a question that is difficult to understand, and that has a surprising answer, that you ask somebody as a game 谜；谜语 Stop talking in riddles (= saying things that are confusing)—say what you mean. 别拐弯抹角了，有话直说。 Bilbo solves the riddle that unlocks the door to the mountain. 比尔博解开了打开山门的谜语。
a mysterious event or situation that you cannot explain 神秘事件；无法解释的情况 the riddle of how the baby died 婴儿死亡之谜 The riddle of his identity was only solved when his brother saw him on TV. 只有当他哥哥在电视上看到他时，他的身份之谜才被解开。
Word Originnoun Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse ‘opinion, conjecture, riddle’; related to Dutch raadsel, German Rätsel, also to read.