riddle
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/ˈrɪdl/
🇬🇧
/ˈrɪdl/
A puzzle or question with a clever answer that you ask as a game.
Can you solve this riddle: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?
你能解开这个谜语吗:我没有嘴却能说话,没有耳朵却能听见。我是什么?
Something mysterious or hard to explain.
The disappearance of the ancient civilization remains a riddle to historians.
这个古代文明的消失对历史学家来说仍然是个谜。
To make many holes in something.
The old wooden fence was riddled with termite holes.
旧木栅栏上布满了白蚁洞。