| 单词 |
riddler |
| 释义 |
▪ I. ˈriddler1
[f. riddle v.1 + -er1.]
One who speaks or deals in riddles.
1610Donne Pseudomartyr 363 Were this..springing out of the spirituall authoritie as the Popes ridler makes his authoritie to bee? 1671A. Behn Forc'd Marriage iii. i, Prethee be not thou a Ridler too. 1728Pope Dunc. iii. 157 Each Songster, Riddler, ev'ry nameless name. 1757Home Douglas iii, Thou riddler, speak Direct and clear. 1838New Monthly Mag. LIV. 247 His elevation as a puzzler and riddler among men. 1978Jrnl. Lancs. Dialect Soc. xxvii. 24 The earliest recorded English riddles, in which the riddler looks at familiar objects in an unfamiliar light.
▪ II. ˈriddler2
Also 7 ridler.
[f. riddle v.2 + -er1.]
One who uses a riddle.
1603[see riddle v.2 1]. 1771–2Ess. fr. Batchelor (1773) II. 50 With shaking nought remains but coals, To warm the riddler's breast. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 273 The corn begins to accumulate amongst the riddlers' feet. 1853R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour (1893) 83 Riddling lime—an unpleasant occupation..when the wind veers capriciously, and the riddler is inexpert at ‘dodging’. |
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