admin 灯谜是中国元宵节或中秋节写在灯笼上的谜语。人们必须从一个字、一首诗或是一个短语猜出答案。猜灯谜和打老虎一样难，所以灯谜有一个别名——灯虎（lantern tigers）。一起来开动脑筋，猜猜下面的英文灯谜。
Visitors view the lanterns in Wudianshi Traditional Blocks, Jinjiang city, East China's Fujian province on Feb 17, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Riddles: What's full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: a sponge
问：什么东西浑身是洞，却能装水？
答：海绵
Riddles: What building has the most stories?
Answer: A library
问：什么建筑楼层最多？
答：图书馆（注：story有楼层和故事两个意思）
Riddles: Which is faster, hot or cold?
Answer: Hot's faster. You can catch a cold.
问：热和冷哪个速度更快？
答：热更快，因为你能抓住冷（catch a cold:感冒）
Riddles: When is your mind like a rumpled bed?
Answer: When it is not made up.
问：你的脑子什么时候像皱巴巴的床？
答：当它没有叠的时候（make up mind:下定决心）
Riddles: What is it that everybody does at the same time?
Answer: grow older
问：所有人同时在做的事情是什么？
答：长大
Riddles: What month do soldiers hate?
Answer: March
问：士兵们最恨几月份？
答：三月（注：march也有行军的意思）
A child reaches for a lantern riddle in Wuxi city, East China's Jiangsu province on Feb 17, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Riddles: How many feet are there in a yard?
Answer: It depends on how many people stand in the yard.
问：院子里有多少只脚？
答：这取决于多少人站在院子里（注：yard码；院子）
Riddles: Why is an empty purse always the same?
Answer: There is no change in it.
问：为什么空钱包永远是一样的？
答：因为没零钱（注：change变化；零钱）
Riddles: What book has the most stirring chapters?
Answer: A cook book.
问：什么书有最动人的章节？
答：烹饪书（注：stirring动人的；搅拌的）
Riddles: What kind of dog doesn't bite or bark?
Answer: Hot dog.
问：什么狗不咬人不吠叫？
答：热狗
Riddles: What is the smallest room in the world?
Answer: Mushroom.
问：世界上最小的房间是什么？
答：蘑菇
Riddles: What kind of water should people drink in order to be healthy?
Answer: Drink well water.
问：为了保持健康应该喝什么水？
答：喝井水（注：well井水；健康的）
Riddles: How do we know the ocean is friendly?
Answer: It waves.
问：我们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
问：什么人不能住在房间里？
答：雪人
Riddles: What question can you never answer "Yes" to?
Answer: Are you dead?
问：什么问题你永远不能回答“是”？
答：你死了吗？
Riddles: A mouse has a large pocket. What is it?
Answer: a kangaroo
问：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
问：它有头，但没脖子；有身体，却没温度；没有脚，但是能旅行。它是什么？
答：汽车
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