Riddle

(noun.) a coarse sieve (as for gravel).

(noun.) a difficult problem.

(verb.) set a difficult problem or riddle; 'riddle me a riddle'.

(verb.) explain a riddle.

(verb.) speak in riddles.

(verb.) pierce with many holes; 'The bullets riddled his body'.

(verb.) separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff.

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• Granting that to be the right reading of the riddle, it accounted, perhaps, for her flighty, self-conceited manner when she passed me in the hall. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Madame Beck read the riddle: none else resolved it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• At the age of six he had asked a Scripture riddle: Who was the first man known to wear breeches? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Indeed, mamma, since you propound the riddle, I think you ought to solve it! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• That's how I read the riddle. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• As you very truly say, I am a riddle; but I will explain myself soon. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Well, sit down quietly, and guess your riddle. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• This gives the edifice the romantic appearance of having been riddled with cannon-balls, and imparts to it a very warlike aspect. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Our smoke-stack was riddled with bullets, but there were only three men wounded on the boats, two of whom were soldiers. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• They are the three riddles of the sphinx of fate, to which the human commonweal must find an answer or perish. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• That's a thing I shall never tell plainly; and perhaps if I try to tell you in riddles you will not care to guess them. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• You speak in riddles. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Well, I suppose I am, said Crispin smilingly; but one which will shortly be explained, and, like all riddles, turn out to be very disappointing. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The bulk of these new Bible students took what their consciences approved from the Bible and ignored its riddles and contradictions. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But like so many theoretical riddles, this one rested on a very simple piece of ignorance. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The New Order found itself confronted with three riddles which it was quite unprepared to solve: Property, Currency, and International Relationship. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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