jigsaw puzzle
noun [ C ] uk/ˈdʒɪɡ.sɔː ˌpʌz.əl/ us/ˈdʒɪɡ.sɑː ˌpʌz.əl/
拼图游戏
a picture stuck onto wood or cardboard and cut into pieces of different shapes that must be joined together correctly to form the picture again
If you're suffering from anxiety, try knitting, painting, or doing a jigsaw puzzle. 如果你感到焦虑，可以尝试编织、绘画或做拼图游戏。
复杂难懂的事物，难解之谜
a complicated or mysterious problem that can only be solved or explained by connecting several pieces of information
All scientists can do is keep looking at all the facts they've collected, hoping one day to fit thousands of pieces of this historical jigsaw puzzle together. 科学家们能做的就是不断审视他们所收集的所有事实，希望有一天能通过将几千个线索拼凑起来解开这个历史之谜。
He is a key piece of a much bigger jigsaw puzzle because he was a double agent. 他是解开一个更大的谜团的关键，因为他是一个双料间谍。
- More examples
- I'm working on a jigsaw puzzle while catching up on my favourite shows.
- On the table was an unfinished jigsaw puzzle of a painting of the Battle of Waterloo.
- Ensuring the accuracy of every claim is like putting a jigsaw puzzle together in the dark, industry officials say.
- My plans exist in my mind like a jigsaw puzzle, and gradually I shall be able to piece it together.
- The problems facing the river and the reservoirs are connected - it's all part of the same jigsaw puzzle.