英语猜谜词条

第1回答者第三题答不对了，不是年龄：）~~1.What never asks questions but must be answered? 什么东西从来不会提问题但会回答问题。（答案是“The telephone”电话）2. What is dark but is made by light ?什么东西由光引起，但本身却是暗的？（答案是“A shadow影子”）3.What goes up （every time） the rain comes down?当下雨时什么东西却出现了。（答案是“umbrella”雨伞） 4.What room has no walls no door or windows?什么房间“ROOM”没有墙壁也没有门窗、地板? （答案是“A mushroom”蘑菇）

What kind of monkey can fly? A hot air baboon.哪种猴子会飞？A hot air baboon.意思是一个热气球，另外baboon的意思也是狒狒（猴类的一种），A hot air baboon在英语里的意思就是热气球

What month do soldiers hate? --March (行军)释义：当兵的不喜欢几月份？How many feet are there in a yard? --It depends on how many people stand in the yard. (码，院子)释义：院子里有多少只脚？Why is an empty purse always the same? --There is  change in it. (零钱，变化)释义：为什么空钱包永远是一样的?What book has the most stirring chapters? --A cook book. (动人的，搅拌的）释义：什么书有最动人的章节？What kind of dog doesn't bite or bark? --Hot dog. (热狗)释义：什么狗不咬人、不吠叫?What is the smallest room in the world? --Mushroom. (蘑菇)释义：世界上最小的房间是什么？What kind of water should people drink in order to be healthy? --Drink well water. (井水，健康的) 释义：为了保持健康人应该饮用什么样的水?How do we know the ocean is friendly? --It waves. (起波浪，招手致意)释义：我们怎样知道海洋的友好方式？Which can move faster, heat or cold? --Heat, because you can catch cold. (追上冷，患感冒)释义：热和冷哪个移动得更快？Why is the library the highest building? --It has the most stories. (故事，（楼）层)释义：为什么说图书馆是最高的建筑？

英文谜语同中国谜语一样有着极其悠久的历史，其中最为有名的大概是斯芬克司之“谜”了。“斯芬克司”一词源自希腊语Sphinx，是希腊神话中一个可怕的怪物，它长着女人的头、狮子的身躯，身上还有两只翅膀。传说中，狮身人面的女怪斯芬克司生性残酷无比，常常守在大路口，让过往的行人猜一个谜，猜错了就要被吃掉。有一次，一位国王的儿子被斯芬克司吃掉了，国王一怒之下，发出悬赏：“谁能把它制服，就给他王位。”青年俄狄浦斯(Oedipus)应召前去，很快就道破谜底，斯芬克司便自杀了。这个世界著名的谜语是：What goes on four feet, on two feet, and three, but the more feet it goes on, the weaker it will be.其谜底是Man. Because he crawls first, then walks on two feet, uses a cane when old.因为人在婴儿时用四肢在地上爬行，成人后两腿行走，年老后拄拐杖走路，所以谜底是“人”。这个谜语还可以这样说：What goes on four legs at dawn, two at noon, and three at dusk?在《圣经·士师记》中有这样一个故事，大力士参孙杀死了一头狮子，后来在狮子的尸体里发现了一群蜜蜂和蜂蜜，于是他就这件事编了一则谜语：Out of the eater came something to eat；/ Out of the strong came something sweet.他让菲利士人猜这个谜语，并允诺如果他们在七天之内给出谜底，就送给他们三十套亚麻布长袍和三十套衣服；如果给不出答案，他们就要送给他这些东西。狡猾的菲利士人让参孙的妻子哄骗参孙说出谜底。在第七天日落之前，菲利士人把答案告诉了参孙：What is sweeter than honey? / What is stronger than a lion? 上面两则有趣的谜语中，谜面的构成方法十分类似，都是采用了描写其特征的方法，英语中这种谜语被称为事物谜，也叫做描述性谜语(descriptive riddles)。事物谜的谜面通常是用比喻、暗示或其他方法来描绘所猜谜底的特征，和汉语中物谜的谜面构成及猜测方法基本相同。举例说明一下： My fatherland is Arabia, Though in England they roast me brown. I'm ground up inside a mill, And tortured with scalding water, And then they pour milk over me, And drink me at their leisure.谜底是“Coffee”。这个谜语用第一人称自述的手法道出谜面，最后一句则是点睛之笔，使人一下就猜出谜底是某种饮料。另外一种人们经常见到的英文谜语是字谜(charades)，字谜经常在字母、音节或是整个词的离合上做文章。字谜的谜面通常是前面几句描述谜底单词的某个或某些字母在哪些单词中出现或是不出现，最后一句点出词义，或是为猜谜提供一些暗示和猜测的方向，有点像中文里的谜目。猜英文字谜的关键是不要被谜面的含义或是寓意所迷惑，否则的话，很可能误入它途，不得要领。例如： 1) The beginning of eternity, The end of time and space. The beginning of every end, And the end of every place. 将句中提到的单词“eternity, time, space, end, place”按照字面意思进行拆分，即可得到谜底：“The letter E”。 2)What starts with T，ends with T and full of T？谜底是“A teapot”。teapot(茶壶)一词以字母T开头和结尾，而茶壶里装的自然是茶(tea)，所以是full of T。 3)The longest word in the world.谜底是“smiles”。这个单词的首字母和尾字母之间是单词“mile”(英里)，可以理解为首尾间有一英里长，自然就是世界上最长的单词了。猜这个字谜时，千万不要去翻词典去找一个字母最多的单词。英文谜语中一个重要的类型是智力谜语，主要涉及一些机智与诙谐的问题(shrewd and witty questions)，谜底通常是语义双关，和汉语中脑筋急转弯的问题极为类似，在英语中被称作“conundrums”。在莎士比亚悲剧《哈姆雷特》第五幕第一场中，两个专门为死人挖墓穴的工人出了一则智力谜语：What is he that builds stronger than either the mason，the shipwright or the carpenter？意思是谁造出来的东西比泥水匠、船匠或是木匠造的更坚固？谜底是：The gallows-maker，for that frame outlives a thousand tenants.因为绞架比任何一个被吊死其上的死刑犯都存在得长久，所以谜底是“造绞架的人”。莎士比亚用这则谜语告诉人们今日的辉煌迟早会成为过去。猜智力谜语很有意思，也很有挑战性。破解智力谜语首先要有对语言的悟性及灵活运用的能力，其次是丰富的语言知识，二者缺一不可。英文中，有些智力谜语貌似严肃，煞有介事，谜底却是稀松平常，让人哭笑不得，大呼上当。例如： 1) What is the difference between a presidential candidate and an overworked secretary?谜底是“One can't wait to get into office and the other can't wait to get out of the office.”总统候选人(presidential candidate)迫不及待地要上任(get into office)，而工作过度劳累的秘书则期待着下班(get out of the office)回家休息。 2)What is the cheapest way to see the world？谜底是“Buy an atlas”。买一张地图(buy an atlas)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”。有些貌似简单，谜底却耐人寻味。如： What goes up and never goes down？谜底是“Age”。年龄是永远向上增长，不可能下降的。还有一些则语出惊人，出人意料，细细品味倒也幽默风趣，让人哑然失笑。 例如： 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”。英文智力谜语中有一类比较难猜，这类谜语是通过篡改英语谚语、成语或名句而形成的，要猜出这些谜语就必须对这些谚语、成语了如指掌，否则，就是绞尽脑汁也未必能猜中。略举例说明一下： 1)Why shouldn't you cry if a cow slips on the ice?谜底是“Because it's no use crying over spilt milk.”英语中成语“覆水难收”是这样表达的：“It's no use crying over spilt milk.”所以谜底就用成语作一戏言，因为母牛摔在地上，它身上的牛奶也洒了。 2)What's a sculptor's motto?谜底是“All work and no clay makes Jack a dull boy.”雕塑师(sculptor)的格言All work and no clay makes Jack a dull boy.(只工作没有土，聪明孩子也变傻。)是模仿谚语All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.(只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。)杜撰而来。猜英文谜语不是易事，却是件愉悦身心、让人觉得很有成就感的事，有其难，亦有其乐。在猜谜的过程中，可以丰富语言知识，提高驾御语言的能力，培养对语言的悟性，同时还可以增加生活的情趣。最后，为了引起大家对英文谜语的兴趣，留几则谜语请大家猜一猜： I.字谜： 1) There is a thing that is the first to pity and the last to help. 2) I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me; yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness. 3) My first is nothing but a name; My second still more small; My whole of so much smaller fame, It has no name at all. 4) If the English alphabet goes from A to Z, what goes from Z to A? II.事物谜： 1) At night they come Without being fetched, And by day they are lost Without being stolen. 2) As round as an apple, As deep as a pail; It never cries out, Till it's caught by the tail. 3) My sides are firmly laced about, Yet nothing is within; You'll think my head is strange indeed, Being nothing else but skin. 4) Over the water, And under the water, And never touch the water. 5) I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will And yet I am the confidence of all To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. III.智力谜: 1) Why are Saturdays and Sundays so strong? 2)swheresdo smart dogs refuse to shop? 3) Would you rather an elephant kill you, or a gorilla? 4) When do elephants have sixteen feet？ 5) Which is faster, heat or cold? 6) What's every baby's motto?- 答案： I.字谜：1) The letter P 2)The letter S 3)Nameless 4) Zebra II.事物谜：1)Stars 2)A bell 3)A drum 4)A girl crossing a bridge with a pail of water on her head. 5)Tomorrow III.智力谜： 1)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。 2)At flea markets.提示：flea market的意思是“跳蚤市场”(经营廉价古物、旧货等的露天市场)。谜底把flea market曲解为“跳蚤的市场”，聪明的狗可不愿长跳蚤，自然不愿去有跳蚤的市场。 3)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？” 4)When there are four of them.提示：因为四只大象(four elephants)有十六条腿。 5)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。 6) 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 when I take my clothes off he get dressed when I put my clothes on he is undressed (打一用品） 当我脱下衣服时，它就穿上衣服； 当我穿上衣服时，它就脱下衣服。 答案是“衣架”

1. What will you break once you say it? (什么东西一说出来就打破？)2. Will liars be honest after they die? (骗子死了之后会诚实吗？)3. What always goes up and never goes down? (什么东西只升不降？)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？)5. Why can a bride hide nothing?(为什么新娘子什么也藏不住？)6. Why is the library the highest building?(为什么图书馆是最高的建筑物？)7. What is the smallest bridge in the world? (世界上最小的桥梁是什么？)8. What is the difference between the North Pole and the South Pole? (北极与南极的区别是什么？)9. What makes naughty boys long to work in a clock factory? (淘气的男孩为什么想去钟表厂工作？)10. What bird lifts heavy things? (什么鸟能举起重物？)11. A ship can contain only fifty persons. Now there is alreadyforty-nine person in it. At this time,a pregnant woman comes on andboards the ship. The shipsinks. Why? (有一艘船只能容纳50人，现在已有49人。这时一位孕妇上了船，船就沉了。为什么？)12. What's the poorest bank in the world? (世界的最贫穷的银行是什么？)13. What month do soldiers hate?(军人憎恨什么月？)答案：1. Silence. (沉默)2. 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. Your age. (你的年龄)4. He wants to have a hot dog. (他想要一条热狗。)5. 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. It has the most stories. (它的楼层最多。Story 故事，楼层)7. The bridge of a nose. (鼻梁)8. A whole world. (整个世界。 a world of difference 天壤之别)9. They want to make faces. (make face 做鬼脸，做钟表面)10. Crane. (鹤。Crane鹤，举重机)11. Because is a pigboat. (那是潜水艇。pigboat，潜水艇)12.The river bank。(河岸。)13.March。(行军。)

（下面有答案）1. What will you break once you say it? (什么东西一说出来就打破？)2. Will liars be honest after they die? (骗子死了之后会诚实吗？)3. What always goes up and never goes down? (什么东西只升不降？)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？)5. Why can a bride hide nothing?(为什么新娘子什么也藏不住？)6. Why is the library the highest building?(为什么图书馆是最高的建筑物？)7. What is the smallest bridge in the world? (世界上最小的桥梁是什么？)8. What is the difference between the North Pole and the South Pole? (北极与南极的区别是什么？)9. What makes naughty boys long to work in a clock factory? (淘气的男孩为什么想去钟表厂工作？)10. What bird lifts heavy things? (什么鸟能举起重物？)11. A ship can contain only fifty persons. Now there is alreadyforty-nine person in it. At this time,a pregnant woman comes on andboards the ship. The shipsinks. Why? (有一艘船只能容纳50人，现在已有49人。这时一位孕妇上了船，船就沉了。为什么？)12. What's the poorest bank in the world? (世界的最贫穷的银行是什么？)13. What month do soldiers hate?(军人憎恨什么月？) 答案：1. Silence. (沉默)2. 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. Your age. (你的年龄)4. He wants to have a hot dog. (他想要一条热狗。)5. 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. It has the most stories. (它的楼层最多。Story 故事，楼层)7. The bridge of a nose. (鼻梁)8. A whole world. (整个世界。 a world of difference 天壤之别)9. They want to make faces. (make face 做鬼脸，做钟表面)10. Crane. (鹤。Crane鹤，举重机)11. Because is a pigboat. (那是潜水艇。pigboat，潜水艇)12.The river bank。(河岸。)13.March。(行军。)

1、What animal wears big black glasses on its face?   （Panda 熊猫）

什么动物脸上戴个大墨镜？

2、I'm almost white, but the fur of my ears, eye pits are black. I live in the wild forests,I like eating bamboos! Who am I ?   （Panda 熊猫）

我几乎是白的，但耳朵、眼窝是黑的。我生活在森林里，喜欢吃竹子。我是谁？

3、a cat,eyes like a cat,a tail like a cat ,but isn't a cat?   （Tiger 老虎）

眼睛尾巴像只猫,但又不是猫?

4、What key can run itself?   （Monkey猴子）

什么自己可以跑？

5、I look like a house ,but my body is covered by black and white stripes.（Zebra斑马）

我的身体看起来像个房子，但我的身体有黑白条纹。

6、I can run very quickly. I have antlers（鹿角）on my head.（Deer鹿）

我跑得很快，而且我头上有鹿角。

7、I am an animal kept by farmers to produce milk.（Cow奶牛）

我是农民养来生产牛奶的动物。

扩展资料：

谜语的构成：

一般由谜面、谜目和谜底三部分组成。

谜面

谜面是灯谜的主要部分，是猜谜时以隐语的形式表达描绘形象、性质、功能等特征，供人们猜射的说明文字。

谜目

谜目是给谜底限定的范围，是联系谜面和谜底的“桥梁”。它的作用有点像路标，给人指明猜测的方向。

谜底

谜底就是谜面所提出问题的答案。谜底是指谜面含蓄转折所指的、要人猜射的事物本身，是灯谜隐藏的内在部分，也可以说是谜面所提问题的答案。

参考资料来源：百度百科-谜语