puzzle

/ˈpʌzəl/ n. / v.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

谜；智力游戏；难题；使困惑；使迷惑

释义与例句

n. 谜；智力游戏；难题
a game or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge, or a situation that is difficult to understand
  1. She completes the newspaper's crossword puzzle every morning.
    她每天早上都做报纸上的填字游戏。
  2. The missing document remains a puzzle to historians.
    那份失踪的文件对历史学家来说仍是个谜。
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  1. The last piece of the puzzle was hidden under the sofa.
    最后一块拼图藏在沙发下面。
v. 使困惑；使迷惑
to make someone feel confused because something is difficult to understand or explain
  1. The sudden change in his behaviour puzzled his friends.
    他行为的突然变化让朋友们感到困惑。
  2. Scientists were puzzled by the unusual pattern in the results.
    科学家们对结果中的异常模式感到不解。
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  1. It puzzles me that the shop closes so early on Saturdays.
    这家店星期六这么早关门，让我感到奇怪。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 puzzled 描述“人感到困惑”，puzzling 描述“事情令人困惑”；puzzle over sth 表示反复思考某件难解的事。

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • puzzled 困惑的；迷惑的
    形容词，描述人感到困惑，常用于 be puzzled by/about something。
  • puzzling 令人困惑的；费解的
    形容词，描述事情本身难以理解，如 a puzzling result（费解的结果）。
同义词
  • confuse 使困惑；混淆
    puzzle 强调因事情难解而使人疑惑，常带有想弄明白的意味；confuse 可表示使人思路混乱，也可表示把两个事物混淆，如 confuse A with B。
    The contradictory signs confused visitors to the building. 相互矛盾的指示牌让大楼里的访客感到困惑。
常见搭配
  • solve a puzzle 解谜；解开难题
    It took the team an hour to solve the final puzzle. 团队花了一个小时解开最后一道谜题。
  • jigsaw puzzle 拼图游戏
    We spread the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle across the table. 我们把拼图块摊在桌上。
  • puzzle over 苦苦思索；反复琢磨
    She puzzled over the strange message for several days. 那条奇怪的信息让她琢磨了好几天。