脑筋急转弯2
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Riddles(2)

1. Q: What roof never keeps out the wet?

A: The roof of the mouth?

roof 屋顶;上颚

 

2. Q: Does any child like going to school?

A: Every child likes going to school. Most of them just hate staying there before going home.

 

3. Q: Why is a peacock the best story-teller1?

A: Because it always has a beautiful tale.

tale 故事,音似tail(尾巴)

 

4. Q: Why is a crazy person equal to two ordinary people?

A: Because he is a man beside himself.

beside oneself 真正的意思是:发狂,忘形

 

5. Q: What coat is always wet when it's put on?

A: A coat of paint.

coat衣服;涂层,一层(漆)

 

6. Q: Why did the band have a smash hit in the performance?

A: They had the audience glued to their seats.

smash hit 很成功的新剧,电影等

have someone glued to one's seat 真正的意思是:使某人喜欢得不忍离座,直到看完(表演)为止

 

7. Q: Why is Sunday the strongest day in a week?

A: The rest of the days are weak days.

weak 音似week, weekdays指不包括星期日的那些天

 

8. Q: Why are giraffes the cheapest to feed?

A: They make a little food go a long way.

因为它们脖子长,一点点食物都要走很长的路才能咽下去。go a long way 维持很长一段时间

 

9. Q: Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe2?

A: They don't want to be hot-dogs.

 

10. Q: Why are mules3 helpless in dancing?

A: They have two left legs.

have two left legs(跳舞时)苯手苯脚

 

11. Q: Why is the pig always eating?

A: He's making a hog4 of himself.

make a pig of oneself 像猪一样吃得很多(贬义)

hog 肉用肥猪

 

12. Q: What kind of shoes are made of banana skins?

A: Slippers6.

slipper5 拖鞋

slip 滑,跌交

 

13. Q: How do you like your school?

A: Closed.

how do you like your school有两种理解:你觉得你们学校怎么样?/你希望你们学校是什么样子?

 

14. Q: Why are politicians no longer concerned with snowball fights?

A: The cold war is over.

cold war 冷战

 

15. Q: Why are watches fragile?

A: Because their hours are numbered.

因为它们有数字标明时间。

fragile 易碎的,易坏的

"Their hours are numbered"源于"One's days are numbered"意思是"某人在世之日屈指可数,寿命不长了".

 

16. Q: What's put on the table, cut, but never eaten?

A: A deck of cards.

cut the cards 洗牌

 

17. Q: Why don't women get bald as soon as men?

A: Because women wear hair longer.

wear hair longer 有两个意思:留着更长的头发/头发留得更长久

 

18. Q: How can you make the door last?

A: Make other things first.

make the door last 另一种理解:最后做门

 

19. Q: Why shouldn't you lose your temper?

A: No one else wants it.

 

21. Q: What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?

A: It never eats.

lean 倾斜;瘦的

 

22. Q: What book has the most stirring chapters?

A: A cook book.

stirring 动人的

stir 搅和,搅拌

 

23. Q: What's the most difficult train to catch?

A: The 12:50 train, because it's ten to one if you catch it.

ten to one 一点差十分;10比1

 

24. Q: What trees do fortune tellers7 like to look at?

A: Palms.

palm 棕榈树;手掌

fortune teller 算命先生

 

25. Q: How do people feel after taking a ferryboat?

A: They feel vexed8, for the ferryboat made them cross.

cross 过去,渡过;暴躁的,易怒的



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1 teller yggzeP     
n.银行出纳员;(选举)计票员
参考例句:
  • The bank started her as a teller.银行起用她当出纳员。
  • The teller tried to remain aloof and calm.出纳员力图保持冷漠和镇静。
2 sunbathe IhkzPe     
n.日光浴
参考例句:
  • She liked to sunbathe in the seclusion of her own garden.她喜欢在自己僻静的花园里晒日光浴。
  • People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
3 mules be18bf53ebe6a97854771cdc8bfe67e6     
骡( mule的名词复数 ); 拖鞋; 顽固的人; 越境运毒者
参考例句:
  • The cart was pulled by two mules. 两匹骡子拉这辆大车。
  • She wore tight trousers and high-heeled mules. 她穿紧身裤和拖鞋式高跟鞋。
4 hog TrYzRg     
n.猪;馋嘴贪吃的人;vt.把…占为己有,独占
参考例句:
  • He is greedy like a hog.他像猪一样贪婪。
  • Drivers who hog the road leave no room for other cars.那些占着路面的驾驶员一点余地都不留给其他车辆。
5 slipper px9w0     
n.拖鞋
参考例句:
  • I rescued the remains of my slipper from the dog.我从那狗的口中夺回了我拖鞋的残留部分。
  • The puppy chewed a hole in the slipper.小狗在拖鞋上啃了一个洞。
6 slippers oiPzHV     
n. 拖鞋
参考例句:
  • a pair of slippers 一双拖鞋
  • He kicked his slippers off and dropped on to the bed. 他踢掉了拖鞋,倒在床上。
7 tellers dfec30f0d22577b72d0a03d9d5b66f1d     
n.(银行)出纳员( teller的名词复数 );(投票时的)计票员;讲故事等的人;讲述者
参考例句:
  • The tellers were calculating the votes. 计票员正在统计票数。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The use of automatic tellers is particularly used in large cities. 在大城市里,还特别投入了自动出纳机。 来自辞典例句
8 vexed fd1a5654154eed3c0a0820ab54fb90a7     
adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论
参考例句:
  • The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls. 会议花了几天的时间讨论边境关卡这个难题。
  • He was vexed at his failure. 他因失败而懊恼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
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