英文谜语趣谈[范文大全]

第一篇：英文谜语趣谈

英文谜语趣谈

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。

第二篇：英文谜语

51个简单的适合小学生的英语谜语及答案： RIDDLES 1.What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 2.What has a round face and two thin hands, one hand short, one hand long? 3.What is big and bright during the day and we can’t see it at night? 4.I am small.I can fly.I like singing in the sky.What am I? 5.Which letter is a drink? 6.Which letter is around an island? 7.Which letter is an animal? 8.Which letter is a kind of vegetable? 9.Which is the longest English word? Why? 10.Which letter is a question? 11.Which letter is a part of your face? 12.I am very big and heavy.I have a long nose and big ears.What am I ? 13.I am the tallest animal in the world.What am I ? 14.I live in the sea.I am the biggest animal in the sea.What am I ? 15.What do you call your father’s father’s only son? 16.What is the biggest ant in the world? 17.What is in the middle of the world? 18.What do you call your father-in-law's only child's mother-in-law? 19.What is the smallest room in the world? 20.Teachers write on me with chalk.I can’t talk.What am I ?

21.You have it.You read it.There are some words and pictures on it.What is it? 22.Sometimes it looks like a boat.Sometimes it looks like a small white sun.What is it? 23.You throw away the outside and cook the inside.Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside.What did you eat? 24.What goes around the world but stays in a corner? 25.Give me food, and I will live;give me water, and I will die.What am I? 26.What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps? 27.I fly, but I have no wings.I cry, but I have no eyes.28.How many letters are in the alphabet? 29.I am always with you.Sometimes behind you, sometimes before you, sometimes by your side, but you can’t see me in the dark.30.What table is in the field? 31.What table can tell you what to do? 32.What changes a pear into a pearl? 33.What letter makes a road broad? 34.When do 2 and 2 make more than 4? 35.I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, rivers without water.What am I? 36.What kind of dog doesn't bite or bark? 37.I am everywhere in the earth.Without me, you have to die.What am I ? 38.I can’t walk.I can’t fly.I can swim.What am I ?

39.I am green in spring and yellow in autumn.Birds like me and people like me.What am I ? 40.Chicken grows from it.What is it? 41.It’s very small in the sky, but it’s actually very big.What is it? 42.It’s a colourful bridge in the sky.What is it? 43.Why do lions eat raw meat(生肉)？ 44.Why is six afraid of seven? 45.A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys.How can this be possible? 46.I am white.You can drink me.I am in the dairy group.What am I ? 47.I am green or red.I am spicy and hot.I am in the vegetable group.What am I ? 48.I am a kind of fruit, green outside and red inside.What am I ? 49.I am a kind of fruit, yellow outside and white inside with small black seeds.What am I ? 50.I am orange.I am thin and long.Rabbits like me very much.What am I ? 51.David was out for a walk when it started to rain.He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat.His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet.How could this happen?

SOLUTIONS

1.blackboard

2.a clock 3.the sun 4.a bird 5.T(tea)6.C(sea)7.B(bee)8.P(pea)9.smiles(There’s a mile between the first and the last letter.)10.Y(why)11.I(eye)12.an elephant

13.a giraffe 14.the whale 15.father/daddy 16.an elephant

17.the letter “r” 18.mom 19.mushroom 20.a blackboard 21.a book 22.the moon 23.chicken 24.stamp 25.fire 26.river 27.cloud 28.eight 29.shadow 30.vegetable 31.timetable 32.“L” 33.“b” 34.(22)35.a map

36.hot dog 37.air 38.fish 39.a tree 40.an egg 41.a star/ the sun/ the moon 42.a rainbow

43.Because they can’t cook.44.Because seven eight(ate)nine.45.Because all of her children are boys.46.milk 47.pepper 48.a watermelon

49.a banana 50.a carrot 51.Because he’s bald.谜语十则

1.Have you heard the saying: what goes up must come down? Well what goes up and never goes down?

2.My thunder comes before my lightning.My lightning comes before my rain.My rain dries up all the land it touches.What am I?

3.You can see it, but you can't touch it.It may disappear, but has never really left you.It grows throughout the day.What is it?

4.What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?

5.I have holes on the top and bottom.And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water.I have holes on my left and on my rig.What am I?

6.A word I know, six letters it contains, Subtract just one, and twelve is what remains.What is the word?

7.What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

8.What object has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?

9.Light as a feather, there is nothing in it;the strongest man can't hold it for much more than a minute?

10.What two words have the most letters in it?

1.What month do soldiers hate?--March(三月，行军)2.How many feet are there in a yard?--It depends on how many people stand in the yard.(码，院子)3.Why is an empty purse always the same?--There is no change in it.(零钱，变化)4.What book has the most stirring chapters?--A cook book.(动人的，搅拌的)5.What kind of dog doesn't bite or bark?--Hot dog.(热狗)6.What is the smallest room in the world?--Mushroom.(蘑菇)7.What kind of water should people drink in order to be healthy?--Drink well water.(井水，健康的)8.How do we know the ocean is friendly?--It waves.(起波浪，招手致意)9.Which can move faster, heat or cold?--Heat, because you can catch cold.(追上冷，患感冒)10.Why is the library the highest building?--It has the most stories.(故事，（楼）层)11.What table is in the field?--Vegetable 12.What is the only thing you can break when you say its name?--silence 13.What is there in your house that ought to be looked into?--mirror 14.What is that which you have never seen, heard or felt, which never existed and still has a name?--nothing 15.What changes a pear into a pearl?--the letter “l”

16.What question can never be answered by 'Yes'?--Are you asleep? 17.What ship has two mates but no captain?--courtship 18.What is the most difficult key to turn?--a donkey 19.Where can you always find money?--In the dictionary 20.What is the surest way to double your money?--Fold it.21.Where does afternoon come before morning in the world?--In the dictionary 22.What is the smallest bridge in the world?--the bridge of a nose 23.What letter makes a road broad?--letter B 24.What letter sounds like a vegetable?--letter P 25.Why is a pig the most unusual animal in the world?--Because it is killed before it is cured(烧烤待处理)26.What match can't be put in a match-box?--Football match, basketball match, etc.27.When do 2 and 2 make more than 4?--When they make 22.28.I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, rivers without water.What am I?--A map 29.I am something that has teeth but can't eat.What am I?--A comb 30.What is a sick man a controdiction?--When he is an impatient patient.31.What can hear without ears and answer without a mouth?--An echo 32.What room has no walls,no doors,no windows,and no floors?--A mushroom 33.What is dark but is made by light ?--A shadow 34.What is easy to get into but hard to get out of ?--Trouble 35.What is black When it is clean and white when it is dirty?--A blackboard 还有些: What is dark but made by light? shadow What is higher without a head than with a head? pillow What is easy to get into but hard to get out of? trouble What person tried to make you smile most of the time? 谜底： photographer（摄影师）

It has cities but no houses,forests but no trees,rivers but no water.What is it? MAP!In the field stand many green round houses.In each green houses there is a white house.Inside the white house,there is a red body of water.In the water are many black men.What are they? WATERMELON!Something leads you up the hill and then down the hill,but it always lies still.What is it? ESCALATOR!电梯！

1.What is smaller than an insect'smouth?

2.What season is the most dangerous one?

3.What's too much for me,just right for two,butnothing at all for three?

4.On what day of a year do soldiers start warsin history?

5.How many feet are in a yard?

6.What person tries to make others smile most ofthetime?

7.From what number can one take half and leavenothing?

8.What has hands but no feet, a face but noeyes,tells but does nottalk?

9.How many months have 28 days?

10.Which horses have six legs?

11.Who isn't your sister and isn't your brother,but is still achild of your mother and father?

12.What has teeth but can't eat?

13.What kind of man can raise things withoutlifting them?

14.Which candle burns longer:a black one or awhiteone?

15.Why does a cook wear a high,whitehat? 16.Can you name

five

days

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the

week

withoutsaying: Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday?

17.What kind of dog never can bite andbark?

18.What has a soft bed but never sleeps,a bigmouth but neverspeaks?

19.Four girls have a basket with four apples init.How can you divide the apples so that each girl gets a wholeapple and one still remains in thebasket?

20.Which eight-letter word has one letter init?

Keys(答案)：

1.Anything iteats.2.Autumn.Because it is alsoFALL.3.Asecret.4.March fourth.When a war breaks out,they'llhave to marchforth.5.It depends on how many people are standing init.6.Aphotographer.7.The number8.8.A clock.9.All of them.Each month has its 28thday.10.All horses have forelegs(four legs)in frontand two in back, so they all have six legs.11.You yourselfare.12.Acomb.13.A farmer.He can raise pigs, chickens and soon without liftingthem.14.Neither.Because all candles burnshorter.15.To cover hishead.16.The day before yesterday,yesterday,today,tomorrow, and the day aftertomorrow.17.A hotdog.18.Ariver.19.Give three girls an apple each,and give thefourth girl her apple in thebasket.20.Envelope.

第三篇：简单英文谜语

篇一：51个简单的适合小学生的英语谜语及答案 51个简单的适合小学生的英语谜语及答案 riddles 1.what is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 2.what has a round face and two thin hands, one hand short, one hand long? 3.what is big and bright during the day and we can’t see it at night? 4.i am small.i can fly.i like singing in the sky.what am i? 5.which letter is a drink? 6.which letter is around an island? 7.which letter is an animal? 8.which letter is a kind of vegetable? 9.which is the longest english word? why? 10.which letter is a question? 11.which letter is a part of your face? 12.i am very big and heavy.i have a long nose and big ears.what am i ? 13.i am the tallest animal in the world.what am i ? 14.i live in the sea.i am the biggest animal in the sea.what am i ? 15.what do you call your father’s father’s only son? 16.what is the biggest ant in the world? 17.what is in the middle of the world? 18.what do you call your father-in-laws only childs mother-in-law? 19.what is the smallest room in the world? 20.teachers write on me with chalk.i can’t talk.what am i ? 21.you have it.you read it.there are some words and pictures on it.what is it? 22.sometimes it looks like a boat.sometimes it looks like a small white sun.what is it? 23.you throw away the outside and cook the inside.then you eat the outside and throw away the inside.what did you eat? 24.what goes around the world but stays in a corner? 25.give me food, and i will live;give me water, and i will die.what am i? 26.what can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps? 27.i fly, but i have no wings.i cry, but i have no eyes.28.how many letters are in the alphabet? 29.i am always with you.sometimes behind you, sometimes before you, sometimes by your side, but you can’t see me in the dark.30.what table is in the field? 31.what table can tell you what to do? 32.what changes a pear into a pearl?33.what letter makes a road broad? 34.when do 2 and 2 make more than 4? 35.i have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, rivers without water.what am i? 36.what kind of dog doesnt bite or bark? 37.i am everywhere in the earth.without me, you have to die.what am i ? 38.i can’t walk.i can’t fly.i can swim.what am i ? 39.i am green in spring and yellow in autumn.birds like me and people like me.what am i ? 40.chicken grows from it.what is it? 41.it’s very small in the sky, but it’s actually very big.what is it? 42.it’s a colourful bridge in the sky.what is it? 43.why do lions eat raw meat(生肉)？ 44.why is six afraid of seven? 45.a woman has 7 children, half of them are boys.how can this be possible? 46.i am white.you can drink me.i am in the dairy group.what am i ? 47.i am green or red.i am spicy and hot.i am in the vegetable group.what am i ? 48.i am a kind of fruit, green outside and red inside.what am i ? 49.i am a kind of fruit, yellow outside and white inside with small black seeds.what am i ? 50.i am orange.i am thin and long.rabbits like me very much.what am i ? 51.david was out for a walk when it started to rain.he did not have an umbrella and he wasnt wearing a hat.his clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet.how could this happen? solutions 1.blackboard 2.a clock 3.the sun 4.a bird 5.t(tea)6.c(sea)7.b(bee)8.p(pea)9.smiles(theres a mile between the first and the last letter.)10.y(why)11.i(eye)12.an elephant 13.a giraffe14.the whale 15.father/daddy 16.an e lephant 17.the letter “r” 18.mom 19.mushroom 20.a blackboard 21.a book 22.the moon 23.chicken 24.stamp 25.fire 26.river 27.cloud 28.eight 29.shadow 30.vegetable 31.timetable 32.“l” 33.“b” 34.(22)35.a map 36.hot dog 37.air 38.fish 39.a tree 40.an egg 41.a star/ the sun/ the moon 42.a rainbow 43.because they can’t cook.44.because seven eight(ate)nine.45.because all of her children are boys.46.milk 47.pepper 48.a watermelon 49.a banana 50.a carrot 51.because he’s bald.篇二：英语谜语123 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

what goes on four legs at dawn, two at noon, and three at dusk? 该个谜语还可以这样说：

谜语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。

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。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 shouldnt you cry if a cow slips on the ice? 谜底是“because its no use crying over spilt milk.” 英语中成语“覆水难收”是这样表达的：“its 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)whats a sculptors 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。英语100题 简单题

一、抢答题

1.it’s in our classroom.we can write on it.__________ 2.it’s the tallest animal in the zoo.__________ 3.what kind of fruit is purple？__________ 4.it’s afraid of cats.it likes eating all kinds of food.__________ 5.you use it to brush your teeth.__________ 6.what kind of food is triangle？__________ 7.it is a room.we sleep in it.__________

二、速答题

1.you can put your money and your cards in it.what is it？ it’s a _______ or a _______.2.if you want to know the time, you can use it.what is it？ it’s a_______ or a _______.3.if you want to have a cup of tea, you may use it.what is it？ it’s a _______.4.what do people usually eat at the dragon boat festival？ they’re _______ _______.5.we can put it on the birthday cake.what is it？ it’s a _______.三.小学生英语谜语及最佳答案

1.a cat,eyes like a cat,a tail like a cat ,but isnt a cat? 2.what is in the center of the water? 3.two little brothers, one lives on one side, the other on the other side, they hear what you say, but they do not see each other.4.what can hear you without ears and can answer you without a mouth? 5.what a room has no walls,no doors,no windows,and no floors? 6.what large instrument do you carry in your ears? 7.what person tried to make you smile most of the time? 8.what has hands but no feet,a face but no eyes,tells but not talk? 9.what is black when it is clean and white when it is dirty? 10.what has a soft bed but never sleeps,a big mouth but never speaks? 11.what is easy to get into but hard to get out of? 12.what is higher without a head than with a head? 13.what is dark but made by light? 四.开心一问

1.what gets larger，the more you take away？什么东西你拿走越多，反而越大？ 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.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？

5.can you tell me some thing about the great scientists of the 18th century？你能告诉我一些18世纪伟大科学家的事吗？ 中等题 英语谜语

1.what is higher without a head than with a head? 2.what is dark but made by light? 3.what a room has no walls, no doors, no windows, and no floors? 4.what large instrument do you carry in your ears? 5.what person tried to make you smile most of the time? 6.what has hands but no feet, a face but no eyes, tells but not talk? 7.what is black when it is clean and white when it is dirty? 8.what has a soft bed but never sleeps, a big mouth but never speaks? 9.what is easy to get into but hard to get out of? 10.what has two legs but cannt walk? 11.from what number can you take half and leave nothing? 12.what two word have thousands of letters in them? 13.what 5-letter word has 6 left when you take 2 letters away? 14.what kind of dog never bite? 16.what is pronounced like one letter,written with three letters,and belongs to all animals? 17.what number gets bigger when you turn it upside down? 难题

一类与汉语民间谜语一样，用几句话描述一样事物，英语谜语可以分为两类，然后要求猜射；另一类谜面短小，运用单词结构及双关谐音等手法巧妙答问。1.two little brothers，one lives on one side，the other on the other side，they hear what you say，but they does not see each other。2.it is so weak，that a little wind can move it，it is so strong，that you can cut it with a knife and leave no trace。3.why is a river very rich? 4.which four letters are the thief afraid of? 5.what part of a clock is always old? 6.what is white when it is dirty? 7.which letter makes her hear? 8.i jump into the water，what do i do ? 9.what starts with t，ends with t and full of t？ 10.the longest word in the world.11.what is the cheapest way to see the world？ 12.what goes up and never goes down？

13.why should you never marry a tennis player？

14.why shouldnt you cry if a cow slips on the ice?篇三：简单的英语谜语 1.what is smaller than an insectsmouth? 2.what season is the most dangerous one? 3.whats too much for me,just right for two,butnothing at all for three? 4.on what day of a year do soldiers start warsin history? 5.how many feet are in a yard? 6.what person tries to make others smile most ofthetime? 7.from what number can one take half and leavenothing? 8.what has hands but no feet, a face but noeyes,tells but does nottalk? 9.how many months have 28 days? 10.which horses have six legs? 11.who isnt your sister and isnt your brother,but is still achild of your mother and father? 12.what has teeth but cant eat? 13.what kind of man can raise things withoutlifting them? 14.which candle burns longer:a black one or awhiteone? 15.why does a cook wear a high,whitehat? 16.can you name five days of the week withoutsaying: monday,tuesday,wednesday,thursday,friday? 17.what kind of dog never can bite andbark? 18.what has a soft bed but never sleeps,a bigmouth but neverspeaks? 19.four girls have a basket with four apples init.how can you divide the apples so that each girl gets a wholeapple and one still remains in thebasket? 20.which eight-letter word has one letter init? keys(答案)： 1.anything iteats.2.autumn.because it is alsofall.3.asecret.4.march fourth.when a war breaks out,theyllhave to marchforth.5.it depends on how many people are standing init.6.aphotographer.7.the number8.8.a clock.9.all of them.each month has its 28thday.10.all horses have forelegs(four legs)in frontand two in back, so they all have six legs.11.you yourselfare.13.a farmer.he can raise pigs, chickens and soon without liftingthem.14.neither.because all candles burnshorter.15.to cover hishead.16.the day before yesterday,yesterday,today,tomorrow, and the day aftertomorrow.17.a hotdog.18.ariver.19.give three girls an apple each,and give thefourth girl her apple in thebasket.20.envelope.137 |评论

第四篇：小学生英文谜语

1.What is the poorest bank in the world? 2.What clothing is always sad? 3.When do 2 and 2 make more than 4? 4.What table is in the field?

5.What has three hands but only one face?

6.What travels around the earth without using any fuel? 7.What is the smallest room in the world? 8.What is visible only in winter time? 9.What goes up and never comes down? 10.How many months have 28 days? 参考答案： 1.The river bank 2.Blue jeans(blue有“忧郁”之意)3.When they make 22 4.Vegetable(蔬菜长在地里的)5.The clock(钟表有时针、分针和秒针--三只手)6.Moon 7.Mushroom 8.Your breath（只有冬天能看到自己呼出的气）9.Age（年龄是只增不减的）10.12（每个月都有28天）

1.What month do soldiers hate?--March(三月，行军)2.How many feet are there in a yard?--It depends on how many people stand in the yard.(码，院子)3.Why is an empty purse always the same?--There is no change in it.(零钱，变化)4.What book has the most stirring chapters?--A cook book.(动人的，搅拌的)5.What kind of dog doesn't bite or bark?--Hot dog.(热狗)6.What is the smallest room in the world?--Mushroom.(蘑菇)7.What kind of water should people drink in order to be healthy?--Drink well water.(井水，健康的)8.How do we know the ocean is friendly?--It waves.(起波浪，招手致意)9.Which can move faster, heat or cold?

--Heat, because you can catch cold.(追上冷，患感冒)10.Why is the library the highest building?--It has the most stories.(故事，（楼）层)11.What table is in the field?--Vegetable

12.What is the only thing you can break when you say its name?--silence 13.What is there in your house that ought to be looked into?--mirror 14.What is that which you have never seen, heard or felt, which never existed and still has a name--nothing 15.What changes a pear into a pearl?--the letter “l”

16.What question can never be answered by 'Yes'?--Are you asleep? 17.What ship has two mates but no captain?--courtship 18.What is the most difficult key to turn?--a donkey 19.Where can you always find money?--In the dictionary 20.What is the surest way to double your money?--Fold it.21.Where does afternoon come before morning in the world?--In the dictionary 22.What is the smallest bridge in the world?--the bridge of a nose 23.What letter makes a road broad?--letter B 24.What letter sounds like a vegetable?--letter P 25.Why is a pig the most unusual animal in the world?--Because it is killed before it is cured(烧烤待处理)26.What match can't be put in a match-box?--Football match, basketball match, etc.27.When do 2 and 2 make more than 4?--When they make 22.28.I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, rivers without water.What am I?--A map 29.I am something that has teeth but can't eat.What am I?--A comb 30.What is a sick man a controdiction?--When he is an impatient patient.31.What can hear without ears and answer without a mouth?--An echo 32.What room has no walls,no doors,no windows,and no floors?--A mushroom 33.What is dark but is made by light ?--A shadow

34.What is easy to get into but hard to get out of ?--Trouble 35.What is black When it is clean and white when it is dirty?--A blackboard 231 Q: What is as big as a horse but doesn't weigh anything? A: The horse's shadow.232 Q.Why was the hearse horse hoarse? A.Because of the coffin 233 Q: Why are man with pierced ears better suited for marriage? Q: Because they have suffered and bought jewelry.234 Q: What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it? A: A teapot.235 Q: Do you know why birds fly to south in the winter? A: Because it's too far to walk there.236 Q: Why do birds fly south in the fall? A: Because it's too far to walk!237 Q: Why don't we need a compass at the North Pole? A: Because every direction is south.238 Q: What gets wetter as it dries? A: A towel 239 Q: What are the 3 important rings in life? A: Engagement ring, Wedding ring, and suffering.240 Q: Which room has no doors, no windows.A: A mushroom.1.wind It comes in winter and makes the weather colder.What is it?.You can’t catch his body;you can’t see his shadow.When strong, he shakes the house,when weak, the tree leaves.3.When I come down from the sky,I make everything wet.What am I ? 4.What animal carries two hills on its back?

5.What animal wears big black glasses on its face? 6.What animal sleeps in daytime but flies at night?

7.They are of many beautiful colors: red, yellow,pink, purple, blue, blue, orange and white.Some of them smell very sweet.You can see lots of them in spring and summer.When autumn comes,they become fewer and fewer.In winter you can hardly find them in the fields.Then they come back again with spring.What are they? 8.It’s round and green outside and yellow or red inside.We have it in summer.It grows in the fields.It can grow as big as a basketball, or even bigger.It is very sweet and very good to eat.I an sure you know it.And you like to eat it, don’t you? Can you tell me now what it is? 9.What goes up every time the rain comes down? 10.Thousands in one big family are busy every day, making sweets for others and giving mthem away.11.“If” is between us.Can you guess what English word it is?

2.wind 3.rain 4.camel 5.panda 6.bat 7.flowers

8.watermelon 9.umbrella 10.bees 11.wife

1.What table is in the field?

2.What is the only thing you can break when you say its name?

3.What is there in your house that ought to be looked into?

4.What is that which you have never seen, heard or felt, which never existed and still has a name?

5.What changes a pear into a pearl?

6.What question can never be answered by 'Yes'?

7.What ship has two mates but no captain?

8.What is the most difficult key to turn?

9.Where can you always find money?

10.What is the surest way to double your money?

11.Where does afternoon come before morning in the world?

12.What is the smallest bridge in the world? 13.What letter makes a road broad? 14.What letter sounds like a vegetable? 15.Why is a pig the most unusual animal in the world? 16.What match can't be put in a match-box? 17.When do 2 and 2 make more than 4?

18.I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, rivers without water.What am I?

19.I am something that has teeth but can't eat.What am I? 20.What is a sick man a controdiction?

Key:

1．Vegetable 2.silence

3.mirror

4.nothing

5.the letter “l” 6.Are you asleep? 7.courtship 8.a donkey

9.In the dictionary 10.Fold it.11.In the dictionary 12.the bridge of a nose 13.letter B 14.letter P 15.Because it is killed before it is cured(烧烤待处理)16.Football match, basketball match, etc.17.When they make 22.18.A map 19.A comb 20.When he is an impatient patient.1.What gets larger，the more you take away？什么东西你拿走越多，反而越大？

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.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？ 1.Ahole.洞

2.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。

3.A bird that knocks on the door when delivering messages.将得到一只送信时会敲门的鸟。

1.What animal wears big black glasses on its face? 什么动物脸上戴个大墨镜？（Panda 熊猫）

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 ?

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？（Panda 熊猫）

3.a cat,eyes like a cat,a tail like a cat ,but isn't a cat? 眼睛尾巴像只猫,但又不是猫?（Tiger 老虎）

4：What letter is a body of water? 谜底是：C(sea)

即字母C,谐音就是“sea”大海，有很多水

第五篇：英文谜语以及答案

最近很多小伙伴在找英语的谜语，小编就给大家带来福利啦，请欣赏下面的英文谜语和答案内容。

英文谜语和答案

谜语题目：

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？)

谜语答案：

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。)