a question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning, typically presented as a game
谜，谜语。
a person, event, or fact that is difficult to understand or explain
谜一般的人（或事）
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the riddle of her death .她的死亡之谜。
〈古〉 打谜语般地说；出谜
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he who knows not how to riddle .不会说让人摸不到头脑的话的人。
[with two objs]solve or explain (a riddle) to (someone)
猜（某人）出的（谜），为（某人）解（谜）
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riddle me this then .那就猜我这个谜语（或为我解这个谜）。
(一般作
（尤指枪击）多处洞穿，把…打得满是窟窿
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his car was riddled by sniper fire .他的车给狙击手射得千疮百孔。
fill or permeate (someone or something), especially with something unpleasant or undesirable
（尤指令人不快之事）充斥，布满
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the existing law is riddled with loopholes .现行法律漏洞百出。
pass (a substance) through a large coarse sieve
用粗筛筛
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for final potting, the soil mixture is not riddled .最后盆栽时，混合土不用粗筛过。
remove ashes or other unwanted material from (something, especially a fire or stove) in such a way
使灰（或其他废弃物）从（某物，尤指炉或灶）中被筛下。
a large coarse sieve, especially one used for separating ashes from cinders or sand from gravel
粗筛；炉栅；（筛沙的）格筛。
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talk （或speak ）in riddles express oneself in an ambiguous or puzzling manner 说谜语般的话
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riddlen.谜；谜语；粗筛；炉栅；格筛；谜一般的人
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middleadj.中部的；中间的；中央的；当中的；中动态的；中间反身态的；居中的；中级的；中等的；中古的
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