riddle

US [ˈrɪd(ə)l]
UK ['rɪd(ə)l]
  • n.谜；谜语；神秘事件；无法解释的情况
  • v.使布满窟窿
  • Web粗筛；里德尔；谜题
Plural Form：riddles  Present Participle：riddling  Past Tense：riddled  

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riddle
n.
1.
谜；谜语a question that is difficult to understand, and that has a surprising answer, that you ask sb as a game
Stop talking in riddles(= saying things that are confusing) ─say what you mean.
别拐弯抹角了，有话直说。
to solve the riddle of the Sphinx
解开斯芬克斯之谜
2.
神秘事件；无法解释的情况a mysterious event or situation that you cannot explain
the riddle of how the baby died
婴儿死亡之谜
v.
1.
[usupass]
~ sb/sth (with sth)
使布满窟窿to make a lot of holes in sb/sth
The car was riddled with bullets .
这辆车被子弹打得千疮百孔。
IDM
His body was riddled with cancer.
癌瘤遍布他的全身。
Her typing was slow and riddled with mistakes.
她打字很慢而且错误百出。
be riddled with sth
充满；充斥to be full of sth, especially sth bad or unpleasant
His body was riddled with cancer.
癌瘤遍布他的全身。
Her typing was slow and riddled with mistakes.
她打字很慢而且错误百出。

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1.
It is a riddle to which neither Mr Bush nor Mr Obama nor any president has found a neat answer.
这是个谜题，无论是布什还是奥巴马或是任何一位总统都未找到合适的答案。
zhè shì gè mí tí , wú lùn shì bù shí hái shì ào bā mǎ huò shì rèn hé yī wèi zǒng tǒng dōu wèi zhǎo dào hé shì de dá àn 。
www.ecocn.org
2.
Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have found a likely solution to a centuries-old riddle of the night sky.
通过NASA的斯皮策太空望远镜，天文学家们很可能为夜空中的一个古老的谜题找到了答案。
tōng guò NASA de sī pí cè tài kōng wàng yuǎn jìng , tiān wén xué jiā men hěn kě néng wèi yè kōng zhōng de yī gè gǔ lǎo de mí tí zhǎo dào le dá àn 。
article.yeeyan.org
3.
The story of online grocer FreshDirect is something of a chicken-or-egg riddle.
网上食杂商新鲜直达的故事有点像鸡与蛋的谜团。
wǎng shàng shí zá shāng xīn xiān zhí dá de gù shi yǒu diǎn xiàng jī yǔ dàn de mí tuán 。
article.yeeyan.org
4.
Menopause, then, poses a bit of a riddle: in a handful of species, including humans, females cease breeding decades before they die.
正因为如此，更年期的存在便显得有些奇怪：对包括人类的少数物种来说，更年期是指雌性在死亡前停止繁殖的一段时间。
zhèng yīn wèi rú cǐ , gēng nián qī de cún zài biàn xiǎn de yǒu xiē qí guài : duì bāo kuò rén lèi de shǎo shù wù zhǒng lái shuō , gēng nián qī shì zhǐ cí xìng zài sǐ wáng qián tíng zhǐ fán zhí de yí duàn shí jiān 。
www.ecocn.org
5.
What she was hoping for was that the answer would unriddle the riddle, and bring rest and peace to her perplexed little mind.
她所希望的是妈妈的回答能够解决这个难解之谜，能够为她那困惑的小小心灵带来平静和安宁。
tā suǒ xī wàng de shì mā mā de huí dá néng gòu jiě jué zhè ge nán jiě zhī mí , néng gòu wèi tā nà kùn huò de xiǎo xiǎo xīn líng dài lái píng jìng hé ān níng 。
www.joyen.net
6.
She also had it made known that whoever did guess the answer to her riddle should marry her, no matter who he might be.
任何人，无论他是谁，如果能够猜到她的谜语，她就会嫁给那个人。
rèn hé rén , wú lùn tā shì shuí , rú guǒ néng gòu cāi dào tā de mí yǔ , tā jiù huì jià gěi nà ge rén 。
bbs.24en.com
7.
Today, with a riddle in the form of the name of the item to remain in their article, friends of the witness about.
今天，用谜语的形式把项目名称留在自己的文章里，请朋友们见证一下。
jīn tiān , yòng mí yǔ de xíng shì bǎ xiàng mù míng chēng liú zài zì jǐ de wén zhāng lǐ , qǐng péng yǒu men jiàn zhèng yí xià 。
space.taobao.com
8.
And what is stronger than a lion? and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
有什么比狮子还强呢？参孙对他们说：你们若非用我的母牛犊耕地，就猜不出我谜语的意思来。
yǒu shén me bǐ shī zi hái qiáng ne ? cān sūn duì tā men shuō : nǐ men ruò fēi yòng wǒ de mǔ niú dú gēng dì , jiù cāi bù chū wǒ mí yǔ de yì si lái 。
www.jdtjy.com
9.
For over 20 years, scientists have been trying to solve the riddle of how this peroxide is produced and why it does not cause any damage.
在过去的20年里，研究人员一直尝试弄清这种过氧化氢如何产生以及它为什么不会造成任何伤害等问题。
zài guò qù de èr shí nián lǐ , yán jiū rén yuán yì zhí cháng shì nòng qīng zhè zhǒng guò yǎng huà qīng rú hé chǎn shēng yǐ jí tā wèi shén me bú huì zào chéng rèn hé shāng hài děng wèn tí 。
bbs.bioon.net
10.
So far, had not obtained the Austria Pama choroid beautiful woman to confirm that the choroid beautiful woman status is still a riddle.
到目前为止，还没有得到奥巴马黑衣美女确认，黑衣美女身份依然是一个谜。
dào mù qián wéi zhǐ , hái méi yǒu dé dào ào bā mǎ hēi yī měi nǚ què rèn , hēi yī měi nǚ shēn fèn yī rán shì yī gè mí 。
word.hcbus.com