enigma
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n. (名詞 noun)
1. 謎;難以理解的事物
The Columbia Guide to Standard American English
enigma, mystery, puzzle, riddle (nn.)
All these mean“something difficult to explain or resolve,”“something baffling.”
Enigma began as a problem posed in language, a tale or riddle that was hard or impossible to fathom;
then figuratively it came to be applied to anything difficult to explain or resolve, anything baffling, including a person who may be described as an enigma, a mystery, a puzzle, or a riddle.
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