英语口语：每日谜语第207期 8条趣味猜谜分享（附答案）

英语口语：每日谜语第207期 8条趣味猜谜分享（附答案）

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Questions:

1. What has a mouth and a fork but never eats?

2. What has a hand but can't scratch itself?

3. What has no skin or bones, yet has four fingers and a thumb?

4. Mrs. Bigger has a baby. Now who is bigger?

5. What part of a watch was used before by someone else?

6. Why is an empty purse always the same?

7. Where can you always find money when you look for it?

8. What is something that never asks any questions but demands a great many answers?

Keys:

1.What has a mouth and a fork but never eats?

A river.

解释：什么东西有张嘴还有叉子，但是从来不吃东西？（河流：河流有河口及分叉处）

2. What has a hand but can't scratch itself?

A clock.

解释：什么东西有手，但是卻沒办法抓痒？（时钟）

3. What has no skin or bones, yet has four fingers and a thumb?

A glove.

解释：什么东西沒有皮肤及骨头，但是卻有四只手指跟一只大姆指？（手套）

4. Mrs. Bigger has a baby. Now who is bigger?

The baby, because it is a little Bigger.

解释：比较大先生有個婴儿，请问究竟谁比较大？（婴儿：因为婴儿是“a little bigger”）

此处借用英文的比较級之副词修饰语“a little”来比喻。通常外国人说某人的小婴儿都会說a little+对方之姓名，比如a little Johnny指的就是Johnny先生的宝贝婴儿。

5. What part of a watch was used before by someone else?

The second hand.

解释：手表的哪个部分在別人用之前已经被用过了？（二手货-秒针）

此处的second指的是时钟的秒针，英文中的秒针与二手货正巧是同一个字。

6. Why is an empty purse always the same?

Because there is never any CHANGE in it.

解释：为什么空的皮夹总是一样的？（因为空的皮夹中绝对不会有零钱/改变。）

英文中的零钱与改变是同一个字“change”.

7. Where can you always find money when you look for it?

In the dictionary.

解释：当你想找钱时，哪里总是能找得到？（字典）

因为字典一定找得到钱这个字。

8. What is something that never asks any questions but demands a great many answers?

A doorbell.

解释：什么东西从不问问题，但是得到很多回应？（门铃）

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