端午节英语谜语

篇一：英语谜语(汉语翻译及答案)

英语谜语（汉语翻译及答案）

1. what 5-letter word has 6 left when you take 2 letters away?

哪个五个字母的单词当你去掉两个单词后还剩 6 个?

key: sixth 答案：sixth，去掉后是six

2. a big indian and a little indian are walking down the street, the little indian is the son of the big indian, but the big indian is not the father of the little indian, how is this possible?

key：the big indian is the mother of the little indian

3. what has four eyes but cannot see? 什么有四个眼睛，但是看不见？

谜语答案：mississippi 谜语解析：有 4 个i，但是因为是地名，所以看不见。

飘在密西西比河上的鸡蛋是从哪儿来的？

答案：from a hen . 是母鸡生下来的。

5. whats the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space; the beginning of end, and the end of every place?

什么是永恒的开始，是时间的结束，是结局的开始，是每一个地方的结束? key: the letter

e.答案：字母 e, 看这四个单词的结尾就明白了。

6. what stays hot even if put it in a fridge? 什么东西即使放到冰箱中也是热的？答案：pepper(胡椒粉)谜语解析：hot也有“辣”的意思

7. what fruit is never found singly? key: pear 什么水果永远都不会是单数? 答案:pear(梨) 谜语解析:pear和pair(一双)读音相同

8. with which hand do you write? 你用哪只手写字呢?

key: neither, i use a pen! 答案：都不用，我用笔

9. what man cannot live in a house? 什么人不能住在房子里?

谜语答案：snowman（雪人）

10. what never asks questions but gets a lot of answers?

什么东西永远不问问题但是却能得到很多答案?

谜语答案：dictionary （字典）

11. what question can you never answer yes to? 什么问题你永远也不能回答是谜语答案：are you dead?（你死了吗?）are you asleep? (你睡着了吗)

12. 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？

谜语答案：people. they crawled when they were babies and walked with two legs before they had to rely on a crutch in old age.

是人，他们刚生下来的时候用四肢爬行，后来用双腿走路，老年时又不得不依靠拐杖走。14. what do we get if we cross a woodpecker with a homing pigeon？

把一只啄木鸟和一只识途的鸽子融合在一起，会得到什么？

答案：a bird that knocks on the door when delivering messages.

将得到一只送信时会敲门的鸟。

世界上哪个地方下午比早上先到？

答案：in the dictionary. 在字典里。

16. what do you know about the kings of france? 你对法国君主有什么了解？答案：they are all dead. 他们都死了。

17. what must you do before you return a book to the library?

把书换到图书馆之前你必须做什么?

key: borrow the book from library.答案：从图书馆借书

18. how many sides does a circle have?一个圆有几个面?

key: two，the inside and the outside 答案：两面，里面和外面

19. what tree is always very sad? 什么树总是很伤心?

key: weeping willow 答案：垂柳.

谜语解析： weeping willow的意思是垂柳， weeping是哭， willow是柳树

20. when can you get water with a net? 什么时候你可以用网拿到水呢？

key: when water is turned into ice 答案：当水变成冰的时候

21. why are people tired on april fools day? 为什么在愚人节人们都很累？

key: because they have just had a long march.答案：因为他们刚过了长长的三月。march 三月;行军.

22. whats the poorest bank in the world? 世界上最贫穷的银行是什么？

key: the river bank答案：河岸。bank还有河岸的意思

23. what is heavier in summer than in winter? 什么东西夏天比冬天重? key：traffic to the beach

答案：去海滩的车流解释：heavy除了重的意思，还有“交通量大的，繁忙的”意思。24. what bird lifts heavy things? 什么鸟可以举起来很重的东西？

key: crane答案：crane(鹤，另外一个意思是举重机)

26. what is yours but is used by others more than by yourself?

什么东西是你的但是别人却用的比你多?

key: your name 答案：你的名字

27. what always goes up and never goes down? 什么东西永远只升不降 key: your age 答案：你的年龄

28. what will you break once you say it?什么东西你说出来就打破了它? key: silence 答案：沉默

29. why is the library the highest building? 为什么图书馆是最高的建筑？ key: it has the most stories?

答案：因为它有最多的楼层 (story有两层意思，一个是故事，一个是楼层)

31. what word is pronounced wrong, even by the best of scholars?

哪个单词即使是最好的学者来念都念错?

key: wrong答案：wrong(错)

32. what animal is taller sitting down than standing up? 什么动物坐着比站着高? key:

a dog答案：狗

33.which can move faster， heat or cold？冷和热谁跑得快？

key: heat， because you can catch cold．热跑得快，因为你追得上冷。 cold n．冷；感冒 catch cold追上冷；患感冒34. what can you catch but cannot throw? 什么东西你能抓住但是不能扔掉? key ：a cold 答案：感冒(catch a cold),英文中感冒为catch a cold 35. what is full when its used and empty when its at rest?

什么东西在使用它的时候是满的，在他休息的时候是空的。

key：a shoe答案：鞋

36. what has a tongue but cannot talk? 什么东西有舌头但是却不会说话?

key: a shoe答案：鞋