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第三个以-gry结尾的单词？

网上有一则像病毒一样流传的英语谜语。

There are three words in the English language that end in -gry. One is hungry and another is angry. What is the third word? Everyone uses this word every day; everyone knows what it means and what it stands for. If you've listened closely, I've already told you what the word is.

意思是，除了Hungry和Angry，你还能想出第三个以-gry结尾的单词吗？

先提示一下，这是一道脑筋急转弯的题目。

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谜语的答案是“language”，关键就在第一句话里“There are three words in the English language that end in -gry.”，呵呵，没想到吧？

事实上，英语里除了Hungry和Angry，还真没有第三个以-gry结尾的常用单词。点击这里，你可以看到其他以-gry结尾的单词，因为过于冷僻，我就不一一引述了。