English Dictionary

puzzle

/ˈpʌzəl/

verb

(transitive) To perplex, confuse, or mystify; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation. / (intransitive) To think long and carefully, in bewilderment.

She tried to puzzle out the answer to the riddle.

意味（1）

(transitive) To perplex, confuse, or mystify; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation.

Mens daily occaſions for themſelves or friends, and the neceſities of common life, require the doing of a thouſand things vvithin the compaſs of a fevv dayes, for vvhich it vvould puzzle the beſt Textman that liveth; readily to bethink himself of a ſentence in the Bible, clear enough to ſatisfie a ſcrupulous conſcience of the lavvfulneſs and expediency of vvhat he is about to do; […]

意味（2）

(intransitive) To think long and carefully, in bewilderment.

We puzzled over the curious-shaped lock, but were unable to discover how the key should be inserted.

意味（3）

(transitive) To make intricate; to entangle.

The ways of Heav'n are dark and intricate, / Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with error.