riddled adj. 泛滥的;充斥的
v. 解谜;出谜题(riddle的过去分词形式)
- The door was riddled with shots.
门被子弹打得尽是窟窿。 - China, poor and riddled with internal contradictions, is not there yet, by a very long way.
中国依然贫穷,充满内部矛盾,它尚未真正崛起,还有很长的路要走。 - Tumor cells are typically riddled with genetic mistakes that disrupt key cell pathways, removing the brakes on cell division.
肿瘤细胞通常是充满了遗传错误,它们破坏关键的细胞途径,消除细胞分裂的终止密码。
riddled[ adj ]- (often followed by `with') damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes
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a sweater riddled with moth holes
cliffs riddled with caves
the bullet-riddled target
- spread throughout
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cities riddled with corruption
Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Riddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Riddling}.]
1. To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to
pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or
gravel.
2. To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many
holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.