puz·zle /ˈpʌzəl/
難題,迷惑(vt.)使困惑,使為難,苦思而得(vi.)迷惑,苦思
puzzle
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puz·zle n.
1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.
2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
puz·zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. puzzled p. pr. & vb. n. puzzling ]
1. To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus.
A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous in puzzling others. --Dr. H. More.
He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his own blunders. --Addison.
2. To make intricate; to entangle.
They disentangle from the puzzled skein. --Cowper.
The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate,
Puzzled in mazes, and perplexed with error. --Addison.
3. To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery.
Syn: -- To embarrass; perplex; confuse; bewilder; confound. See Embarrass.
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Puz·zle, v. i.
1. To be bewildered, or perplexed.
A puzzling fool, that heeds nothing. --L'Estrange.
2. To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.
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puzzle
n 1: a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a
correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles";
"that's a real puzzler" [syn: puzzler, mystifier, teaser]
2: a toy that tests your ingenuity
v 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" [syn: perplex, vex, stick,
get, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder,
flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
2: be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding
or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden
departure"