Puzzle

['pʌz(ə)l] or ['pʌzl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a game that tests your ingenuity.

(noun.) a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; 'he loved to solve chessmate puzzles'; 'that's a real puzzler'.

(verb.) be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; 'We puzzled over her sudden departure'.

厄纳校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v.) Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.

(v.) The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.

(v. t.) To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus.

(v. t.) To make intricate; to entangle.

(v. t.) To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery.

(v. i.) To be bewildered, or perplexed.

(v. i.) To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.

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同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Perplex, embarrass, bewilder, confound, stagger, pose, nonplus, confuse, mystify.

n. [1]. Riddle, enigma, mystery, poser, knotty point.[2]. Perplexity, embarrassment, quandary, nonplus.

手打:利奥波德

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Embarrassment, be_wilderment, enigma, confusion, conundrum, intricacy,labyrinth

ANT:Disentanglement, solution, explanation, extrication, clue

SYN:Pose, perplex, embarrass, bewilder, confound, mystify, confuse

ANT:Enlighten, instruct, illumine

整理:鲁道夫

解釋/意思:

n. a difficulty to be solved: perplexity: something to try the ingenuity as a toy or riddle.—v.t. to set a difficult question to: to pose: to perplex.—v.i. to be bewildered: to think long and carefully (with out over).—ns. Puzz′ledom (coll.) bewilderment; Puzz′le-head one who is puzzle-headed.—adj. Puzz′le-head′ed having the head full of confused notions.—ns. Puzz′le-head′edness; Puzz′lement the state of being puzzled; Puzz′le-monk′ey (same as Monkey-puzzle q.v.); Puzz′le-peg a piece of wood so secured under a dog's jaw as to keep his nose from the ground; Puzz′ler; Puzz′le-ring a ring made of several small rings intricately linked together capable of being taken apart and put together again.—adj. Puzz′ling posing: perplexing.—adv. Puzz′lingly.

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