英：[kəˈnʌndrəm]
美：[kəˈnʌndrəm]
conundrum如何读
conundrum是什么意思
- n.谜语；难题
conundrum自然拼读
co·nun·drum
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conundrum变形
复数:conundrums
conundrum英英释义
noun
a puzzle or problem with a difficult or impossible solution.Who or what produced these mysterious crop circles is still a conundrum for scientists.How to continue to provide necessary services to the people without raising taxes has always been a conundrum for the city government.
a riddle whose answer contains or is a pun.Here's a conundrum: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? The answer is that a jeweler sells watches while a jailer watches cells.
conundrum词源中文解释
1590年代，这是一个贬义词，可能意味着“书呆子”； 1600年左右，“一时的兴致”； 1640年代，“双关语或文字游戏”，这个词的起源不详，17世纪时被认为是牛津大学的俚语。也许是一种笨重的模拟拉丁语词汇，在学术圈曾经是幽默的高峰； 斯基特（Skeat）认为拉丁语 conandrum “一件值得尝试的事情”是其来源。也拼写为 quonundrum。
从1745年开始，“谜语中提出了一些不同的相似之处，答案通常涉及双关语。”（1745年的一个例子：“为什么飘窗像分娩中的女人？因为它充满了窗格。”）
conundrum词源英文解释
origin unknown
The first known use of conundrum was in 1645
conundrum儿童词典英英释义
conveneverb
to come together in a group : assemble
to cause to convene : call together
convened a meeting
conveneverb
to come together in a group : assemble
to cause to convene : call together
convened a meeting
conveneverb
to come together in a group : assemble
to cause to convene : call together
convened a meeting
convectionnoun
motion in a gas or liquid in which the warmer portions rise and the colder portions sinkalso: the transfer of heat by this motion
convalesceverb
to regain health and strength gradually after illness or weakness
convalesceverb
to regain health and strength gradually after illness or weakness
convalesceverb
to regain health and strength gradually after illness or weakness
conurbationnoun
a number of cities or towns that come one right after the other with no countryside in between
conundrumnoun
riddle entry 1 sense 1, puzzle
conundrumnoun
riddle entry 1 sense 1, puzzle
conundrum 例句
1 Today, species of oak and magnolia are facing the same conundrum, Mark Krautmann said.
2 It’s a conundrum President Obama sought to address in his proposal of Preschool Development Grants, to be implemented during the 2014 fiscal year for the purpose of both funding and regulating preschool programs.
3 But his songs did, with their conundrums, gravity and humor.
4 Ahmed frames tribal identity — whether Norwegian or Bedouin — as a political conundrum: “how to remain strong in your own identity without transgressing onto that of others.”
5 The small-screen origins show, but the cast is solid and the moral conundrum juicy.
6 Paul-Ryan Carberry's hyper-active Touchstone has a tendency to gabble his conundrums about mustard and pancakes and so forth, which is preferable to listening to someone trying to make sense of them.
7 It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death—ought to decide, indeed, to earn one’s death by confronting with passion the conundrum of life.
8 Williams, the grief counselor, says there is no clear-cut right or wrong answer in these situations because they involve such a tough conundrum: weighing physical health concerns against emotional health and familial ties.
9 He calls this conundrum one of “the immaculate conception.”
10 Clearly, she wasn’t working terribly hard, as early Monday morning she returned to Twitter with a mysterious conundrum:
11 The Bollywood conundrum India's latest blockbuster, 3 Idiots, has broken box-office records around the world – but it won't even make a dent in the British mainstream.
12 Meanwhile, Manning had a different conundrum this year.
13 That may delight the sort of people who regularly peruse Fangoria magazine, but it presents a conundrum to those trying to sell the grisliness to the masses.
14 Tanking presents a novel set of ethical and existential conundrums.
15 But a neater package probably wouldn’t suit Blinky Palermo, who is a bit of a conundrum.
16 Sandler recently appeared on the David Letterman show to promote "Blended" and in many ways it neatly encapsulated much of the ongoing Sandler conundrum.
17 But it’s a declaration of her citizenship that would seem to solve the conundrum of how Swift has the gall to sing about New York.
18 The exhibition tackles the conundrum of Wan Li head-on in a thought-provoking examination of both the emperor and his era.
19 The video is a useful lesson in looking at a show full of conundrums: mysterious presences, objects and juxtapositions as well as abrupt shifts in scale or implication.
20 In any case, and wherever and whichever yuletide transport conundrum you find yourself ensnared in: Happy Christmas!
conundrum 同义词
1 谜语
2 难解的问题