英语中有哪些有趣的单词值得分享?
1. what letter is an animal?
哪个字母是动物?
[答案]B(Bee)
2. What letter stands for the ocean?
代表海洋的字母是什么?
[答案]C(sea)
3. what letter is a question?
哪个字母有问题?
[答案]Y(why)
4. what letter is your eye?
哪个字母是你的眼睛?
[答案]I(eye)
5. what letter is a vegetable?
哪种字母是蔬菜?
[答案]P(pea)豌豆
6. what stays hot even if put it in a fridge?
即使放在冰箱里,什么东西也是热的?
[答案]pepper(胡椒粉)
谜语分析:hot也有辣的意思。
7. what fruit is never found singly?
什么水果永远不会是单数?
[答案]:pear(梨)
谜语分析:pear和pair(一双)发音相同。
8. With which hand do you write?
你用哪只手写字?
[答案]neither
谜语解析: Neither. I use a pen! 不,我用笔!
9. what man cannot live in a house?
谁不能住在房子里?
[答案]snowman(雪人)
10. What never asks questions but has a lot of answers?
什么永远不会问问题,但有很多答案?
[答案]dictionary (字典)
11. What question can you never answer “Yes” to?
你永远不能回答“是”有什么问题?
[答案]Are you dead?(你死了吗?)
谜语分析:或者Are you asleep?(你睡着了吗?)
12. You have it.You read it.There're some pictures in it. What is it?
如果你有它,你可以读它。里面有一些图片。它是什么?
[答案]book(书)
13. A mouse has a large pocket. What is it?
老鼠有一个大袋子,它是什么?
[答案]kangaroo(袋鼠)
14. It has a head ,but no neck.It has a body,but no warmth.NO feet,but can travel. What is it?
它有头,但没有脖子,有身体,但不温暖,没有脚,但可以旅行。
[答案]car(汽车)
15. what will you break once you say it?
你说什么打破了它?
[答案]silence(沉默)
16. why is the libray the highest building?
为什么图书馆是最高的建筑?
[答案]It has the most stories.
神秘分析:story有两层含义,一层是故事,另一层是楼层。
17. What do every couple have in common?
每对夫妇都有什么共同点?
[答案]They're married on the same day.(都是同一天结婚的。)
18. What word is pronounced wrong,even by the best of scholars?
即使是最好的学者也会读错哪个单词?
[答案]wrong(错)
19. What animal is taller sitting down than standing up?
什么动物坐得比站得高?
[答案]dog(狗)
20. What is black when it's clean and white when it’s dirty?
什么东西干净的时候是黑的,脏的时候是白的?
[答案]blackboard(黑板)
21. What 5-letter word has 6 left when you take 2 letters away?
当你删除两个单词后,哪个五个字母的单词还剩下六个?
[答案]sixth,去掉后是six。
22. What has four eyes but cannot see?
什么有四只眼睛却看不见?
[答案]Mississippi (密西西比)(密西西比)
谜语分析:有四个i,但因为是地名,所以看不见。
23. What's 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,是结束的开始,是每个地方的结束?
[答案]e
谜语分析:看看这四个单词的结尾。
24. What can you catch but cannot throw?
你能抓住但不能扔掉的是什么?
[答案]cold(感冒)
谜语分析:英语中的感冒是catch a cold
25. What is deaf and dumb but always tells the truth?
聋哑人是什么,但总是告诉我们真相?
[答案]mirror(镜子)
26. What has a tongue but cannot talk?
什么东西有舌头却不会说话?
【答案】shoe鞋
27. What has teeth but cannot eat?
有牙齿却不能吃的东西是什么?
【答案】corn玉米
28. What is yours but is used by others more than by yourself?
什么东西是你的,别人却用的比你多?
[答案]your name(你的名字)
29. What goes through a door but never comes in or goes out?
有什么东西穿过门,但从不进出?
[答案]keyhole(锁眼)
30. What gets larger,the more you take away?
你拿走的东西越多,反而越大。
[答案]hole(洞)
31. What do we get if we cross a woodpecker with a homing pigeon?
把啄木鸟和一只知道路的鸽子结合在一起会得到什么?
[答案]a bird that knocks on the door when delivering messages(送信时会敲门的鸟)
32. Where does afternoon come before morning in the world?
下午世界上哪个地方比早上先到?
[答案]in the dictionary(字典)
33. What do you know about the kings of France? 你对法国君主了解多少?
[答案]They are all dead. (他们都死了。)
34. what tree is always very sad?
什么树总是很难过?
[答案]weeping willow(垂柳)
谜语解析:weeping willow是指垂柳,weping是哭,willow是柳树。
35. what is full when it's used and empty when it's at rest?
什么东西在使用时是满的,在休息时是空的?
[答案]shoe(鞋)
36. When can you get water with a net?
用网什么时候能得到水?
[答案]When water is turned into ice.(当水变成冰时。)
37. Why are people tired on April Fool's Day?
为什么人们在4月1日愚人节很累?
[答案]Because they have just had a long March.因为他们刚刚度过了一个漫长的三月(行军)。
谜语分析:除了三月,march还意味着行军。
38. What's the poorest bank in the world?
世界上最贫穷的银行是什么?
[答案]bank(河岸)
谜语分析:除了银行,bank还意味着河岸。
39. what is heavier in summer than in winter?
夏天比冬天重什么?
[答案]traffic to the beach(去海滩的车流)
谜语分析:heavy除了意义重,还意味着交通量大,忙碌。
40. What can pierce one's ears without a hole?
什么能穿透一个人的耳朵而不留下洞?
[答案]noise(噪音),voice(声音)。
41. What's too much for two and just right for one?
什么对两个人来说太多了,一个人恰到好处?
[答案]secret(秘密)
谜语分析:因为两者都知道这是否是秘密。
42. What tree letters turn a girl into a woman?
哪三个字母把一个女孩变成了女人?
[答案]age(年龄)
43. What has two legs but cann't walk?
什么东西有两条腿却不能走路?
[答案]compass(圆规)
44. What is pronounced like one letter,written with three letters,and belongs to most of animals?
什么东西看起来像字母,写成三个字母,所有的动画都有?
[答案]eye(眼睛)
45. What bird lifts heavy things?
什么鸟能举起很重的东西?
[答案]crane(鹤)
谜语分析:crane的另一个意思是举重机。
46. What always goes up and never goes down?
什么东西永远只升不降?
[答案] age(年龄)