riddle /ˈrɪdl/

noun

1

谜；谜语

a question that is difficult to understand, and that has a surprising answer, that you ask sb as a game

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

别拐弯抹角了，有话直说。

to solve the riddle of the Sphinx

解开斯芬克斯之谜

2

神秘事件；无法解释的情况

a mysterious event or situation that you cannot explain

同义词： mystery

the riddle of how the baby died

婴儿死亡之谜

verb

[VN] [usually passive] 使布满窟窿

to make a lot of holes in sb/sth

The car was riddled with bullets .

这辆车被子弹打得千疮百孔。

习语

be riddled with sth

充满；充斥

to be full of sth, especially sth bad or unpleasant

His body was riddled with cancer.

癌瘤遍布他的全身。

Her typing was slow and riddled with mistakes.

她打字很慢而且错误百出。

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