puzzle² v 1 [T] if something puzzles you, you feel confused because you do not understand it 使困惑，使不解: What puzzles me is why he never mentioned this before. 让我不解的是为何他以前从未提及这件事。 2 puzzle over sth to think about something for a long time in order to understand it 久久思考某事，为某事绞尽脑汁: Joe sat puzzling over the map. 乔坐着面对地图苦苦思索。