| 单词 | riddle |
| 释义 | riddle 1. n. & v. --n 1. a question or statement testing ingenuity in divining its answer or meaning. 2. a puzzling fact or thing or person. --v 1. intr. speak in or propound riddles. 2. tr. solve or explain (a riddle). Derivatives riddler n. Etymology: OE r{aelig}dels, r{aelig}delse opinion, riddle, rel. to READ 2. v. & n. --vtr. (usu. foll. by with) 1. make many holes in, esp. with gunshot. 2. (in passive) fill; spread through; permeate (was riddled with errors). 3. pass through a riddle. --n a coarse sieve. Etymology: OE hriddel, earlier hrider: cf. hridrian sift |
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