riddle /'ridl/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a difficult problem
• (n.) a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
• (v.) pierce with many holes

Chinese translation

• n. 谜, 谜语, 粗筛
• vt. 解谜, 给...出谜, 筛, 寻根究底地检验, 充满于
• vi. 出谜

Word details

Part of speech

noun / verb

Pronunciation

/'ridl/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 3.44 · Super Super Rare

Word forms

riddled, riddling, riddles

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