英语趣味谜语(蛋蛋出品)

英语精选谜语,附答案。

特色の英语

（一）

1.What two words have the most letters in it? (post office )

什么地方有最多的信？两个词的。--------邮局

2.What goes on four legs in the morning，on two at noon，and on three in the evening？什么走路开始用四条腿，后来用两条腿，最后用三条腿？

3.Which horses have six legs?

.All horses have forelegs(four legs) in front and two in back， so they all have six legs

Hind leg（前腿）

4..Why should you never marry a tennis player？

谜底是“Because love means nothing to them”。love的通用义是“爱情”，在网球比赛中则表示“零分”。

（二）

1. What will you break once you say it? (什么东西一说出来就打破？)

The key：Silence. (沉默)

2. Will liars be honest after they die? (骗子死了之后会诚实吗？)

The key：No, they won’t. They lie still after they die。(不会，他们依旧撒谎。Lie still 躺着不动，依旧撒谎。

3. What always goes up and never goes down? (什么东西只升不降？)

The key：Your age. (你的年龄)

4. Why did the boy make his dog sit in the sun? (男孩为什么让他的狗坐在阳光下？) The key：He wants to have a hot dog. (他想要一条热狗。)

5. Why can a bride hide nothing?(为什么新娘子什么也藏不住？)

The key： Because someone will give her away. (因为有人会揭发她。Give away 揭发，在婚礼上把新娘交给新郎)

6. Why is the library the highest building?(为什么图书馆是最高的建筑物？)

The key：It has the most stories. (它的楼层最多。Storey 故事，楼层)

7.What is the cheapest way to see the world？

谜底是“Buy an atlas”。买一张地图(buy an atlas[ ætl s])就可以见到整个世界(see the world)了。而其实see the world作为一个固定词组时的意思是“见多识广。

补：atlas是地图的合集，是以一种书的情势呈现（其中可以包括很多的maps） map更趋向常用的随身携带的单张地图

英语精选谜语,附答案。

例：This atlas contains forty maps, including three of Great Britain.

8. What song does a car radio play?

谜底是A cartoon (car, tune). （tune：曲调）

9. Why are Saturdays and Sundays so strong?

Because the rest are weekdays.提示：weekdays的意思是“工作日”，而week(星期)和weak(弱的)是一对同音异义词。

10) Would you rather an elephant kill you, or a gorilla?

gorilla ][ɡ ril ]大猩猩

I'd rather he kill the gorilla.提示：谜面可以有两种解释。第一种是“你希望大象杀死你，还是大猩猩杀死你？”第二种解释是“你希望大象杀死你，还是杀死大猩猩？”

1）When do elephants have sixteen feet？

When there are four of them.提示：因为四只大象(four elephants)有十六条腿。

2）Which is faster, heat or cold?

Heat. You can catch cold.提示：catch cold的意思是“患感冒”，字面意思是“抓住冷”，但是从来没人说catch heat。

3）What's every baby's motto?-

If at first you don't succeed, cry, cry again.

提示：孩子的格言If at first you don't succeed, cry, cry again.(一次哭闹不成功，哭闹再哭闹)是模仿谚语If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.(一次不成功，努力再努力)杜撰而来

1.What is smaller than an insect's mouth?

Anything it eats.

2.What season is the most dangerous one?

Autumn. Because it is also FALL.

3. What person tries to make others smile most of the time?

A photographer.

1.From what number can one take half and leave nothing?

.The number 8.

2.What has hands but no feet, a face but no eyes,tells but does not talk?

A clock.

3.How many months have 28 days?

All of them.

4. What do you drop when you need it and take back when you don't?

英语精选谜语,附答案。

An anchor.(锚) [ æ k ]

5. What's the difference between a monkey and a flea？[fli:] (跳蚤) A monkey can have fleas,but a flea can't have monkeys. 6．What 5-letter word has six left when you take 2 letters away? Sixty.

7．What is the center of gravity?

The letter V.

8 [k l mb s] When Columbus discovered America,where did he stand? On his feet.

9 .What is "four feet on four feet waiting for four feet? A cat on a chair waiting for a mouse.