音标:['pʌzl] ; 柯林斯词典等级:2 级;
n. 难题, 迷惑
vt. 使困惑, 使为难
vi. 迷惑, 苦思
n. a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
n. a game that tests your ingenuity
v. be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
词型变化:名词复数形式 : puzzles ; 现在分词 : puzzling ; 过去式 : puzzled ; 过去分词 : puzzled ; 第三人称单数 : puzzles
考试类型:[高考/四级/六级/考研/托福/IELTS]
词性分布:
名词77%
动词23%

puzzle的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. Will you help me to solve this puzzle?你能帮助我解决这个难题吗?
  2. He sat frowning over a crossword puzzle.他坐着皱着眉头在思考纵横字谜。
  3. Her decision was a puzzle to him.她的决定对他来说是个谜。
  4. She could not get the puzzle out of her mind.她无法解开心中的疑虑。
  5. He is in a puzzle about the matter.他对这件事大惑不解。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. The question puzzled me.这个问题把我难住了。
  2. I've never been able to puzzle her out.我一直对她捉摸不透。
  3. I have in mind some doubts which really puzzle me.我心中有一个疑团, 百思不得其解。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
  1. I saw him puzzle over a math problem.我看见他正在苦心思索一道数学题。
  2. She listened with a puzzled expression on her face.她脸上带著困惑的表情在倾听。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. The spelling of English is often puzzling.英语的拼写法常常使人伤脑筋。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. The letter puzzled me.这封信使我迷惑不解。
  2. His recent behavior puzzles me.他最近的行为使我感到费解。
  3. How the cat got out puzzled us.我们弄不清猫是怎么跑出来的。
  4. Waking up in strange surroundings puzzled her.她醒来时看到一片陌生的环境,这把她都搞糊涂了。
  5. The question puzzled students.这个问题使学生们困惑不解。
  6. There are several points that tend to puzzle beginners.有几个地方容易使初学者感到困惑。
  7. The woman's illness puzzled the doctor; he couldn't find the cause.那女人的病难住了医生,他找不出病因。
  8. He puzzled the meaning of the sentence.他不能理解句中的含义。
  9. You have puzzled the meanings of the two words.你混淆了这两个词的意思。
  10. He puzzled his brains to find an answer.他冥思苦想寻求答案。
  11. They puzzled their wits to find a solution.他们绞尽脑汁想找个解决办法。
  12. 1
  13. Didn't you remark that he was puzzled?你没注意到他被弄糊涂了吗?
  14. They were puzzled by the move.这一行为使他们莫名其妙。
  15. Tom was puzzled by the examination questions.考题把汤姆难住了。
  16. Sister Carrie was puzzled by the crowd and traffic in the city.嘉莉妹妹被城里众多的人群和繁忙交通弄得晕头转向。
  17. I was puzzled with the question.这个问题把我难住了。
  18. I felt very puzzled at the words.听了这话我感到有些迷惑不解。
其他S+be ~ed+to- v
  1. In fact we Europeans are always puzzled to see the almost total Americanization of Japan.事实上,我们欧洲人看到日本几乎全盘美国化时感到困惑。
  2. They were puzzled to bag nothing except a rabbit.他们对仅猎获了一只兔子感到迷惑。
S+be ~ed+wh-to- v
  1. He was puzzled how to act.他不知如何才好。
  2. He was puzzled what to do next.他不知道下一步干什么。
  3. I am utterly puzzled what to do with it.我全然不知道该如何处置它。
S+be ~ed+wh-clause
  1. I am puzzled why you didn't try for a university scholarship.我不理解你为什么不申请奖学金。
  2. They are puzzled in their minds what that word means.他们在仔细思考那个词的意思。
  3. The children are puzzled how the world came into being.孩子们对世界是怎样形成的感到莫名其妙。
用作名词(n.)
  1. He shows a great interest in crossword puzzles.他对纵横数字游戏表现出很大的兴趣。
  2. Their reason for doing it is still a puzzle to me.他们为什么干那件事仍然让我费解。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
puzzle about (v.+prep.)
    想找出 want to findpuzzle about sth

    He was studying the map and puzzling about the easiest way to cross the mountains.

    他在仔细察看地图,想找出最容易穿过山区的道路。

    puzzle about wh-to-v

    We puzzled for two months about where to put you.

    为了安置你,我们苦思了两个月。

    puzzle sth about sth

    They all puzzled their brains about the problem.

    他们都冥思苦想这个问题。

    puzzle sb about wh-to-v

    The student was puzzled about what to do next.

    这个学生对下一步做什么而伤透了脑筋。

puzzle out (v.+adv.)
    推测出 infer sth; conjecture sth; guess sthpuzzle sb/sth ⇔ out

    We could not puzzle out Mary's intention.

    我们猜不出玛丽的意图。

    He puzzled out the mystery story before he finished the book.

    他在读完那本神秘小说前推测出它的结局。

    It's good for students to puzzle things out for themselves.

    让学生们自己思索解决难题很有好处。

    I puzzled it out and made a translation of it.

    我研究出其意义并把它翻译出来。

    I've never been able to puzzle her out, and still can't.

    我一直对她捉摸不透,到现在还是这样。

    puzzle out wh-to-v

    We finally puzzled out how to open the box.

    我们最后终于想出怎样打开盒子。

    puzzle out wh-clause

    I've tried for weeks to puzzle out what could have made Mary so angry that she hasn't written to us.

    几个星期以来,我一直在思索,究竟什么事使玛丽生这么大的气,连信都不给我们写。

    I've been trying to puzzle out which piece of work is most urgent.

    我一直想弄清楚哪一件工作最紧迫。

puzzle over (v.+prep.)
    苦苦思考 think long and hardpuzzle over sth

    He was puzzling over the old map.

    他在苦苦思考这幅旧地图。

    They puzzled over the question for quite a while.

    这问题他们想了很久。

    puzzle oneself/sb over sth

    He puzzled himself over the matter.

    他对那件事绞尽脑汁。

    She was puzzled over the decision.

    她觉得这个决定难以理解。

    She was puzzled over his strange behaviour.

    他奇怪的举止使她大惑不解。

puzzle through (v.+prep.)
    钻研 cudgel one's brains to evolve an ideapuzzle sth through sth

    The boy puzzled his way through geometry.

    那男孩煞费苦心地钻研几何学。

用作名词(n.)
in a puzzle about〔as to〕
    对(某事)困惑不解sth that one can't understand or explain

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • puzzle the beginners使初学者感到困惑不解
  • puzzle the doctor难住了医生
  • puzzle the meaning of the sentence不能理解句中的含义
  • puzzle the meanings of the two words混淆了这两个词的意思
  • puzzle the students使学生们困惑不解
~+副词
  • puzzle bewilderingly使人迷惑不解
  • puzzle completely使人彻底地迷惑不解
  • puzzle steadily略有为难
  • puzzle superficially表面上地为难
  • puzzle utterly使完全迷惑不解
  • puzzle out an answer猜出答案
  • puzzle out a truth研究出真理
  • puzzle through摸索着通过
~+介词
  • puzzle about〔over〕为…大伤脑筋,对…冥思苦想
  • puzzle one's brain about a problem绞尽脑汁以求解决某一问题
  • puzzle over the matter对那事绞尽脑汁
  • puzzle over the question对此问题迷惑不解
  • puzzle one's brain upon a problem绞尽脑汁以求解决某一问题
  • puzzle sb with a question使某人对某问题无以对答
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • construct〔solve, undo〕 puzzles解难题
  • explain〔present〕 puzzles解释〔提出〕难题
形容词+~
  • impenetrable puzzle费解的难题
  • unexplained puzzle不解之谜
介词+~
  • in a puzzle about对…迷惑不解
  • answer to the puzzle谜题的答案
~+介词
  • puzzle in words字谜
  • puzzle to对…来说困惑不解

经典引文

  • The result would be..utter puzzle and bewilderment.

    出自:M. Arnold
  • Thou art more puzzled than the Egyptians in their fog.

    出自:Twelfth Night,Shakespeare
  • The question has always puzzled me.

    出自:E. Peacock
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