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

• And if you would know God be not therefore a solver of riddles.
  而假如你们愿意了解上帝就不要因此成为一个解谜者。
• My mother tie riddles to lanterns.
  妈妈把谜语系到灯笼上。
• And I will make you a game, guessing riddles.
  我要和你们做个游戏，猜谜语。
• Like it or not, puzzles and riddles are a hot new trend in hiring.
  喜欢还是不喜欢，游戏和谜语是一个热门的新趋势，雇用。
• Stop talking in riddles and explain what's going on.
  别再打哑谜了，解释一下发生了什么事。
• I read him poems and stories, sometimes riddles& though I stopped reading those when I saw he was far better at solving them than I was.
  我给他念诗歌和故事，有时也念谜语&不过后来我不念了，因为我发现他解谜语的本领远比我高强。
• But I believe we humans will uncover these riddles one day.
  不过我相信，总有一天人类会把这些谜团都解开的。
• 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？
• 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。
• The creation as a whole seems to speak to us in riddles, or at least in ambiguous terms.
  对于我们，整个创始就似乎用哑谜向我们表达，或者说，它是用含糊的词语跟我们说话。