puzzle

noun

1. a game that tests your ingenuity

2. a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution

e.g. he loved to solve chessmate puzzles
that's a real puzzler

Synonym: puzzlermystifierteaser

verb

1. be a mystery or bewildering to

e.g. This beats me!
Got me--I don't know the answer!
a vexing problem
This question really stuck me

Synonym: perplexvexstickgetmystifybafflebeatposebewilderflummoxstupefynonplusgravelamazedumbfound

2. be uncertain about
think about without fully understanding or being able to decide

e.g. We puzzled over her sudden departure

1. 使迷惑；使困惑
If something puzzles you, you do not understand it and feel confused.

puzzle是什么意思

e.g. My sister puzzles me and causes me anxiety.
我妹妹总让我捉摸不透，弄得我焦虑不安。

2. 对…苦苦思索；因…大伤脑筋
If you puzzle over something, you try hard to think of the answer to it or the explanation for it.

e.g. In rehearsing Shakespeare, I puzzle over the complexities of his verse and prose.
在排演莎士比亚的戏剧时，其中诗句和散文的复杂让我大伤脑筋。

3. 难题；智力问题（或游戏、玩具）；谜
A puzzle is a question, game, or toy which you have to think about carefully in order to answer it correctly or put it together properly.

e.g. ...a word puzzle.
字谜

4. 令人费解的人；令人困惑的事物
You can describe a person or thing that is hard to understand as a puzzle .

e.g. Data from Voyager II has presented astronomers with a puzzle about why our outermost planet exists...
“旅行者二号”发回的数据给天文学家们提出了一个难题：离我们最远的那颗行星为什么会存在。
e.g. She was a puzzle.
她是个谜。

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