燈謎是中國元宵節(jié)或中秋節(jié)寫在燈籠上的謎語。人們必須從一個字、一首詩或是一個短語猜出答案。猜燈謎和打老虎一樣難，所以燈謎有一個別名——燈虎（lantern tigers）。一起來開動腦筋，猜猜下面的英文燈謎。

Riddles: What's full of holes but still holds water?

Answer: a sponge

問：什么東西渾身是洞，卻能裝水？

答：海綿

 

Riddles: What building has the most stories?

Answer: A library

問：什么建筑樓層最多？

答：圖書館（注：story有樓層和故事兩個意思）

 

Riddles: Which is faster, hot or cold?

Answer: Hot's faster. You can catch a cold.

問：熱和冷哪個速度更快？

答：熱更快，因為你能抓住冷（catch a cold:感冒）

 

Riddles: When is your mind like a rumpled bed?

Answer: When it is not made up.

問：你的腦子什么時候像皺巴巴的床？

答：當它沒有疊的時候（make up mind:下定決心）

 

Riddles: What is it that everybody does at the same time?

Answer: grow older

問：所有人同時在做的事情是什么？

答：長大

 

Riddles: What month do soldiers hate?

Answer: March

問：士兵們最恨幾月份？

答：三月（注：march也有行軍的意思）

 

Riddles: How many feet are there in a yard?

Answer: It depends on how many people stand in the yard.

問：院子里有多少只腳？

答：這取決于多少人站在院子里（注：yard碼；院子）

 

Riddles: Why is an empty purse always the same?

Answer: There is no change in it.

問：為什么空錢包永遠是一樣的？

答：因為沒零錢（注：change變化；零錢）

 

Riddles: What book has the most stirring chapters?

Answer: A cook book.

問：什么書有最動人的章節(jié)？

答：烹飪書（注：stirring動人的；攪拌的）

 

Riddles: What kind of dog doesn't bite or bark?

Answer: Hot dog.

問：什么狗不咬人不吠叫？

答：熱狗

 

Riddles: What is the smallest room in the world?

Answer: Mushroom.

問：世界上最小的房間是什么？

答：蘑菇

 

Riddles: What kind of water should people drink in order to be healthy?

Answer: Drink well water.

問：為了保持健康應該喝什么水？

答：喝井水（注：well井水；健康的）

 

Riddles: How do we know the ocean is friendly?

Answer: It waves.

問：我們如何知道海洋是友善的？

答：海有波浪（注：wave起波浪；招手致意）

 

Riddles: What man cannot live in a house?

Answer: snowman

問：什么人不能住在房間里？

答：雪人

 

Riddles: What question can you never answer "Yes" to?

Answer: Are you dead?

問：什么問題你永遠不能回答“是”？

答：你死了嗎？

 

Riddles: A mouse has a large pocket. What is it?

Answer: a kangaroo

問：有大口袋的老鼠是什么？

答：袋鼠

 

Riddles: It has a head, but no neck. It has a body, but no warmth. No feet, but can travel?

Answer: a car

問：它有頭，但沒脖子；有身體，卻沒溫度；沒有腳，但是能旅行。它是什么？

答：汽車

 

（來源：網絡）