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Q: What are two things people never eat before breakfast?
A: Lunch and supper.

Q: Why did the man throw a bucket1 of water out the window?
A: (谜底)He wanted to see the waterfall. (因为他想看“瀑布”(借用 “看到水落下(see the water fall)的双关”))

Q: Why did the man throw the butter out the window?
A: (谜底)He wanted to see the butterfly. (因为他想看蝴蝶(借用 “黄油飞”(the butter fly)的双关) Q: Why did the man put the clock in the safe?
A: (谜底)He wanted to save time. (因为他要节省时间(借用“把时间藏起来”的双关))

Q: What has two hands and a face, but no arms and legs?
A: (谜底)A clock. (此处的“face”指钟的面板)
Q: What has a neck, but no head? A: (谜底)A bottle. (“neck”指“瓶颈”)
Q: Where is the ocean the deepest?
A: (谜底)On the bottom. (当然底部最深)

Q: Why did the man throw his watch out of the window?
A: (谜底)He wanted to see time fly. (因为他想看到时光飞逝,此处借用了“让他的手表飞走”的双关) Submitted2

Q: What State in the United States is High in the middle and round at the ends? 美国的那个地方中间最高,两头又是圆的? A: (谜底)Ohio. (“Ohio”是美国的一个州名,其中间的“hi”代表“high”(高处),两头的“O”代表“Round(圆的)”)


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1 bucket 3sbzh     
n.水桶,一桶之量,吊桶
参考例句:
  • The bottom of the bucket has worn through after all this time.经过这么长时间,这只桶的底部终于磨穿了。
  • Can you fill me a bucket of water,please?请给我打一桶水好吗?
2 submitted 410d98939d4116adb562b97046d2a3eb     
顺从( submit的过去式和过去分词 ); 听从; 屈服; 甘受
参考例句:
  • He struck a blow against being submitted to the enemy. 他反对向敌人投降。
  • Counsel submitted that there was no case against his client. 辩护人辩称没有什么可加罪于他的当事人。
3 united Yfmz2c     
adj.和谐的;团结的;联合的,统一的
参考例句:
  • The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
  • The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。