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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   riddle

   • IPA[ˈrid(ə)l]

   美式

   • v.
     make many holes in (someone or something), especially with gunshot；fill or permeate (someone or something), especially with something unpleasant or undesirable
   • n.
     a large coarse sieve, especially one used for separating ashes from cinders or sand from gravel.

   • verb: riddle, 3rd person present: riddles, gerund or present participle: riddling, past tense: riddled, past participle: riddled

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make many holes in (someone or something), especially with gunshot his car was riddled by sniper fire 同義詞 perforate, hole, make/put/punch holes in, pierce, penetrate, ... 更多puncture, honeycomb, pepper, prick, gore, bore through, transfix
   • ▪ fill or permeate (someone or something), especially with something unpleasant or undesirable the existing law is riddled with loopholes 同義詞 permeate, suffuse, fill, pervade, spread through, ... 更多imbue, inform, charge, saturate, overrun, take over, overspread, infiltrate, run through, filter through, be diffused through, invade, beset, pester, plague
   • 2. pass (a substance) through a large coarse sieve for final potting, the soil mixture is not riddled 同義詞 sieve, sift, strain, screen, filter, ... 更多purify, refine, winnow, archaicbolt, griddle
   • ▪ remove ashes or other unwanted material from (something, especially a fire or stove) with a sieve she heard Mr. Evans riddling the fire

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a large coarse sieve, especially one used for separating ashes from cinders or sand from gravel.