1. What has keys but can't open locks?
(有键却开不了锁的是什么?)
Answer: A piano.
(谜底:钢琴。)
2. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
(无言却能说,无耳却能听。没有身体,风来即活。我是什么?)
Answer: An echo.
(谜底:回声。)
3. What begins with T, ends with T, and is full of T?
(以T开头,以T结尾,里面装满了T。是什么?)
Answer: A teapot.
(谜底:茶壶。)
解析:单词“teapot”以字母T开头和结尾,而茶壶里装的茶(tea)发音也是T开头。
4. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
(你带走得越多,留下的就越多。它们是什么?)
Answer: Footsteps.
(谜底:脚印。)
5. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
(什么东西能待在角落里却走遍世界?)
Answer: A postage stamp.
(谜底:邮票。)
6. What has a heart that doesn't beat?
(有一颗不跳动的心脏的是什么?)
Answer: An artichoke.
(谜底:洋蓟。)
解析:“heart”在这里双关,既指心脏,也指洋蓟的中心部分。
7. I'm not alive, but I can grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
(我没有生命,却能生长;没有肺,却需要空气;没有嘴,但水能杀死我。我是什么?)
Answer: Fire.
(谜底:火。)
8. What has a neck but no head?
(有脖子却没有头的是什么?)
Answer: A bottle.
(谜底:瓶子。)
9. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
(在“minute”里出现一次,在“moment”里出现两次,但在“a thousand years”里一次也不出现。是什么?)
Answer: The letter M.
(谜底:字母M。)
10. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
(什么东西属于你,但别人用得更多?)
Answer: Your name.
(谜底:你的名字。)
巧思破题小贴士: 英语谜语常玩“双关”(pun)和“一词多义”。比如“key”可以是钥匙,也可以是琴键;“heart”可以是心脏,也可以是物体的中心部分。理解单词的多重含义,是解开谜语的关键。