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Puzzle
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(puzzles) 1. If something puzzles you, you do not understand it and feel confused. My sister puzzles me and causes me anxiety. VERB: V n • puzzling His letter poses a number of puzzling questions. ADJ 2. If you puzzle over something, you try hard to think of the answer to it or the explanation for it. In rehearsing Shakespeare, I puzzle over the complexities of his verse and prose. VERB: V over/about n 3. A puzzle is a question, game, or toy which you have to think about carefully in order to answer it correctly or put it together properly. ...a word puzzle. N-COUNT: oft supp N see also crossword 4. You can describe a person or thing that is hard to understand as a puzzle. Data from Voyager II has presented astronomers with a puzzle about why our outermost planet exists... = mystery N-SING: a N
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I. verb (~d; puzzling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1582 transitive verb 1. to offer or represent to (as a person) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve ; challenge mentally; also to exert (as oneself) over such a problem or situation they ~d their wits to find a solution 2. archaic complicate, entangle 3. to solve with difficulty or ingenuity ~ out an answer to a riddle intransitive verb 1. to be uncertain as to action or choice 2. to attempt a solution of a ~ by guesswork or experiment ~ over the mystery • ~r noun Synonyms: ~, perplex, bewilder, distract, nonplus, confound, dumbfound mean to baffle and disturb mentally. ~ implies existence of a problem difficult to solve the persistent fever ~d the doctor. perplex adds a suggestion of worry and uncertainty especially about making a necessary decision a behavior that perplexed her friends. bewilder stresses a confusion of mind that hampers clear and decisive thinking a bewildering number of possibilities. distract implies agitation or uncertainty induced by conflicting preoccupations or interests distracted by personal problems. nonplus implies a bafflement that makes orderly planning or deciding impossible the remark left us utterly nonplussed. confound implies temporary mental paralysis caused by astonishment or profound abasement the tragic news confounded us all. dumbfound suggests intense but momentary confounding; often the idea of astonishment is so stressed that it becomes a near synonym of astound was at first too dumbfounded to reply. II. noun Date: circa 1612 1. the state of being ~d ; perplexity 2. a. something that ~s b. a question, problem, or contrivance designed for testing ingenuity Synonyms: see mystery ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a difficult or confusing problem; an enigma. 2 a problem or toy designed to test knowledge or ingenuity. --v. 1 tr. confound or disconcert mentally. 2 intr. (usu. foll. by over etc.) be perplexed (about). 3 tr. (usu. as puzzling adj.) require much thought to comprehend (a puzzling situation). 4 tr. (foll. by out) solve or understand by hard thought. Derivatives puzzlement n. puzzlingly adv. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) головоломка 2) загадка 3) приводить в затруднение puzzle of three jealous husbands — задача о трех ревнивых мужьях - ferryman puzzle - mathematical puzzle - puzzle problem - ring puzzle - wine-pouring puzzle ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. трудный вопрос, проблема, задача 2. загадка, головоломка cross-word puzzle —- кроссворд pictorial puzzle —- загадочная картинка it is a puzzle to me how he managed to do it —- для меня загадка, как он ухитрился сделать это 3. головоломка (игрушка) Chinese puzzle —- китайская головоломка jigsaw puzzle —- картинка-загадка (собирается из отдельных кусочков) 4. замешательство, смущение, недоумение; затруднение to be in a puzzle —- быть в смущении (в недоумении, в замешательстве) 5. озадачивать, приводить в замешательство, в смущение; ставить в тупик to puzzle smb. with a question —- смутить, озадачить кого-л. вопросом puzzled look —- озадаченный взгляд his question puzzles me —- этот вопрос приводит меня в смущение he was puzzled how to act —- он был поставлен в тупик и не знал как поступить 6. ломать голову над чем-л. he puzzled his brains to find the answer —- он ломал голову над ответом we tried to puzzle through something we didn't understand at all —- мы бились над тем, чего совершенно не понимали 7. редк. усложнять, запутывать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) вопрос, ставящий в тупик; загадка, головоломка 2) головоломка (игрушка); Chinese puzzle - китайская головоломка 3) недоумение, затруднение; замешательство Syn: conundrum, enigma, mystery, problem, riddle 2. v. 1) приводить в затруднение, ставить в тупик; озадачивать; This question puzzles me. He was puzzled how to act. 2) запутывать, усложнять - puzzle out - puzzle over Syn: baffle, mystify, perplex Ant: clarify, inform PUZZLE out разобраться; разгадать, найти решение; I still cant puzzle out what he meant. Ive never been able to puzzle her out, and still cant. PUZZLE over ломать голову над чем-л.; After hours of puzzling over the book, it suddenly made sense. ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 v 1 to confuse someone or make them feel slightly anxious because they do not understand something (What puzzles me is how the burglar got into the house without setting off the alarm.) 2 to think for a long time about something because you cannot understand or solve it + over/abou (I've been sitting here puzzling about what to do.) puzzle your head over (I've been puzzling my head over this problem for weeks.) puzzle sth out phr v to solve a confusing or difficult problem by thinking about it carefully (I've been trying to puzzle out why she's so upset.) ~2 n 1 usually singular) something that is difficult to understand or explain (These computers are a puzzle to me.) 2 a game or toy that has a lot of pieces that you have to fit together (- see also jigsaw (1)) 3 a game in which you have to think hard to solve a difficult question or problem (a crossword puzzle) 4 a piece of the puzzle a piece of information that helps you to understand part of a difficult question, mystery etc ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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