- To puzzle over something is to try to understand or solve it. Picture someone struggling with a jigsaw puzzle, trying to figure out how all those tiny pieces fit together to form an image. That person is puzzling over a puzzle!
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- vt. 使…困惑；迷惑
- n. 谜；
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1. The puzzle defied solution.
这个谜无法解。
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2. a book of puzzles for children
儿童谜语书
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3. What puzzles me is why he left the country without telling anyone.
令我不解的是，他为什么悄悄地离开了这个国家。
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4. He was trying to puzzle out why he had been brought to the house.
他想弄明白自己为何被带到这所房子。
- puzzle (n.) c. 1600, "state of being puzzled," from puzzle (v.); meaning "perplexing question" is from 1650s; that of "a toy contrived to test one's ingenuity" is from 1814.
- puzzle (v.) 1590s, pusle "bewilder, confound," possibly frequentative of pose (v.) in obsolete sense of "perplex" (compare nuzzle from nose). Related: Puzzled; puzzling.
puz·zle / ˈpʌzl ; NAmE ˈpʌzl / noun , verb puzzle puzzles puzzled puzzling noun 1 a game, etc. that you have to think about carefully in order to answer it or do it 谜；智力游戏 ◆ a crossword puzzle 纵横字谜 ◆ a book of puzzles for children 儿童谜语书 2 ( especially NAmE) = jigsaw (1 ) 3 [usually singular ] something that is difficult to understand or explain 不解之谜；疑问 SYN mystery verb puzzlesb to make sb feel confused because they do not understand sth 迷惑；使困惑 SYN baffle ◆ What puzzles me is why he left the country without telling anyone. 令我不解的是，他为什么悄悄地离开了这个国家。 ▶ puz·zling / ˈpʌzlɪŋ ; NAmE ˈpʌzlɪŋ / adjective ◆ one of the most puzzling aspects of the crime 这桩罪案最费解的一面 PHRASAL VERBS ˈpuzzle over/about sth to think hard about sth in order to understand or explain it 苦苦思索；仔细琢磨 ˌpuzzle sth↔ˈout to find the answer to a difficult or confusing problem by thinking carefully 琢磨出…的答案 SYN work out puzzlewhy, what, etc… ◆ He was trying to puzzle out why he had been brought to the house. 他想弄明白自己为何被带到这所房子。 puz·zle / ˈpʌzl ; NAmE ˈpʌzl / puz·zling / ˈpʌzlɪŋ ; NAmE ˈpʌzlɪŋ /
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