Riddle
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n. 粗筛;谜语;猜不透的难题，难解之谜;
v. 用筛分选（卵石等），筛分;用子弹把耙子打成蜂窝似的;精查（证据）;解（谜），猜;
💡 词根助记
read(阅读)+le(表示缩小的名词后缀)→谜；难以捉摸的人
📝 例句
All she said was a riddle to me.
她所说的一切对我来说是一个谜。
Riddle me, riddle me what it is.= Riddle me my riddle, what is this?
你来猜,这是什么?
This riddle baffles me.
这个谜把我难倒了。
Riddle my riddle, what is this?
给你猜一个谜，你猜这是什么谜？
The car was riddled with bullets.
汽车给子弹打得车身上尽是窟窿。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※fiddle-小提琴,riddle-谜:小提琴的起源还是个迷
※ riddle-谜语,middle-中间,r-拼音“人”:猜中谜语的人都请站到中间来
※ ri-拼音“日”,dd-拼音“弟弟”,le-拼音“乐”:日头下在弟弟乐着猜谜语
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
riddle
n[C]
1 puzzling question, statement or description, esp one intended to test the cleverness of those wishing to solve it 谜; （尤指）谜语
ask/tell sb a riddle 出个谜语叫某人猜
know the answer to/solve a riddle 知道谜底
She speaks/talks in riddles it's very difficult to know what she means. 她说话含糊其辞--实在令人费解.
2 puzzling person, thing, event, etc 谜一般的人、 东西、 事情等
She's a complete riddle, even to her parents. 她是个很难了解的人, 连她父母都无法了解她.
the riddle of how the universe originated 宇宙起源之谜.
riddle n [C]
coarse sieve for earth, gravel, cinders, etc （筛泥土、 碎石、 煤渣等用的）粗筛. riddle, v
1 [Tn]
(a) pass (gravel, etc) through a riddle 用粗筛筛（碎石等）.
(b) shake (a grate, eg in a stove) in order to make ashes, cinders, etc fall through 摇动（炉箅子等）使灰、 煤渣等落下.
2
(a) [esp passive 尤用於被动语态
Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (with sth) make many holes in sb/sth 将某人[某物]弄得满是窟窿
The car was riddled from end to end. 那汽车前前後後都是窟窿.
The roof was riddled with bullet holes. 房顶满是子弹打的窟窿.
(b) [Tn.pr esp passive 尤用於被动语态]
~ sb/sth with sth affect sb/sth completely 严重影响或侵袭某人[某事物]
(derog 贬) They areriddled with disease. 他们饱受病痛之苦.
an administrationriddled with corruption 极其腐败的政府.
🎯 考研助记
稻草人(ri)的弟弟(di)乐于(le)猜 谜语 网友：马 胜 敏 好好学习 补充：1：稻草（r）人（i）与两个孕妇（dd）一起在猜迷语，时常发出快乐（le）的笑声。 2：稻草（r）人（i）弟弟（dd）为了（le）想出这个谜语已经几餐没吃饭了。 rid=read 反复读 le名词后缀 反复读的是谜语 网友：yqy 补充：源自rid：去掉不必要信息，才能得到谜语答案
🔁 扩展释义
*['ridl]n. 谜, 谜语, 粗筛vt. 解谜, 给...出谜, 筛, 寻根究底地检验, 充满于vi. 出谜【化】 粗筛
📖 同为「初中」词汇
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That will be fine.
那可以。
I got caught in traffic, otherwise I would have been here sooner.
我遇到交通阻塞，否则我很快就到这了。
and we have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery of echo-location in bats to see a case in which the voice plays a strictly utilitarian role.
我们只要看一看蝙蝠回声定位这一极不寻常的发现，就可以探究一下声音在什么情况下有绝对的实用价值。