puzzle
要点悩ませる物、事、人、パズル
意味
- 《単数形で》(頭を)悩ませる物(事,人),難問,難物
- 《しばしば複合語で用いて》(遊び用の)パズル,判じ物,なぞ
- 〈難問が〉〈人〉の頭を悩ませる;(…について)〈頭〉をひねって考える《+名+about(over)+名》
- (…に)頭を悩ませる,(…を)頭をひねって考える《+about(as to, over)+名》
例文
He is involved in working out a crossword puzzle.
彼はクロスワードパズルを解くのに熱中している。
I'm not seeing the obvious and am rather puzzled.
当たり前が通じなくて途方に暮れる。
Korean is a puzzling language to learn, isn't it?
韓国語を学ぶのがややこしいよね。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The verb, of uncertain origin, is attested first. Apparently cognate with Scots pousle, pouzle, poozle (“to trifle; poke or potter around aimlessly; search about with uncertainty”), Saterland Frisian puzelje (“to work hard and continuously”), West Frisian peuzelje (“to trifle, work slowly; eat slowly and daintifully, snack”), Dutch peuzelen (“to perform insignificant work, dawdle; pick at, eat with relish in small pieces, snack”), German Low German pusseln (“to tinker, fiddle; trifle”) and pöseln (“to work hard, toil; to slave away; suffer at work; work slowly and ineffectively”), German posseln, bosseln (“to perform trivial work, tinker”), Danish pusle (“to busy oneself with light work or c…