斯芬克司谜题
2007-09-16 12:19阅读：
1.As I walked along the path, I saw something
with four
fingers and one thumb, but it was
not flesh, fish, bone or fowl.
(glove)
我走在路上，看到一个东西有着四个指头和一个大拇指，但它不是肉，鱼，骨头或鸟。
（手套）
2.I have holes on the top and bottom.
I have holes on my left and on my right.
And I have holes in the middle,
yet I still hold water.
What am I?
(sponge海绵)
我上下都有洞，
我左右也有洞，
我中间也有洞，
然而我却能控住水。
我是什么？
（海绵）
3.Three lives have I.
Gentle enough to soothe the skin,
Light enough to caress the sky,
Hard enough to crack rocks.
What am I?
(water)
我有三种状态，
温柔如轻抚皮肤，
轻柔时抚抱天空，
坚硬可裂解岩石。
我是什么？
（水）
4.What is all over the house?
(roof)
什么覆盖着屋子？
（屋顶）
5.What is it that one needs most in the long
run?
(
breath)
长跑时人最需要的是什么？
（呼吸）
6.What creature always goes to bed with
its
shoes(可理解为马蹄铁） on?
(horse)
什么生物穿着鞋睡觉？
（马）
7.You use a knife to slice my head, and weep
beside me
when I am dead.
(onion)
你用刀切开我的头，我死时你却在一旁哭泣。
（洋葱）
8.What lives on its own substance and dies
when it
devours itself?
(candle)
什么靠自己而活，而当吞光自己时死亡？
（蜡烛）
9.I'm in a rock, not in a stone.
I'm in marrow, not in bone.
I'm in a bolster, not in a bed.
I'm not living , I'm not dead.
(r)
我在rock中，而不在stone中，
我在marrow中，而不在bone中，
我在bolster中，而不在bed中，
我不活，也不死。
10.What one word has the most letters in
it?
(alphabet字母表）
什么单词中有最多的字母？
（字母表）
11.The man who invented it, doesn't want
it.
The man who bought it, doesn't need it.
The man who needs it, doesn't know it.
(offin棺材)
发明它的人不想要它，
买下它的人不需要它，
需要它的人不知道它。
（棺材）
12.Bright as diamonds,
Loud as thunder,
Never still,
A thing of wonder,
what am I?
(waterfall)
闪亮如钻石，
响亮如雷电，
永不停息
世间奇迹。
我是什么？
（瀑布）
13.I went into the woods and got it, I sat
down to seek
it, I brought it home with me
because I couldn't find it.
(splinter)
我走入树林去得到它，我坐下来找它，我把它带回家因为我找不到它。
（碎片）
14.How can you say rabbit without the letter
R?
(bunny)
怎样不用字母R拼兔子？
（bunny）
15.What starts with T, ends with T, and is
full of T?
(teapot)
什么以T开头，以T结尾，而且满是T？
（teapot茶壶）
16.They come at night without being called,
and are lost
in the day without being stolen.
(stars)
天黑时它们不请自来，天亮时却又不盗而失。
（星星）
17.Each morning I appear,
To lie at your feet,
All day I will follow,
No matter how fast you run,
Yet I nearly perish,
In the midday sun.
(shadow)
每天早上我都会出现在你脚下。
不管你跑的多快我都会跟着你。
但在中午的阳光下我却会几近毁灭。
（影子）
18.I welcome the day with a show of
light,
I steathily came here in the night.
I bathe the earthy stuff at dawn,
But by the noon, alas! I'm gone.
(dew)
我闪着光迎接一天的到来，
我也会在夜里偷偷的出现，
破晓时我在泥土里沐浴，
但到了中午，啊，我消失了。
(露水)
19.The part of the bird that's not in the
sky,
Who can swim in the ocean ,
And yet remain dry.
(shadow)
鸟的一部分，但不在空中，
它能在海洋里游泳，
但仍保持干燥。
（影子）
20.Spell mousetrap in 3 letters.
(cat)
用三个字母拼捕鼠器。
（cat）
21.I have a 100 legs but cannot stand
A long neck but no head
And i eat the maids life.
(broom)
我有100条腿，却站不起来，
有一个长脖子，但没有头。
我以女仆的一生为食。
（扫把）
22.What is the first thing you do every
morning?
(wake)
你每天早晨做的第一件事是什么？
（醒来）
23.Squeeze it and it cries tears as red as
its flesh,
but its heart is made of stone.
(cherry)
挤压它，它会哭出和它的肉一样红的眼泪，但它的心是石头做的。
（樱桃）
24.What can you catch but not throw?
(cold)
什么你能抓住（catch）但不能扔掉？
（感冒）
25.I am always hungry,
I must always be fed,
The finger I lick,
Will soon turn red,
What am I?
(fire)
我永远饥饿，
我必须不停进食，
靠近我的手指，
将会瞬间变红。
我是什么？
（火）
26.Light as a feather, there is nothing in
it;
the strongest man can't hold it for much more than a
minute.
(breath)
轻如羽毛，空无一物，
但最强壮的人也不能抓住(hold)它甚至一分钟。
（呼吸）
27.What occurs one in a minute,twice in a
moment,but
never in an hour?
(m)
什么在一分钟（minute）发生一次，在一段时间（moment）发生两次，
却永远不会发生在一个小时（hour）？
（m）
28.At the sound of me,men may dream
or stamp their feet,
At the sound of me,women may laugh
or sometimes weep.
What am I?
(music)
听到我的声音，男人可能做梦，或是跺脚。
听到我的声音，女人可能会笑，有时却会哭。
我是什么？
（音乐）
29.What can be broken by speaking just one
word?
(silence)
什么东西只要一个字就能打破？
（沉默）
30.The more there is the less you see.
(darkness)
越多你能看见的越少。
（黑暗）
31.A word I know,six letters it
contains,
subtract just one,
And twelve is what remains.
(dozens)
一个词，包括六个字母，
减去一个，
还会剩下十二个。
（dozens一打的复数）
32.What is neither inside the house,
nor outside the house,
but lets you see both?
(window)
什么东西既不在屋里，也不在屋外，但却能让你看到全部。
（窗）
33.What five letter English word does not
change its
pronunciation
when four letters are taken away?
(queue)
一个单词有五个字母，去掉四个后发音不变。
（queue）
34.What can fill a room but takes up no
space?
(light)
什么东西能充满屋子却不占任何空间？
（光）
35.What has four legs but only one
foot?
(bed)
由yufenglin兄解答
什么东西四条腿一只脚？
（床）
36.What is put on a table, cut, but never
eaten?
(cards) 同上
什么东西放在桌上切，却从来不吃？
（牌）
37.What is too much for one, enough for
two,but nothing
at all for three?
(secret) 同上
什么东西对一个人太多，两个人刚好，可是只要有三个人，就什么都不是？
（秘密）
38.There was a green round house.
Inside the green round house was a smaller white
house.
In the white house was a red house.
And living in the red house were lots of little black
babies.
(watermelon)
绿屋子里面白屋子，白屋子里面红屋子，红屋子里面黑小子。
(西瓜)
39.What has hands, but is not flesh, blood or
bone?
(clock)
什么东西有手(hand)，却非血肉之躯？
（钟）
40.A could was my mother,the wind was my
father,my son
is the cool stream,
and my daughter is the fruit of the land.A rainbow is my
bed,
the earth my final resting place,and i'm the lorment of
man.
What am I?
(rain)
archmage
云是我母亲，风是我父亲，
冰凉的小溪是我的儿子，
地上的水果是我女儿，
彩虹是我的床，
大地是我最后休息的地方，
我是人的一部分。
我是谁？
（雨）
41.If yesterday had been Wendnesday's
tomorrow,
and tomorrow is Sunday'syesterday,
what day would today be?
(Friday) 同上
如果昨天是星期三的明天，
明天是星期天的昨天，
那么今天是星期几？
（星期五）
42.I move quickly but have no legs.I like
warm flesh and
blood.
Some of my bones can unhinge.I travel through lots of
mud.
If you see me,you may scream,I really don't know why.
If you can guess what I am called,Then you are
smart,oh,my!
(snake)
同上
我没有腿但我移动迅速。
我喜欢温暖的血和肉。
我的一部分骨骼可取下。
我穿过很多泥泞。
看见我，你可能会尖叫，
但我不知道为什么。
如果你能猜到我是什么，
那你一定很聪明，
哦，我的天。
（蛇）
43.The rich man want it,the wise man know
it,t
he poor all need it,and the kind man show it.
(love)
同上
富有的人想要它，
聪明的人知道它，
贫穷的人需要它，
慷慨的人付出它。
（爱）
44.What increase the more you share it with
others?
(joy)
同上
什么东西你与别人分享反而会增多？
（欢乐）
45.What eats rocks,levels mountains,rust
metal,
pushes the clouds across the sky,and can make a young
man old?
(time)
同上
什么东西能吞噬石头，移平山脉，腐蚀金属，
推开云层，并且让年轻人变老？
（时间）
46.When things go wrong,what can you always
count on?
(fingers) archmage
& yufenglin
每当出问题了，你经常伸出什么？
（手指）
47.There is a thing that nothing is
And yet it has a name.
It's sometimes talland sometimes short,
jions our talks and jions our sports,
and plays at every games.
(shadow)
archmage & yufenglin
有样东西什么都不是，
但它仍然有名字。
它有时高，有时矮，
加入我们的谈话和运动，
在任何游戏中出现。
（影子）
48.What can run but never walks,
has a mouth but never talks,
has a head but never weeps,
has a bed but never sleeps?
(river)
archmage
什么东西能跑不能走，
有嘴不说话，
有头不流泪，
有床不睡觉？
（河流）
49.What gets wetter the more it dries?
(towel)
什么东西越擦干，它却越湿。
（手巾）
50.Forward I am heavy, backward I am
not.
What am I?
(ton)
从前面看我很重，从后面看我却不（not）
（ton吨）
51.As i was going to St.Ives,
I met a man with seven wives.
Every wife had seven sacks.
Every sack had seven cats.
Every cat had seven kits.
Kits,cats,sacks,and wives.
How many were going to St.Ives
(one)
archmage
在我去圣伊斯的路上，
我遇到一个带着七个妻子的人，
每个妻子带着七个麻布袋，
每个麻布袋里有七只猫，
每只猫带着七套用具，
用具，猫，麻布袋和妻子。
有多少去圣伊斯？
（一个，我自己）
52.What grows in winter and die in
summer.
And has roots that grow up?
(icicle)
archmage
有什么东西在冬天生长，在夏天死亡，
而且会长出根来？
（冰棱）
