书城外语课外英语-智力谜语(双语版)
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第13章 字母篇(8)

谜底:Anything you like,because he won’t hear you.

What do you call a mouse if you put it in the freezer?

提示mouse(老鼠)的复数是mice,mice又使人想起了ice(冰)。所以把放在冰箱里的老鼠(a mouse you put in the freezer)戏称为mice。

谜底:Mice.

What do you call a person who can sing and drink lemonade at the same time?

提示美国俚语把汽水等有气的饮料叫做pop,所以把一边唱歌一边喝柠檬汁的人戏称为pop singer。其实,pop singer的意思是“唱流行歌曲的歌手”。

谜底:A pop singer.

What do you call a person who steal hamburgers?

提示hamburglar是一个杜撰词,由hamburger+burglar拼缀而成的。

谜底:A hamburglar.

What do you call a pygmy who works underground?

提示mini(微型的)对应pygmy(侏儒),miner(矿工)对应works underground(在地下工作)。

谜底:A mini miner.

What do you call a rich fish?

提示gold(金子)对应rich(有钱的)。所以把有钱的鱼(a rich fish)戏称为goldfish(金鱼)。

谜底:A goldfish.

What do you call a skeleton who goes out in the freezing cold without a hat?

提示numb是“冻僵的”的意思,skull是“头颅”的意思,两者加起来对应“在严寒中不戴帽子出去的骷髅”(a skeleton who goes out in the freezing cold without a hat)。

谜底:A numb skull.

What do you call a snake that works for the government?

提示serpent是“蛇”的意思。把在政府工作的蛇(a snake that works for the government)戏称为civil serpent,这是模仿civil servant(公职人员)而来的。

谜底:A civil serpent.

What do you call a spaceship that lands on the sun?

提示UFO是unidentified flying object(不明飞行物)的缩写,但是宇宙飞船落到太阳上就成了unidentified frying object(不明油煎物)!

谜底:An unidentified frying object.

What do you call a thief in a shoe shop?

提示名词sneaker的意思是“鬼鬼祟祟的人”,把偷鞋的小偷叫做sneaker还有一层言外之意,因为sneaker的另一个意思是“旅行鞋”。

谜底:A sneaker.

What do you call a thief who only steals meat?

提示把偷肉的小偷戏称为hamburglar,这个杜撰词是由ham(火腿)和burglar(窃贼)复合而成的跟hamburger(汉堡包)读音相似。

谜底:A ham burglar.

What do you call a travelling flea?

提示由英语词hitchhiker(免费搭车旅行的人)产生了这个谜语,旅行的虱子(travelling flea)被戏称为itchhiker,因为itch的意思是“发痒”。

谜底:An itch hiker.

What do you call a wicked old woman who lives on the beach?

提示谜底sandwich(三明治)其实是sandwitch,对应“住在沙滩上的坏女人”。

谜底:A sandwich.

What do you call a witch who goes to the beach but won’t go in the water?

提示chicken(胆小的)对应won’t go in the water(不敢下水)。

谜底:A chicken sand witch.

What do you call an elephant that never washes?

提示smelly(发出臭味的)对应never washes(从不洗澡),难怪elephant(大象)成了smellyphant!

谜底:A smelly phant.

What do you call an overweight pumpkin?

提示不管南瓜(pumpkin)是不是超重(overweight),还是叫南瓜。

谜底:A pumpkin.

What do you call highrise flats for pigs?

提示sty是“(猪)圈”的意思,它们住的skyscraper(摩天大楼)戏称为sty scraper也就不足为奇了。

谜底:Sty scraper.

What do you call Mrs.Santa Claus?

提示人们在圣诞节总是说Merry Christmas(圣诞快乐),所以把圣诞老人Santa Claus的太太戏称为Mary Christmas。

谜底:Mary Christmas.

What do you call musical insects?

提示hum是“哼哼”的意思,故而把有音乐细胞的昆虫(musical insects)称作humbugs。这里要说明一点,在英语里确实有humbug一词,意思是“欺骗”。

谜底:Humbugs.

What do you call someone who is crazy about electricity?

提示fan有两个意思,一个是“狂热爱好者”,另一个是“风扇”。如果把电气爱好者(someone who is crazy about electricity)叫做electric fan的话,马上使人联想到“电扇”。

谜底:An electric fan.

What do you call someone who’s mad about cocoa?

提示nut有两个意思,一个是“狂热爱好者”,另一个是“坚果”。如果把特别喜欢可可的人(someone who’s mad about cocoa)叫做cocoanut的话,马上使人想到coconut(椰子)。

谜底:A cocoa nut.

What do you call two rows of cabbages?

提示如果把两排卷心菜(two rows of cabbages)叫做dual cabbageways的话,马上使人联想到carriageway(车行道)。

谜底:A dual cabbage way.

What do you do if an elephant sits in front of you at the movies?

提示大象在电影院里坐在你的前面肯定会挡住你的视线,那么你大部分电影没看着(miss most of the movie)是必然的事情。

谜底:Miss most of the movie.

What do you do if your stockings are on fire?

提示hose的意思是“救火用的水龙软管”,而pantyhose的意思是“连裤袜”。

谜底:Put them out with your pantyhose.

What do you do when you wear your shoes out?

提示你穿着鞋出去,当然应该穿着鞋回家。

谜底:You wear home again.

What do you do with a banana that is one year old?

提示你真要是见到一岁的香蕉(a banana that is one year old),那么就祝它生日快乐吧。

谜底:Wish it happy birthday.

What do you get between sunrise and sunset?

提示你从日出(sunrise)到日落(sunset)都待在外面的话,真的会sunburned(晒黑)的。

谜底:Sunburned.

What do you get from an educated oyster?

提示受过教育的牡蛎(educated oyster)会产出“智慧的珍珠”(pearls of wisdom),这种情况谁也没有见过,但是英语里确实有pearls of wisdom(智慧的结晶)这一说法。

谜底:Pearls of wisdom.

What do you get if you cross a bridge with a car?

提示乘汽车过桥以后,当然是到达河的那一边。

谜底:To the other side of the river.

What do you get if you put a light bulb in a suit of armour?

提示把电灯泡放在铠甲里说成knight light(骑士之光)是无稽之谈,无非想跟night light(夜灯)建立联系而引人一笑罢了。

谜底:A knight light.

英汉对照谜语108

The chequer board is far and wide,

With chequers standing side by side.

It cares not who will lose or win,

But sends the light on earth with pride.

一张棋盘大无边,

万千棋子摆其间,

不争一时胜与负,

惟将光彩照人寰。

The starry sky (星空)

英汉对照谜语109

The man who made it did not want it;

The man who bought it did not use it;

The man who used it did not know it.

做的不想要,

买的不想用,

用的不知道。

A coffin (棺材)

英汉对照谜语111

There is a hill,

And on that hill there is a house,

And in that house there is a closet,

And in that closet hangs a coat,

And in that coast there is a pocket,

And in the pocket is President Lincoln.

一座小山高高耸,

一幢小屋在山中,

衣柜放在屋当中,

一件上衣挂柜中,

衣服上面有口袋,

口袋里面有总统。

A penny (硬币)

英汉对照谜语112

There is a thing that nothing is,

And yet it has a name;

Tis sometimes tall and sometimes short,

It joins our walk,it joins our sport,

And plays at every game.

不是物体却有名,

忽高忽矮不定型;

一起散步一起玩,

一起打牌都尽兴。

Your shadow (你的影子)

英汉对照谜语115

This thing all things devours:

Birds,beasts,trees,flowers;

Gnaws iron,bites steel;

Grinds hard stones to meal;

Slays king,ruins town.

And beats high mountain down.

什么能把万物吞,

鸟兽花草难生存;

钢铁尚且遭磨损,

顽石也要化成粉;

弑君还要毁城镇,

能使高山短几寸。

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