单词 | puzzle |
释义 | puzzle n. & v. --n   1. a difficult or confusing problem; an enigma.   2. a problem or toy designed to test knowledge or ingenuity. --v   1. tr. confound or disconcert mentally.   2. intr. (usu. foll. by over etc.) be perplexed (about).   3. tr. (usu. as puzzling adj.) require much thought to comprehend (a puzzling situation).   4. tr. (foll. by out) solve or understand by hard thought. Derivatives puzzlement n. puzzlingly adv. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn. |
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