puzzle
US
UK puzzle n: (jigsaw puzzle)
SC 拼图玩具 pīn tú wán jù
TC 拼圖玩具
TC 拼圖玩具
SC 七巧板玩具 pīn tú wán jù，qī qiǎo bǎn wán jù
Tim has lost some of the pieces of his puzzle and can't complete the picture.
提姆搞丢了拼图玩具的几片，没法完成拼图了。
puzzle n: (mental game)
SC 谜题 mí tí
SC 谜语 mí tí，mí yǔ
Daisy enjoys doing puzzles; it keeps her mind active.
黛西喜欢解谜题，这能让她保持头脑活跃。
puzzle n: (mental question)
SC 难题 nán tí
TC 難題
TC 難題
I really don't know where your keys could be; it certainly is a puzzle.
我真的不知道你的钥匙能在哪里；你钥匙的下落真是个难题。
puzzle [sb] vtr: (confuse)
SC 使…困惑 shǐ kùn huò
TC 使…困惑
TC 使…困惑
The strange sounds in the night puzzled Archie; he wondered what they could be.
夜晚奇怪的声音让阿尔奇困惑不已，他想知道那是什么声音。
puzzle n: (person: complicated)
SC 让人搞不懂的人
SC 令人费解的人
Malcolm behaves very strangely and he's secretive, so you have no idea why; he's a real puzzle.
puzzle over vi + prep: (think about)
SC 苦思 kǔ sī
SC 思索求解 kǔ sī ，sī suǒ qiú jiě
Anita was lost in thought, puzzling over how to tell her boss she had made a huge mistake.
puzzle [sth] out, puzzle out [sth] vtr phrasal sep: (figure [sth] out)
SC 思索出
puzzle over [sth] vtr phrasal insep: (be mystified by)
SC 对…感到迷惑
Since he had been away for the summer, he was puzzled over his high utility bills.
puzzle over [sth] vtr phrasal insep: (try to solve or understand)
SC 为…伤脑筋
SC 为…苦思冥想
He puzzled over the equation for weeks before finally finding the solution.
acrostic, acrostic puzzle n: (word puzzle using initials) (类似于藏头诗或藏尾诗的一种诗体)
SC 离合诗 lí hé shī
TC 離合詩
TC 離合詩
crossword puzzle n: (word puzzle)
SC 纵横填字游戏 zòng héng tián zì yóu xì
Many people enjoy the New York Times crossword puzzle.
jigsaw n: colloquial (puzzle)
SC 七巧板
SC 拼图
I don't have the time to sit and do a jigsaw.
我没时间闲坐着拼拼图。
jigsaw puzzle, picture puzzle n: (image to be pieced together)
SC 拼图游戏 pīn tú yóu xì
TC 拼圖遊戲
TC 拼圖遊戲
100-piece jigsaw puzzles are easy, but a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle takes days to put together.
monkey puzzle, monkey puzzle tree n: (evergreen tree)
SC 智利南洋衫
SC 猴谜树
piece, puzzle piece n: (part of a jigsaw puzzle)
SC 一片（拼图）
This jigsaw puzzle's got 1000 pieces!
这个拼图有1000片！