| 单词 | riddle |
| 释义 | riddle riddle1 /rid"l/, n. , v. , riddled, riddling. n. 1. a question or statement so framed as to exercise one's ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum. 2. a puzzling question, problem, or matter. 3. a puzzling thing or person. 4. any enigmatic or dark saying or speech. v.i. 5. to propound riddles; speak enigmatically. [bef. 1000; ME redel, redels (n.), OE raedels(e) counsel, opinion, imagination, riddle (raed(an) to counsel, REDE + -els(e) deverbal n. suffix) with loss of -s- in ME through confusion with the pl. form of the n. suffix -el -LE (cf. BURIAL); c. G Rätsel, D raadsel] Syn. 1. See puzzle. riddle2 /rid"l/, v. , riddled, riddling, n. v.t. 1. to pierce with many holes, suggesting those of a sieve: to riddle the target. 2. to fill or affect with (something undesirable, weakening, etc.): a government riddled with graft. 3. to impair or refute completely by persistent verbal attacks: to riddle a person's reputation. 4. to sift through a riddle, as gravel; screen. n. 5. a coarse sieve, as one for sifting sand in a foundry. [bef. 1100; (n.) ME riddil, OE hriddel, var. of HRIDDER, HRIDER; c. G Reiter; akin to L cribrum sieve; (v.) ME ridlen to sift, deriv. of the n.] |
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