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TOEFL BNC: 13883 COCA: 11712

riddle

noun
/ˈrɪdl/
/ˈrɪdl/
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  1. 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。
    Topics Games and toysc1
  2. a mysterious event or situation that you cannot explain神秘事件;无法解释的情况 synonym mystery
    • 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。
  3. Word Originnoun Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse ‘opinion, conjecture, riddle’; related to Dutch raadsel, German Rätsel, also to read.

riddle

verb
/ˈrɪdl/
/ˈrɪdl/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they riddle
/ˈrɪdl/
/ˈrɪdl/
he / she / it riddles
/ˈrɪdlz/
/ˈrɪdlz/
past simple riddled
/ˈrɪdld/
/ˈrɪdld/
past participle riddled
/ˈrɪdld/
/ˈrɪdld/
-ing form riddling
/ˈrɪdlɪŋ/
/ˈrɪdlɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1. riddle somebody/something (with something) to make a lot of holes in somebody/something使布满窟窿
    • The car was riddled with bullets.这辆车被子弹打得千疮百孔。
    • a bullet-riddled car布满弹坑的汽车
    Word Originverb late Old English hriddel, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin cribrum ‘sieve’, cernere ‘separate’, and Greek krinein ‘decide’.
Idioms
be riddled with something
  1. to be full of something, especially something bad or unpleasant充满;充斥
    • His body was riddled with cancer.恶性肿瘤遍布他的全身。
    • Her typing was slow and riddled with mistakes.她打字很慢而且错误百出。
    • The woods are riddled with rabbit holes.树林里布满了兔子洞。
TOEFL BNC: 13883 COCA: 11712
TOEFL BNC: 13883 COCA: 11712
TOEFL BNC: 13883 COCA: 11712
riddle
Questioning and types of questions: question, inquiry, query...
Mysteries, riddles and unknown things or people: mystery, riddle, uncertainty...

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