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riddles
谜语；难题
riddles is the plural of riddle.
核心释义
A puzzling question or problem, especially one asked as a game.
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文字谜题或智力问题
A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
- 2.
粗网筛,用于分离粗细材料
A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.
- 3.
祭坛两侧的帷幕之一
One of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on the north and south.
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难题
a difficult problem
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古老的文字、诗歌或文学形式,其中有隐藏意义的对立表达
An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.
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用来拉直铁丝的锯齿板
A board with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
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粗筛
a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
粗筛；筛子；谜语诗（古文体）；祭坛帷幔；金属丝矫直板；文字谜题或智力问题
用法In use
The ancient riddle took me hours to solve.
用法提示：指难题
She posed a riddle that no one could answer.
用法提示：指难题
The construction worker used a riddle to separate large stones from sand.
用法提示：指粗筛
a riddle about sth
riddle 是可能名词，指猜谜类的智力游戏，常用复数 riddles。
The children love telling riddles about animals.
孩子们喜欢讲关于动物的谜语。
the riddle of sth
the riddle of ... 多指难以解释的重大问题或奥秘。
Scientists are still trying to solve the riddle of how life began.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- solve a riddle
- 解开谜语
- It took us a long time to solve the riddle.我们花了很长时间才解开这个谜语。
- answer a riddle
- 猜出谜语
- The children listened carefully and answered the riddle in seconds.孩子们仔细听着，几秒钟就猜出了谜语。
- pose a riddle
- 出谜；提出难题
- The scientist posed a riddle that challenged the whole field.这位科学家提出了一个难倒整个领域的难题。
- riddle of the Sphinx
- 斯芬克斯之谜
- Oedipus famously solved the riddle of the Sphinx.俄狄浦斯以解开斯芬克斯之谜而闻名。
- an unsolved riddle
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想 rid（摆脱）：猜谜帮你摆脱困惑，粗筛帮你摆脱杂质。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：儿童谜语书、智力问答、日常对话 作名词表示“谜语/难题”时语气中性，通常用于日常交流或书面描写，口语和正式场合均常见。
语法说明Grammar Note
常与solve, pose等动词搭配
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
middle、fiddle、piddle、twiddle 与 riddle 押韵，都以 /ɪd.əl/ 结尾，拼写都是 -iddle。little、brittle 虽然形似（-ittle），但以 /ɪt.əl/ 结尾，读 /t/ 而不读 /d/，所以不押韵。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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