three-pipe problem

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A particularly complex or challenging problem or puzzle.

词形变化

three-pipe problems plural

词源

From the Sherlock Holmes stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, in which the detective would smoke one or more pipes while pondering the solution to a mystery.
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