The Sphinx

 She was half Lady and half cat—

What is so wonderful in that?

Half of our lady friends (so say

The other half) are Cats to-day.

In Egypt she made quite a stir,

They carved huge Images of her.

Riddles² she asked of all she met

And all who answered wrong, she ate.

When Œdipus her riddle¹ solved

The minx—I mean the Sphinx—dissolved

In tears. What is there, when one thinks,

So wonderful about the Sphinx?

1 riddle   

n.谜，谜语，粗筛；vt.解谜，给…出谜，筛，检查，鉴定，非难，充满于；vi.出谜

参考例句：

• The riddle couldn't be solved by the child.这个谜语孩子猜不出来。
• Her disappearance is a complete riddle.她的失踪完全是一个谜。

2 riddles   

n.谜（语）( riddle的名词复数 )；猜不透的难题，难解之谜

参考例句：

• Few riddles collected from oral tradition, however, have all six parts. 但是据收集的情况看，口头流传的谜语很少具有这完整的六部分。 来自英汉非文学 - 民俗
• But first, you'd better see if you can answer riddles. 但是你首先最好想想你会不会猜谜语。 来自辞典例句