翻译英文名英美大不同 300个英国人不说的单词总结

2021年1月12日发(作者：邱荪)

英美大不同 300个英国人不说的单词
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British and American English often spell the same word differently, for example:
labour/labor, enthrall/enthral, or centre/center. You can find out more about
these differences here.
同一个单词在英式英语和美式英语中往往有不同的拼法，例如：labour/labor,
enthrall/enthral, or centre/center。
There are also many cases in which the two varieties of English use different
terms to describe the same thing. Here’s a list of various British words and
expressions together with their American equivalents.
还有许多时候，同一件事物在英式和美式英语中有不同的词语来描述。请看下面的列表。
British English
accommodation
action replay
aerofoil
aeroplane
agony aunt
Allen key

American English
accommodations
instant replay
airfoil
airplane
advice columnist
Allen wrench

aluminium
aniseed
anticlockwise
articulated lorry
asymmetric bars
aubergine
baking tray
bank holiday
beetroot
bill
biscuit
black economy
blanket bath
blind
block of flats
boiler suit
bonnet (of a car)
boob tube
boot (of a car)
bottom drawer
bowls
braces
brawn (the food)
breakdown van
breeze block
bridging loan
bumbag
candyfloss
car park
casualty
catapult
central reservation
aluminum
anise
counterclockwise
tractor-trailer
uneven bars
eggplant
cookie sheet
legal holiday
beet(s)
check
cookie; cracker
underground economy
sponge bath
(window) shade
apartment building
coveralls
hood
tube top
trunk
hope chest
lawn bowling
suspenders
headcheese
tow truck
cinder block
bridge loan
fanny pack
cotton candy
parking lot
emergency room
slingshot
median strip


chemist
chips
cinema
cling film
common seal
consumer durables
cornflour
cos (lettuce)
cot
cot death
cotton bud
cotton wool
council estate
courgette
court card
crash barrier
crisps
crocodile clip
cross-ply
crotchet (music)
current account
danger money
demister (in a car)
dialling tone
diamante
double cream
draughts (game)
drawing pin
dressing gown
drink-driving
drinks cupboard
drinks party
drugstore
French fries
movie theater; the movies
plastic wrap
harbor seal
durable goods
cornstarch
Romaine
crib
crib death
cotton swab
absorbent cotton
(housing) project
zucchini
face card
guardrail
chips; potato chips
alligator clip
bias-ply
quarter note
checking account
hazard pay
defroster
dial tone
rhinestone
heavy cream
checkers
thumbtack
robe; bathrobe
drunk driving
liquor cabinet
cocktail party


driving licence
dual carriageway
dummy (for a baby)
dust sheet
dustbin
earth (electrical)
engaged (of a phone)
estate agent
estate car
ex-directory
faith school
financial year
fire brigade/service
first floor
fish finger
fitted carpet
flannel
flat
flexitime
flick knife
flyover
football
footway
fringe (hair)
full board (in hotels)
full stop (punctuation)
garden
gearing (finance)
gear lever





driver’s license
divided highway
pacifier
drop cloth
garbage can
ground
busy
real estate agent,
realtor (trademark)
station wagon
unlisted
parochial school
fiscal year
fire company/department
second floor
fish stick
wall-to-wall carpeting
washcloth
apartment
flextime
switchblade
overpass
soccer
sidewalk
bangs
American plan
period
yard; lawn
leverage
gearshift

British English
goods train
greaseproof paper
green fingers
grill (noun)
grill (verb)
ground floor
groundsman
hairslide
hatstand
hen night
hire purchase
hoarding
hob
holdall
holiday
holidaymaker
homely
hosepipe
in hospital
hot flush
housing estate
hundreds and thousands
ice lolly
icing sugar
indicator (on a car)
inside leg
jelly babies
Joe Bloggs
Joe Public
jumble sale
jump lead
American English
freight train
wax paper/waxed paper
green thumb
broiler
broil
first floor
groundskeeper
barrette
hatrack
bachelorette party
installment plan
billboard
stovetop
carryall
vacation
vacationer
homey
(garden) hose
in the hospital
hot flash
housing development
sprinkles (for ice cream)
Popsicle (trademark)
confectioners’ sugar
turn signal
inseam
jelly beans
Joe Blow
John Q. Public
rummage sale
jumper cable