riddles

英 [ˈrɪdlz]

美 [ˈrɪdlz]

n.  谜; 谜语; 神秘事件; 无法解释的情况
v.  使布满窟窿
riddle的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 谜;谜语
  Ariddleis a puzzle or joke in which you ask a question that seems to be nonsense but which has a clever or amusing answer.
• N-COUNT 谜团;费解的事
  You can describe something as ariddleif people have been trying to understand or explain it but have not been able to.
  1. Scientists claimed yesterday to have solved the riddle of the birth of the Universe.
     科学家们昨天声称已经解开了宇宙形成之谜。
• VERB （用子弹）把…打得到处是洞，使满是弹孔
  If someoneriddlessomethingwithbullets or bullet holes, they fire a lot of bullets into it.
  1. Unknown attackers riddled two homes with gunfire...
     来路不明的袭击者用枪炮将两处住宅打得千疮百孔。
  2. The darkness saved me from being riddled with bullets.
     身处黑暗中让我不至于被子弹打得浑身是洞。

双语例句

• Because riddles are so closely related to language, usually they do not translate easily.
  谜语和语言有密切的关系，所以通常很难翻译。
• The riddles games are full of wisdom and fun.
  元宵节赏灯活动中的猜谜游戏，充满了智慧和趣味。
• Sorry, I should stop speaking in riddles.
  抱歉，我应该停止打哑谜。
• He spoke in riddles so he was a very difficult man to interpret.
  他说的东西像是谜语一样，所以是一个很难理解的人。
• I wish you would stop this talking in riddles.
  我希望你不要再讲这种令人费解的话。
• My mother tie riddles to lanterns.
  妈妈把谜语系到灯笼上。
• Interviewer: Do you see these poems in a similar light to your riddles and games poems?
  你用看待你谜语诗和打油诗的态度看待这些诗吗？
• And I will make you a game, guessing riddles.
  我要和你们做个游戏，猜谜语。
• But what if my words are riddles to you?
  要是我的话对你是迷，怎么办？
• As a traditional culture of Chinese writing, the art of lantern riddles has its distinctive contemporaneity and folkways.
  灯谜是一种中华传统汉字文化艺术，从它的诞生、发展来看，它具有鲜明的时代性、民俗性和艺术性。