Lantern riddles are riddles that were written on the lanterns that are displayed during the Chinese Lantern Festival or Chinese middle autumn festival and so on.
燈謎是中國元宵節或中秋節寫在燈籠上的謎語。
People in the festival must guess the answer from a word , a poem or a phrase, guessing the riddles are as hard as fighting with a tiger, so that lantern riddles have another name - 'lantern tigers'.
人們必須從一個字、一首詩或是一個短語猜出答案。猜燈謎和打老虎一樣難，所以燈謎有一個別名——燈虎。
下面給大家展示幾個有趣的英語燈謎：
English Lantern Riddles：
Riddles: What's full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: a sponge
問：什麼東西渾身是洞，卻能裝水？
答：海綿
Riddles: What building has the most stories?
Answer: A library
問：什麼建築樓層最多？
答：圖書館（註：story有樓層和故事兩個意思）
Riddles: Which is faster, hot or cold?
Answer: Hot's faster. You can catch a cold.
問：熱和冷哪個速度更快？
答：熱更快，因為你能抓住冷（catch a cold: 感冒）
Riddles: When is your mind like a rumpled bed?
Answer: When it is not made up.
問：你的腦子什麼時候像皺巴巴的床？
答：當它沒有疊的時候（make up mind: 下定決心）
Riddles: What is it that everybody does at the same time?
Answer: grow older
問：所有人同時在做的事情是什麼？
答：長大
Riddles: What month do soldiers hate?
Answer: March
問：士兵們最恨幾月份？
答：三月（註：march也有行軍的意思）
Riddles: How many feet are there in a yard?
Answer: It depends on how many people stand in the yard.
問：院子裡有多少只腳？
答：這取決於多少人站在院子裡（註：yard 碼；院子）
Riddles: Why is an empty purse always the same?
Answer: There is no change in it.
問：為什麼空錢包永遠是一樣的？
答：因為沒零錢（註：change 變化；零錢）
Riddles: What book has the most stirring chapters?
Answer: A cook book.
問：什麼書有最動人的章節？
答：烹飪書（註：stirring 動人的；攪拌的）
Riddles: What kind of dog doesn't bite or bark?
Answer: Hot dog.
問：什麼狗不咬人不吠叫？
答：熱狗
Riddles: What is the smallest room in the world?
Answer: Mushroom.
問：世界上最小的房間是什麼？
答：蘑菇
Riddles: What kind of water should people drink in order to be healthy?
Answer: Drink well water.
問：為了保持健康應該喝什麼水？
答：喝井水（註：well 井水；健康的）
Riddles: How do we know the ocean is friendly?
Answer: It waves.
問：我們如何知道海洋是友善的？
答：海有波浪（註：wave 起波浪；招手致意）
Riddles: What man cannot live in a house?
Answer: snowman
問：什麼人不能住在房間裡？
答：雪人
Riddles: What question can you never answer "Yes" to?
Answer: Are you dead?
問：什麼問題你永遠不能回答「是」？
答：你死了嗎？
Riddles: A mouse has a large pocket. What is it?
Answer: a kangaroo
問：有大口袋的老鼠是什麼？
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
它有頭，但沒脖子；有身體，卻沒溫度；沒有腳，但是能旅行。它是什麼？
答：汽車