riddle

/ˈrɪd(ə)l/
A riddle is a puzzle or joke in which you ask a question that seems to be nonsense but which has a clever or amusing answer. 谜语

noun [专属名词] 谜语;谜一般的人(或事);(筛分土石的)粗筛

All comers to the Sphinx were asked a riddle, and failure to solve it meant death. 所有来到斯芬克斯面前的人都被问了一个谜语,解答不了就意味着死亡。

verb [vt. 及物动词] 猜(某人)出的(谜),为(某人)解(谜);<古> 打谜语般地说,出谜;把……打得满是窟窿;(尤指令人不快之事)充斥,布满;用粗筛筛;摇动(炉栅)使灰落下

Unknown attackers riddled two homes with gunfire. 不明来路的袭击者用枪把两座房屋打得千疮百孔。

noun [专属名词] 【名】 (Riddle)(美、英、加)里德尔(人名)

Can you answer this riddle? 你能猜出这个谜语吗?

谜(riddle)底在中间(middle)
(answer to a riddle 谜底)
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Scientists claimed yesterday to have solved the riddle of the birth of the universe. 科学家们昨天宣布已经解开了宇宙诞生之谜。