| 词汇 | puzzle over |
| 释义 | Idiom puzzle overpuzzle over (something) to give a lot of attention and thought to something.I puzzled over those words, trying to understand their hidden message. Related vocabulary: tease out somethingpuzzle over sth to try hard to understand something or find the answer to something which seems difficult or confusing: What should she do? Carrie continued to puzzle over the problem and finally drifted off to sleep. Doctors have been puzzling over the cause of the disease for many years now, and they are still no closer to finding a solution. Mark puzzled over the words, but they meant nothing to him.■ SIMILAR TO: ponder puzzle over (someone or something)To think about or consider something, usually at length. After puzzling over the experiment all day, I think I've figured out where we've gone wrong. puzzle over someone or somethingto consider or ponder. I can't puzzle out the mean—someone or something. Anne is a bit strange. I've spent some time puzzling over her. While I was puzzling over why she had slapped me, she did it again. |
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