riddle

riddle1
noun
  1. a question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning, typically presented as a game
    谜，谜语
    ■a person, event, or fact that is difficult to understand or explain
    谜一般的人（或事）
    the riddle of her death.
    她的死亡之谜。
verb
  1. [no obj.](archaic)speak in or pose riddles
    (古)玩谜语般的话；出谜
    he who knows not how to riddle.
    不会说让人摸不到头脑的话的人。
    ■[with two objs]solve or explain (a riddle) to (someone)
    猜（某人）出的（谜)，为（某人）解（谜）
    riddle me this then.
    那就猜我这个谜语（或为我解这个谜）。
常用词组
talk (或 speak) in riddles
  1. express oneself in an ambiguous or puzzling manner
    说谜语般的话
派生
riddler
noun
语源
  1. Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse 'opinion, conjecture, riddle'; related to Dutch raadsel, German Rätsel, also to read
riddle2
verb
[with obj.]
  1. (一般作be riddled)make many holes in (someone or something), especially with gunshot
    （尤指枪击）多处洞穿，把…打得满是窟窿
    his car was riddled by sniper fire.
    他的车给狙击手射得千疮百孔。
    ■fill or permeate (someone or something), especially with something unpleasant or undesirable
    （尤指令人不快之事）充斥，布满
    the existing law is riddled with loopholes.
    现行法律漏洞百出。
  2. pass (a substance) through a large coarse sieve
    用粗筛筛
    for final potting, the soil mixture is not riddled.
    最后盆栽时，混合土不用粗筛过。
    ■remove ashes or other unwanted material from (something, especially a fire or stove) in such a way
    使灰等从（炉火或炉子等）中被筛下
noun
  1. a large coarse sieve, especially one used for separating ashes from cinders or sand from gravel
    粗筛；炉栅；（筛沙的）格筛
语源
  1. late Old English hriddel, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin cribrum 'sieve', cernere 'separate', and Greek krinein 'decide'
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