Online Google Dictionary

riddle 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈridl/,
Font size:

riddles, plural;
  1. Make many holes in (someone or something), esp. with gunshot
    • - his car was riddled by sniper fire
  2. Fill or permeate (someone or something), esp. with something unpleasant or undesirable
    • - the existing law is riddled with loopholes
  3. Pass (a substance) through a large coarse sieve
    • - for final potting, the soil mixture is not riddled
  4. Remove ashes or other unwanted material from (something, esp. a fire or stove) in such a way

Noun
  1. A large coarse sieve, esp. one used for separating ashes from cinders or sand from gravel

  1. a difficult problem
  2. pierce with many holes; "The bullets riddled his body"
  3. a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
  4. separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
  5. permeate: spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"
  6. speak in riddles
  7. A riddle is a statement or question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. ...
  8. "Riddle" is a song by En Vogue, released as the first single from their fourth studio album Masterpiece Theater. "Riddle" was a top 40 hit in the UK, it achieved its most success in Belgium and The Netherlands. The radio version of "Riddle" was remixed by Stargate. ...
  9. riddle is Thomas Leeb's first available release and features nine instrumentals and one vocal song.
  10. A riddle is a large sieve used to separate soil or compost particles, or for separating soil from vegetables.
  11. The Riddle is Nik Kershaw's second album. It was released in 1984 by MCA Records.
  12. The Riddle (Das Rätsel) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 22. It is Aarne-Thompson type 851, winning the princess with a riddle. Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book. ...
  13. A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature, such as "It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?"; to fill with holes; to fill or spread throughout; to pervade; to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question; to put something through a sieve
  14. (Riddles) Clever and wonderfully silly riddles based on Untitled1word play encourage young readers to have fun with language.
  15. (Riddles) a ferret, built by White Wolf.
  16. (Riddles) at the Open Directory Project – An active listing of riddle links.
  17. (Riddling) The process of rotating Champagne bottles in order to shift sediment toward the cork.
  18. (Riddling) The process of turning a bottle of sparkling wine-in-the-making in a certain way, so as to migrate the lees in the bottle into the neck and against the cork. ...
  19. (Riddling) Also known as "Rémuage" in French, part of the Méthode Champenoise process whereby bottles of sparkling wine are successively turned and gradually tilted upside down so that sediment settles into the necks of the bottles in preparation for degorgement.
  20. (Riddling) Winemaking term for the process of gradually turning and shaking bottle-fermented sparkling wine (such as Champagne) so that the sediment of dead yeast cells moves to the neck, for subsequent removal by disgorgement. ...
  21. (Riddling (Le Remuage)) After the aging process is complete, the dead yeast cells are removed through a process known as riddling. The Champagne bottle is placed upside down in a holder at a 75' angle. ...
  22. (riddling) A traditional French procedure for removing dead yeast cells from Champagne or sparkling wine.
  23. Noun. An act of urination. A shortening of 'jimmy riddle', the rhyming slang for 'piddle'. Cf. 'widdle' and 'piddle'.
  24. (from Old English roedel, from roedan meaning "to give council" or "to read"): A universal form of literature in which a puzzling question or a conundrum is presented to the reader. The reader is often challenged to solve this enigma, which requires ingenuity in discovering the hidden meaning. ...