puzzle

英 ['pʌzl] 美 ['pʌzl]

• n. 难题；谜；迷惑；拼图游戏
• vt. 使为难；使困惑
• vi. 苦思；迷惑

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 使迷惑,使难解

   cause difficulty in the effort to explain or understand

2. vi. 为难,伤脑筋,苦思

   make a great effort of the mind in order to understand or find the answer to a difficult question

n. (名词)

1. [S]迷惑,困惑

   confusion

2. [C]智力测验,智力玩具,谜

   problem or toy that is designed to test a person's knowledge, ingenuity, skill, etc.

3. [S]难题,令人费解的事〔人〕

   question that is difficult to understand or answer; mystery

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 难题，疑问，难点
2. 谜，不解之谜，难以理解之事
3. 迷惑，困惑
4. 智力竞赛，智力游戏
5. 猜谜

v. 动词

1. 使迷惑，使为难，使困惑，使窘困，使伤脑筋
2. 苦思，苦苦思索 ，仔细琢磨
3. 苦思而得出，琢磨出…的答案，想出，试着解决，使苦思
4. 感到迷惑，茫然，惶惑，费解
5. 使混乱

英英释义

Noun:

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

   "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"
   "that's a real puzzler"
   

2. a game that tests your ingenuity

Verb:

1. be a mystery or bewildering to;

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

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

   "We puzzled over her sudden departure"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Will you help me to solve this puzzle?
   你能帮助我解决这个难题吗?
2. He sat frowning over a crossword puzzle.
   他坐着皱着眉头在思考纵横字谜。
3. Her decision was a puzzle to him.
   她的决定对他来说是个谜。
4. She could not get the puzzle out of her mind.
   她无法解开心中的疑虑。
5. He is in a puzzle about the matter.
   他对这件事大惑不解。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The question puzzled me.
   这个问题把我难住了。
2. I've never been able to puzzle her out.
   我一直对她捉摸不透。
3. I have in mind some doubts which really puzzle me.
   我心中有一个疑团, 百思不得其解。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. I saw him puzzle over a math problem.
   我看见他正在苦心思索一道数学题。
2. She listened with a puzzled expression on her face.
   她脸上带著困惑的表情在倾听。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The spelling of English is often puzzling.
   英语的拼写法常常使人伤脑筋。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The letter puzzled me.
   这封信使我迷惑不解。
2. His recent behavior puzzles me.
   他最近的行为使我感到费解。
3. How the cat got out puzzled us.
   我们弄不清猫是怎么跑出来的。
4. Waking up in strange surroundings puzzled her.
   她醒来时看到一片陌生的环境,这把她都搞糊涂了。
5. The question puzzled students.
   这个问题使学生们困惑不解。
6. There are several points that tend to puzzle beginners.
   有几个地方容易使初学者感到困惑。
7. The woman's illness puzzled the doctor; he couldn't find the cause.
   那女人的病难住了医生,他找不出病因。
8. He puzzled the meaning of the sentence.
   他不能理解句中的含义。
9. You have puzzled the meanings of the two words.
   你混淆了这两个词的意思。
10. He puzzled his brains to find an answer.
    他冥思苦想寻求答案。
11. They puzzled their wits to find a solution.
    他们绞尽脑汁想找个解决办法。
1
12. Didn't you remark that he was puzzled?
    你没注意到他被弄糊涂了吗?
13. They were puzzled by the move.
    这一行为使他们莫名其妙。
14. Tom was puzzled by the examination questions.
    考题把汤姆难住了。
15. Sister Carrie was puzzled by the crowd and traffic in the city.
    嘉莉妹妹被城里众多的人群和繁忙交通弄得晕头转向。
16. I was puzzled with the question.
    这个问题把我难住了。
17. I felt very puzzled at the words.
    听了这话我感到有些迷惑不解。

其他

S+be ~ed+to- v

1. In fact we Europeans are always puzzled to see the almost total Americanization of Japan.
   事实上,我们欧洲人看到日本几乎全盘美国化时感到困惑。
2. They were puzzled to bag nothing except a rabbit.
   他们对仅猎获了一只兔子感到迷惑。

S+be ~ed+wh-to- v

1. He was puzzled how to act.
   他不知如何才好。
2. He was puzzled what to do next.
   他不知道下一步干什么。
3. I am utterly puzzled what to do with it.
   我全然不知道该如何处置它。

S+be ~ed+wh-clause

1. I am puzzled why you didn't try for a university scholarship.
   我不理解你为什么不申请奖学金。
2. They are puzzled in their minds what that word means.
   他们在仔细思考那个词的意思。
3. The children are puzzled how the world came into being.
   孩子们对世界是怎样形成的感到莫名其妙。

用作名词 (n.)

1. He shows a great interest in crossword puzzles.
   他对纵横数字游戏表现出很大的兴趣。
2. Their reason for doing it is still a puzzle to me.
   他们为什么干那件事仍然让我费解。

经典引文

• The result would be..utter puzzle and bewilderment.

  出自： M. Arnold

• Thou art more puzzled than the Egyptians in their fog.

  出自：Twelfth Night , Shakespeare

• The question has always puzzled me.

  出自： E. Peacock

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

puzzle about (v.+prep.)

想找出 want to find
puzzle about sth
He was studying the map and puzzling about the easiest way to cross the mountains.

他在仔细察看地图,想找出最容易穿过山区的道路。 puzzle about wh-to-v
We puzzled for two months about where to put you.

为了安置你,我们苦思了两个月。 puzzle sth about sth
They all puzzled their brains about the problem.

他们都冥思苦想这个问题。 puzzle sb about wh-to-v
The student was puzzled about what to do next.

这个学生对下一步做什么而伤透了脑筋。

puzzle out (v.+adv.)

推测出 infer sth; conjecture sth; guess sth
puzzle sb/sth ⇔ out
We could not puzzle out Mary's intention.

我们猜不出玛丽的意图。
He puzzled out the mystery story before he finished the book.

他在读完那本神秘小说前推测出它的结局。
It's good for students to puzzle things out for themselves.

让学生们自己思索解决难题很有好处。
I puzzled it out and made a translation of it.

我研究出其意义并把它翻译出来。
I've never been able to puzzle her out, and still can't.

我一直对她捉摸不透,到现在还是这样。 puzzle out wh-to-v
We finally puzzled out how to open the box.

我们最后终于想出怎样打开盒子。 puzzle out wh-clause
I've tried for weeks to puzzle out what could have made Mary so angry that she hasn't written to us.

几个星期以来,我一直在思索,究竟什么事使玛丽生这么大的气,连信都不给我们写。
I've been trying to puzzle out which piece of work is most urgent.

我一直想弄清楚哪一件工作最紧迫。

puzzle over (v.+prep.)

苦苦思考 think long and hard
puzzle over sth
He was puzzling over the old map.

他在苦苦思考这幅旧地图。
They puzzled over the question for quite a while.

这问题他们想了很久。 puzzle oneself/sb over sth
He puzzled himself over the matter.

他对那件事绞尽脑汁。
She was puzzled over the decision.

她觉得这个决定难以理解。
She was puzzled over his strange behaviour.

他奇怪的举止使她大惑不解。

puzzle through (v.+prep.)

钻研 cudgel one's brains to evolve an idea
puzzle sth through sth
The boy puzzled his way through geometry.

那男孩煞费苦心地钻研几何学。

用作名词 (n.)

in a puzzle about〔as to〕

对(某事)困惑不解sth that one can't understand or explain

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• puzzle the beginners 使初学者感到困惑不解
• puzzle the doctor 难住了医生
• puzzle the meaning of the sentence 不能理解句中的含义
• puzzle the meanings of the two words 混淆了这两个词的意思
• puzzle the students 使学生们困惑不解

～+副词

• puzzle bewilderingly 使人迷惑不解
• puzzle completely 使人彻底地迷惑不解
• puzzle steadily 略有为难
• puzzle superficially 表面上地为难
• puzzle utterly 使完全迷惑不解
• puzzle out an answer 猜出答案
• puzzle out a truth 研究出真理
• puzzle through 摸索着通过

～+介词

• puzzle about〔over〕 为…大伤脑筋,对…冥思苦想
• puzzle one's brain about a problem 绞尽脑汁以求解决某一问题
• puzzle over the matter 对那事绞尽脑汁
• puzzle over the question 对此问题迷惑不解
• puzzle one's brain upon a problem 绞尽脑汁以求解决某一问题
• puzzle sb with a question 使某人对某问题无以对答

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• construct〔solve, undo〕 puzzles 解难题
• explain〔present〕 puzzles 解释〔提出〕难题

形容词+～

• impenetrable puzzle 费解的难题
• unexplained puzzle 不解之谜

介词+～

• in a puzzle about 对…迷惑不解
• answer to the puzzle 谜题的答案

～+介词

• puzzle in words 字谜
• puzzle to 对…来说困惑不解

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. puzzle的基本意思是“使困惑”“使难解”,指对某事物感到迷惑或伤脑筋,不知道该怎么解决。引申可表示“为难”“伤脑筋”“苦思”等。
2. puzzle既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词、代词作宾语。如果主语指外界原因,常用主动结构,如果主语指感觉困惑的人,常用于被动结构。
3. puzzle的过去分词puzzled作表语时,后面可接带或不带疑问词的动词不定式或由疑问词引起的从句。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

puzzle, bewilder, confuse

• 这组词的共同意思是“困惑不解”。其区别在于:
• 1.puzzle为日常用语,指对不能解释的事物感到迷惑; confuse指由于思想的迷乱或某些事情的混淆而产生困惑; bewilder指使人思想混乱到不知所措的程度。
• 2.在语气上, puzzle语气较轻, confuse较重, bewilder最重。

puzzle，bewilder，confuse，embarrass，perplex，baffle，confound，distract

• 这些动词均有“使困惑、迷惑、糊涂、伤脑筋”之意。
• puzzle侧重使人难于理解、困惑、伤脑筋。
• bewilder语气强烈，指因迷不解或惊愕而慌乱，不知所措，无法清醒地思考。
• confuse语气较弱，指由于混淆、混乱而糊涂。
• embarrass常指因处境或困难问题而感到窘迫、局促不安或焦急而不知所措。
• perplex除困惑外，还含焦虑或缺乏把握之意，因而难于作出决定，无从下手处理。
• baffle语气最强，多指遇见奇怪情景或复杂困难情况时所产生的惶恐困惑心理。
• confound常指人惊慌失措和狼狈不堪。
• distract主要用于注意力分散、思想矛盾或过分激动时产生的昏乱。

puzzle，mystery，riddle，problem

• 这些名词均有“谜、难题”之意。
• puzzle语气较强，指复杂令人费解的情况或问题。
• mystery指常人难以认识其起因或性质的奥秘，或指有意不让人理解的奥妙。
• riddle指供人猜的谜语游戏，也可指终究会有解答的难题。
• problem指有待探讨的疑难问题，也可指令人困惑的情况。

近反义词

【近义词】

• difficulty
• problem
• riddle

派生词

n.(名词)

• puzzlement n. 困惑,苦思