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

• Most kids have fun creating lanterns or playing games like guessing the lantern riddles.
  大部分的小孩子会动手做灯笼、猜灯谜，玩得不亦乐乎。
• 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。
• But what if my words are riddles to you?
  要是我的话对你是迷，怎么办？
• 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。
• But first, you'd better see if you can answer riddles.
  但是你首先最好想想你会不会猜谜语。
• While making lanterns people usually write riddles on lanterns.
  做灯笼时，人们通常在上面写上谜语。
• She told me much and more, but all in riddles.
  她还告诉了我许多许多，但都是以谜语的形式。
• Mysteries, unsolved riddles, and topics that people usually avoid or sweep under the rug occupy your thoughts.
  奥秘、未解之谜和人们通常避免的主题占据你的想法。
• Guess riddles really interesting fifteenth day next year I'll come, I would guess more stick!
  猜灯谜真有意思，明年的正月十五我还要来，我会猜得更棒的！
• 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。