riddle學測 L4KK [ˈrɪdəl] | /ˈrɪdəl/
謎題;難解之事·穿孔;鑿滿小孔
常考字,一字身兼謎題與打孔兩義
The wall was riddled with bullet holes, as if hiding the answer to some old riddle.
牆上佈滿彈孔,彷彿藏著某個古老謎題的答案。
一個畫面:滿是破洞看不透
破洞紙頁紙上滿是小洞,看不清全貌
彈孔痕跡表面佈滿密集小孔
百思不解線索太少,猜不出答案
義項
抓頭猜謎B2noun謎題;難解之事
No one could answer the old man's riddle, so we all gave up.
沒有人答得出老先生的謎題,大家都放棄了。
solve a riddlea tricky riddle
彈孔佈滿B2verb穿孔;鑿滿小孔
The old fence was riddled with small holes after the storm.
那面舊圍籬在暴風雨後佈滿了小洞。
riddled with holes
片語
solve a riddle解開謎題 →把謎題解開
a tricky riddle棘手謎題 →很難解開的謎題
riddle holes into鑽出小孔 →在皮革上鑽出小孔
你會不會這樣說?
The teacher gave the class a tricky ___ to solve. (riddle / ridicule)
看答案
riddle
riddle是謎題,ridicule是嘲笑,字形相近易混淆。
'The fence was riddled with holes.' 這裡的 riddled 是什麼詞性?(A) 動詞過去分詞 (B) 名詞
看答案
(A)
riddled在此為過去分詞當形容詞,表示佈滿小孔的狀態。
字族
riddled 佈滿的(形容詞用法)