英汉词典

riddle 基本解释

• vt. 解谜；给...出谜；充满于
• n. 谜语；粗筛；谜一般的人、东西、事情等
• vi. 出谜
• n. (Riddle)人名；(英)里德尔

riddle 词态变化

riddle 中文词源

词源同 read,读，理解，猜测，-le,小词后缀。引申词义谜，谜语。

riddle 英文词源

riddle

riddle: [OE] English has two separate words riddle. The ‘puzzling’ sort of riddle is etymologically something you ‘read’. For it originated as a derivative of Old English rǣdan, the ancestor of modern English read. One of its earlier meanings was ‘interpret’ – hence riddle. Riddle ‘sieve’ goes back to a prehistoric German khrid- ‘shake’, which also produced German dialect reiter ‘sieve’. It is also related to Latin crībrum ‘sieve’ and cernere ‘separate’ (source of English decree, discern, secret, etc).
=> read; certain, decree, discern, secret

riddle (n.1)

"A word game or joke, comprising a question or statement couched in deliberately puzzling terms, propounded for solving by the hearer/reader using clues embedded within that wording" [Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore], early 13c., from Old English rædels "riddle; counsel; conjecture; imagination; discussion," common Germanic (Old Frisian riedsal "riddle," Old Saxon radisli, Middle Dutch raetsel, Dutch raadsel, Old High German radisle, German Rätsel "riddle").

The first element is from Proto-Germanic *redaz-, from PIE *re-dh-, from PIE *re(1)- "to reason, count" (cognates: Old English rædan "to advise, counsel, read, guess;" see read (v.)). The ending is Old English noun suffix -els, the -s of which later was mistaken for a plural affix and stripped off. Meaning "anything which puzzles or perplexes" is from late 14c.

riddle (v.1)

"perforate with many holes," 1817 (implied in riddled), earlier "sift" (early 13c.), from Middle English ridelle "coarse sieve," from late Old English hriddel "sieve," altered by dissimilation from Old English hridder "sieve" (see riddle (n.2)).

riddle (n.2)

"coarse sieve," mid-14c., alteration of late Old English hriddel, dissimilated from hridder, from Proto-Germanic *hrida- (cognates: German Reiter), from PIE root *krei- "to sieve," and thus related to Latin cribrum "sieve, riddle," Greek krinein "to separate, distinguish, decide" (see crisis).

riddle (v.2)

"to pose as a riddle," 1570s, from riddle (n.1). Related: Riddled; riddler; riddling.

riddle 词组搭配

riddle 英文释义

1. a difficult problem

2. a coarse sieve (as for gravel)

riddle 同义词解析

puzzle, mystery, riddle, problem

这些名词均有"谜，难题"之意。

puzzle： 语气较强，指复杂令人费解的情况或问题。

mystery： 指常人难以认识其起因或性质的奥秘，或指有意不让人理解的奥妙。

riddle： 指供人猜的谜语游戏，也可指终究会有解答的难题。

problem： 指有待探讨的疑难问题，也可指令人困惑的情况。

riddle 双语例句

1. He was on a caravanning holiday.

他驾房车外出游玩去了。

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2. Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

俄罗斯是被包藏在一个闷葫芦里面的神秘物体之中的谜.

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3. The riddle couldn't be solved by the child.

这个谜语孩子猜不出来.

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4. He found out the riddle at last.

他终于猜出了这个谜语.

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5. Her disappearance is a complete riddle.

她的失踪完全是一个谜.

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riddle 实用场景例句

Stop talking in riddles (= saying things that are confusing) ─say what you mean.

别拐弯抹角了，有话直说。

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to solve the riddle of the Sphinx

解开斯芬克斯之谜

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the riddle of how the baby died

婴儿死亡之谜

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The car was riddled with bullets .

这辆车被子弹打得千疮百孔。

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His body was riddled with cancer.

癌瘤遍布他的全身。

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Her typing was slow and riddled with mistakes.

她打字很慢而且错误百出。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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Can you answer this riddle?

你能猜出这个谜语 吗 ?

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A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun.

谜语由一个奇妙的问题组成的谜语,其答案为双关语.

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The odd man added an additional riddle to the middles f the saddle.

古怪的人给这个鞍的中间添加一个另外的谜.

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But itat least necessary to quote some of the reflections that Jung dedicated to this riddle.

对于这个谜一样的主题,荣格的观点有助于我们的思考.

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Rataplan at game beginning is the unique form of Chaoshan lantern riddle.

击鼓开猜,更是我们潮汕地区特有的猜谜形式.

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Such a riddle! How could you expect me to dope it out?

这种 谜语 叫我怎么猜 呢 ?

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I easily figured out the answer to this riddle.

我毫不费力地就把谜底猜着了.

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Don't move or I'll riddle you with bullets!

不许动,要不我就开枪把你打得浑身是窟窿!

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The riddle couldn't be solved by the child.

这个谜语孩子猜不出来.

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Who can help me to guess the riddle?

谁能帮我猜这个谜?

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The riddle is already read.

这个谜已经解开了.

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Riddle: What is dark but made by light?

谜面: 什么东西是黑暗的但却是由光制造的?

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Riddle me this then. What's that round the house and round theand never touches the house?

那么,请你猜个谜吧: 什么东西围着房子转来转去,但碰不到房子?

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I was to be made a riddle of if I attempted to escape.

当时我要是企图逃跑的话,就会被子弹打出几个窟窿.

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The problem is a Sphinx's riddle.

这个问题对我们来说真是难解之谜.

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Life is a maze and love a riddle.

生活是座迷宫,而爱是个谜.

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Can you solve this little riddle?

你能解开这个小谜团?

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They might have figured out this riddle by now.

他们现在也许已经解开这个谜了.

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Riddle my riddle, what is this?

给你猜一个谜, 你猜这是什么谜?

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