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?
このなぞなぞを解けますか:口がなくても話し、耳がなくても聞こえる。私は何でしょう?
Something mysterious or hard to explain.
The disappearance of the ancient civilization remains a riddle to historians.
古代文明の消滅は、歴史家にとって依然として謎のままです。
To make many holes in something.
The old wooden fence was riddled with termite holes.
古い木の柵はシロアリの穴だらけでした。