单词	puzzle
释义	puzzle1 nounpuzzle2 verb puzzlepuz‧zle1 /ˈpʌzəl/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES In 1953 the intricate puzzle of DNA's structure was solved in a Cambridge laboratory. The police have almost solved the case but one important piece of the puzzle is still missing: the murder weapon. Women have always been a puzzle to Brad. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Another casket presents the adventurers with an intriguing puzzle. How television has changed is one piece of the puzzle. In these terms, the original puzzle becomes that of why natural selection does not produce a population consisting entirely of hawks. So he created a temporary scaffolding to get one piece of the puzzle going. This was the puzzle that preoccupied scientists concerned with complexity. Top scientists around the country are pounding away at different parts of the puzzle. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatora mysterious situation► mystery an event or situation that no one can understand or explain: mystery of: · No one has ever been able to explain the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle.be a mystery to somebody: · It's a mystery to me how Gayle managed to get here before us.mystery illness/crash/phonecall etc: · Ten firemen were in hospital with a mystery illness last night.unravel/solve a mystery (=find an explanation for a mystery): · Police are still trying to unravel the mystery of how the prisoner managed to escape.the mystery deepens (=something becomes more difficult to explain): · The mystery deepens as more witnesses come forward to tell different stories. ► enigma a situation that is difficult to understand or explain, and that is interesting because of this: · As I studied more about their past, I became more puzzled, and the enigma expanded.be something of an enigma: · It is something of an enigma how a man who could not bear to hurt a living thing could serve as defence secretary. ► riddle something such as a question or a problem that people do not understand and cannot explain: riddle of: · Doctors have found a new clue to the riddle of cot death.solve a riddle: · Other interviewers who have met Geri have tried to solve the riddle of her success.be a riddle to somebody: · Why would Ian want to claim his inheritance and then give all his money away? It was a riddle to me. ► puzzle something that is very difficult to understand or explain but which can sometimes be explained by putting pieces of information together: · The police have almost solved the case but one important piece of the puzzle is still missing: the murder weapon.solve a puzzle: · In 1953 the intricate puzzle of DNA's structure was solved in a Cambridge laboratory. WORD SETS► Other Games bar billiards, nounbeanbag, nounbilliards, nounblind man's buff, nounchicken, nouncrazy golf, nouncrossword, nouncue, nouncue ball, nouncushion, noundoll's house, noundomino, noundouble-Dutch, noundressing-up, nounducks and drakes, nounflag football, nounframe, nounhide-and-seek, nounkeep-away, nounkickball, nounkite-flying, nounleapfrog, nounmarble, nounmaze, nounmusical chairs, nounninepins, nounnoughts and crosses, nounpaper chase, nounparlour game, nounpeekaboo, interjectionplay, verbpocket, verbpool, nounpool hall, nounpot, verbpuzzle, nounsack race, nounskip, verbskipping rope, nounskittle, nounsnowball, nounsnowman, nounYo-Yo, nounzap, verb Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► solved ... puzzle  He thought he had solved the puzzle. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a puzzled/baffled/bewildered expression (=one that shows you are confused or cannot understand something)· I can still recall Dan’s baffled expression when I asked him for an answer. ► puzzled face · He looked at his son’s puzzled face. ► solve a puzzle · You progress through the game by solving puzzles. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► crossword · And probably a book or a crossword puzzle or something you could do when you were down there, you know.· Using quantum theory to understand gravity makes as much sense as trying solve a crossword puzzle with the key to your door.· It has taken 28 more years to add a crossword puzzle.· She was highly educated and was good at crossword puzzles and so unlikely to make such an elementary error.· All around the room, trainees put down their New York Times crossword puzzles.· It's like a crossword puzzle.· She left her book of crossword puzzles folded open on the kitchen counter. ► jigsaw · Instead, the candidates have to put together a jigsaw puzzle of states, bagging their votes in the electoral college.· It is like putting together a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle with missing pieces.· She was wound up, jumbled inside like a spilled jigsaw puzzle.· And the majority of changes relate to content, more time-consuming and frustrating than an all-red jigsaw puzzle.· Dress children up in paper which has wavy lines drawn on it to seem like a jigsaw puzzle.· She thought the contents of a Cornflakes box were a jigsaw puzzle of a hen.· The pieces of evidence fell into place with the unequivocal precision of a well-made jigsaw puzzle.· We have a jigsaw puzzle with the pieces jumbled up. VERB► solve · As I walked around that charming town, I undertook the task of solving the puzzle she had set for me.· Using quantum theory to understand gravity makes as much sense as trying solve a crossword puzzle with the key to your door.· He needed to solve the puzzle that was Harold Piper.· Results of tests on two more carcasses may solve the puzzle, she added.· Create electricity under your own power! Solve puzzles and break illusions!· It solves some of the puzzles mentioned for proper names.· There were two ways of solving a scientific puzzle, they said.· He thought that the way to solve archaeological puzzles was to weigh the opposing authorities. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► piece of the puzzle All the pieces of the puzzle were in place: it was time for a little conference. But what about the piece of the puzzle we have so far omitted? Fortunately, the next step in the research process supplied the missing piece of the puzzle. How television has changed is one piece of the puzzle. It's another piece of the puzzle. So he created a temporary scaffolding to get one piece of the puzzle going. Take me out of there, and you're taking away a big piece of the puzzle. The final pieces of the puzzle had now been slotted into place. 1a game or toy that has a lot of pieces that you have to fit together → jigsaw:  a child’s wooden puzzle2a game in which you have to think hard to solve a difficult question or problem:  a crossword puzzle3[usually singular] something that is difficult to understand or explainpuzzle of the puzzle of how the sun works The meaning of the poem has always been a puzzle. He thought he had solved the puzzle.4piece of the puzzle a piece of information that helps you to understand part of a difficult question, mystery etc puzzle1 nounpuzzle2 verb puzzlepuzzle2 ●●○ verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE puzzle Simple Form Present I, you, we, they puzzle he, she, it puzzles Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they puzzled Present perfect I, you, we, they have puzzled he, she, it has puzzled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had puzzled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will puzzle Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have puzzled Continuous Form Present I am puzzling he, she, it is puzzling you, we, they are puzzling Past I, he, she, it was puzzling you, we, they were puzzling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been puzzling he, she, it has been puzzling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been puzzling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be puzzling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been puzzling Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Astronomers continue to be puzzled by the existence of black holes. Her unwillingness to answer any of his questions puzzled him. There are things that still puzzle me about this new computer system. What puzzles me about the robbery, is how they managed to enter the building unseen. What puzzles me is why she doesn't just leave him. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS As she walked, her mind was still puzzling over the mystery of Moloch's peculiar ecology. Carroll was puzzled over the way Protestants who had always feared priests could now demand his services. Flora was puzzled by this exchange. Initially, the taxi driver was puzzled when we asked to be driven to Shantinagar. It was only when the young man moved away in this fashion that George began to puzzle over the incident. The men are recalled with a deliberate and puzzling emotional inconsistency. What puzzled me was how Mrs Witherspoon fit into the setup. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto make someone feel confused► confuse · His sudden change in mood completely confused her.· Don't show him the other way of doing it - it'll only confuse him. ► puzzle if something puzzles you, you are completely unable to understand it, or why it has happened: · Her unwillingness to answer any of his questions puzzled him.what puzzles me is: · What puzzles me is why she doesn't just leave him. ► baffle if something baffles you, you cannot understand it at all, even though you try very hard to: · The exact nature of black holes continues to baffle scientists.· The fact that none of the neighbors ever reported the abuse has baffled authorities. ► throw if something throws you, it makes you suddenly feel confused because it is unexpected and surprising: · I could answer most of the questions but the last one really threw me.throw somebody for a loop American informal (=completely confuse someone): · Rick was Kitty's boyfriend, you know, and his death threw her for a loop. ► do your head in British spoken if someone or something is doing your head in , they are making you feel very confused and often very annoyed or worried: · He's so fussy about how he wants things done, it really does my head in.· I've got to do an essay on Kant and it's doing my head in. when something is difficult to solve► puzzle to be difficult for someone to explain or understand: · There are things that still puzzle me about this new computer system.· What puzzles me about the robbery, is how they managed to enter the building unseen. ► mystify if something mystifies you, it is impossible for you to understand or explain: · Why you want to leave such a good job mystifies me.· Detective Oakley was mystified. He had never seen such a strange set of evidence in the whole of his career. ► baffle if something baffles you it is very confusing and impossible for you to understand: · What baffles me is how anyone could escape from the jail in broad daylight.· We've spent weeks investigating this case and it's got us completely baffled. ► perplex formal if something perplexes you, it is confusing, worrying, and difficult for you to understand: · The question of how the murderer had gained entry to the house perplexed the police for several weeks. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a puzzled/baffled/bewildered expression (=one that shows you are confused or cannot understand something)· I can still recall Dan’s baffled expression when I asked him for an answer. ► puzzled face · He looked at his son’s puzzled face. ► solve a puzzle · You progress through the game by solving puzzles. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► out · The client would puzzle out an explanation later, if he got informed by letter of his right to exercise the warrants.· No sign and he couldn't puzzle out where it could have gone.· He tried to puzzle out, from what Blondel had told him, how time worked. ► over · As she walked, her mind was still puzzling over the mystery of Moloch's peculiar ecology.· He puzzled over these for the few seconds of his silent approach, then realized what they were.· Detectives puzzling over a motive say the girls were not sexually assaulted.· Others, too, puzzle over what to call the person who used to be a manager.· Her mind was taken up with puzzling over a fact which had become increasingly clear the longer she stayed in the apartment.· Meanwhile, residents and officials puzzled over exactly how to dispose of thousands of tons of debris.· She was still puzzling over the problem when she saw Joanna's car coming towards her.· This was a result of his puzzling over how they made moral decisions. NOUN► jigsaw · The process is similar to doing a jigsaw puzzle, but without a clear pattern on each piece.· The pieces in the hangar are fitting together like a jigsaw puzzle.· In putting a jigsaw puzzle together he may move the pieces around to improve his chances of finding a fit.· Some one who could put the circumstantial jigsaw puzzle together. to confuse someone or make them feel slightly anxious because they do not understand something:  a question that continues to puzzle scientists He was puzzled by the reactions to his remark. What puzzles me is why his books are so popular.puzzle something ↔ out phrasal verb to solve a confusing or difficult problem by thinking about it carefully:  He lay looking at the ceiling, trying to puzzle things out.puzzle over something phrasal verb to think for a long time about something because you cannot understand or solve it:  The class puzzled over a poem by Shakespeare.
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