to work out (an answer, solution, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > find solution, solve [verb (transitive)] findOE assoilc1374 soil1382 contrive1393 to find outc1405 resolvea1438 absolvea1525 solute?1531 solve?1541 dissolve1549 get1559 salvec1571 to beat out1577 sort1581 explicate1582 untiea1586 loose1596 unsolve1631 cracka1640 unscruple1647 metagrobolize1653 to puzzle out1717 to work out1719 to get around ——1803 to dope out1906 lick1946 to get out1951 1717 Censor III. 207 'Till the good Man has puzzled out the Reverse of a half worn-out Medal, or settled the Succession of the Ægyptian Kings. 1781 W. Cowper Charity 473 While the clerk just puzzles out the psalm. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. xiv. 266 Come, shall I make you understand each other, or leave you to puzzle out an explanation as you can? View more context for this quotation 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 52 The inscriptions..were not sufficiently legible to induce us to puzzle them out. 1889 Cent. Mag. 38 190 The bloodhound..can puzzle out a cold scent under the most adverse conditions. 1904 H. James Golden Bowl I. xv. 277 The mysteries and expectations and assumptions still contain an immense element that I've failed to puzzle out. 1951 PMLA 66 63 Simple literacy, the mere ability to puzzle out the meanings of the more common written words, is..not enough. To be fully literate, an individual must grasp meaning easily. 2001 N.Y. Times 25 Nov. iv. 4/4 Who is a cynic and who is a true believer, are matters that the reader must puzzle out for himself. < as lemmas |
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