with obj.
1- cause (someone) to feel confused because they cannot understand or make sense of something使迷惑; 使为难, 使窘困：
one remark he made puzzled me
他说的一句话使我迷惑不解
as adj. puzzling that was the most puzzling aspect of the whole affair.这是整个事情最令人迷惑之处。
1.1
- no obj. think hard about something because one cannot understand or explain it（因迷惑而）苦思; 冥思苦想：
she was still puzzling over this problem when she reached the office.
她来到办公室时还在思考这个问题。
1.2
puzzle something out
solve or understand something by thinking hard（通过苦苦思索）解决（或弄清楚）, 理出头绪。
1
- a game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge测验智力（或知识）的游戏（或玩具, 问题）。
1.2
- usu. in sing. a person or thing that is difficult to understand or explain; an enigma令人费解的人（或事）; 难题; 谜：
the meaning of the poem has always been a puzzle.
这首诗的含义一直是个谜。
派生词
puzzlement
nounpuzzlingly
adverb词源
late 16th cent. (as a verb)： of unknown origin.