n. 谜, 谜语, 粗筛

vt. 解谜, 给...出谜, 筛, 寻根究底地检验, 充满于

vi. 出谜

[化] 粗筛

Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. t.
To explain; to solve; to unriddle.

Riddle me this, and guess him if you can. --Dryden.


Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. i.
To speak ambiguously or enigmatically. ``Lysander riddels
very prettily.'' --Shak.


Riddle \Rid"dle\, n. [OE. ridil, AS. hridder; akin to G. reiter,
L. cribrum, and to Gr. ??? to distinguish, separate, and G.
rein clean. See {Crisis}, {Certain}.]
1. A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for
separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from
grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.

2. A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which
wire is drawn to straighten it.


Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Riddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Riddling}.]
1. To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to
pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or
gravel.

2. To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many
holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.


Riddle \Rid"dle\, n. [For riddels, s being misunderstood as the
plural ending; OE. ridels, redels. AS. r?dels; akin to D.
raadsel, G. r["a]thsel; fr. AS. r?dan to counsel or advise,
also, to guess. [root]116. Cf. {Read}.]
Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a
puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma;
hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling.

To wring from me, and tell to them, my secret,
That solved the riddle which I had proposed. --Milton.

'T was a strange riddle of a lady. --Hudibras.