单词
conundrum
英 [k?'n?ndr?m]
美[k?'n?ndr?m]
基本信息
- n. 难题；谜语
GRE低频词畅通词汇
词态变化
复数:?conundrums;
助记提示
谐音“可难捉摸”------谜语、难题。
中文词源
conundrum 难题
牛津大学俚语，模仿拉丁词创造出来的假拉丁词，用以形容食古不化的学究，准确词源不详。可能来自PIE*kwo, 表疑问，衍生英语词汇how, who,what,which,why, quality, quantity.
英文词源
- conundrum
- conundrum: [16] Conundrum originally appeared in all manner of weird and wonderful guises – conimbrum, conuncrum, quonundrum, connunder, etc – before settling down to conundrum in the late 18th century. It bears all the marks of one of the rather heavy-handed quasi-Latin joke words beloved of scholars in the 16th and 17th centuries, and a mid-17thcentury commentator attributed it to Oxford university. At first it meant ‘whim’ and then ‘pun’; the current sense ‘puzzling problem’ did not develop until the end of the 18th century.
- conundrum (n.)
- 1590s, Oxford University slang for "pedant," also "whim," etc., later (1790) "riddle, puzzle." Also spelled quonundrum. The sort of ponderous pseudo-Latin word that was once the height of humor in learned circles.
双语例句
- 1. Scientists had focused on two explanations to solve this conundrum.
- 科学家已锁定两种解释来解开这个难题。
来自辞典例句
- 2. Interaction designers often face the conundrum of whether to make their products user - customizable.
- 交互设计者经常面临这样的难题,即是否让他们的产品具有用户定制功能.
来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- 3. What I said was that there was some interest at Conundrum.
- 我说的是迷题出版社的人表示有兴趣.
来自电影对白
- 4. Many people -- too many to count -- share your career conundrum.
- 许多人 -- 多的数不过来 - 有着和你一样的职业难题.
来自互联网
- 5. Let me give you some history about a conundrum.
- 让我给你们一些关于谜题的历史.
来自互联网
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