puzzle
puzzle 英 [ˈpʌzl] 美 [ˈpʌzəl]
vt. 使…困惑；迷惑 n. 谜；
进行时:puzzling 过去式:puzzled 过去分词:puzzled 第三人称单数:puzzles 名词复数:puzzles
- 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.
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