地黄牛英国英文和美国英文不同的词

2021年1月12日发(作者：强百川)

以下这个表很全，左边是英国，右边是美国的说法。

BRITISH TO AMERICAN
Accumulator (automotive) = battery, car battery
Alsatian (dog) = German shepherd
Articulated lorry = tractor-trailer (truck), a
Ass = donkey; U.S. ass = G.B.
Athletics (an ... meet) = track and field
Backlog = log-jam, pile-up (of business orders, for example). U.S. backlog = comfortable reserve
of orders — difference between the two is in opposite interpretation or connotation of same basic
situation.
Bank holiday = holiday
Bap = bun, hamburger bun, hamburger roll
Mrs. Beeton = Fanny Farmer (standard cooking, household reference book)
Bespoke = custom-tailored, tailor-made
Big Dipper = roller coaster (at a
Bilberry = blueberry

Biro = Papermate (ball-point pen trade name which equals
Biscuit = cookie (U.S.
Blancmange = vanilla pudding
Block, block of flats = apartment building (U.S. term
British English, though usually understandable.

disaster, i.e. the two are exact opposites in sentences like
Boiler suit = overalls
Bonnet (automotive) = hood (of a car...)
Boot (automotive) = trunk (of a car...)
Bottom drawer = hope chest
Bowler (hat) = derby (special connotations & different pronunc.)
Braces = suspenders; U.S. suspenders = G.B. garters, stocking fasteners
Brambleberry = blackberry
Bottom of the street = end of the street
Box (TV) = Tube (both slang, colloquial terms)
Bull =
Bum = ass, rectum; U.S. bum = G.B. tramp, derelict
Bun in the oven = pregnant, eating for two
Call box = (tele)phone booth
Camp bed = cot; U.S. cot = G.B. baby bed
Car park = parking lot
Caretaker (for a building) = janitor (not same as
Carriage (railway) = railroad car, subway car

Carrier bag = shopping bag
Caucus = permanent group in a political party; U.S. caucus = G.B. ad hoc planning meeting of a
group in a political party
Central reservation = median strip (between halves of a divided highway)
Charge sheet = police record
Chemist (drugstore) = druggist
Chips = french fries; U.S. chips often = dried buffalo, cow dung (other cases, i.e. poker chips,
wood chips, the same)
Chucker-out = bouncer (doorman or

City editor = financial editor; U.S. city editor = G.B.
Cloakroom = toilet; U.S. cloakroom = clothes closet, garment storage area
Coach = intercity bus
Combinations = union suit (colloquial for long underwear)
Comforter = scarf; U.S. comforter = heavy quilt, blanket
Compére = Master of ceremonies, M.C. (of TV game show, etc.)
Constable = (police) officer

guilty to a lesser charge in order to avoid prosecution & probable conviction on a more serious
charge (
Corn = all grain crops; U.S. corn = G.B.
Costermonger = pushcart seller
(Sent to) Coventry = ostracized
Crisps = potato chips
Cupboard = closet; U.S. closet = G.B. w.c., or toilet
Davenport = antique folding writing desk; U.S. davenport = large sofa, often which folds out into
a bed at night.
Deposit account = savings account
Dinner jacket = tuxedo (
Dormitory = bedroom; U.S. dormitory = G.B. residence hall
Dresser = kitchen sideboard; U.S. dresser = bedroom drawers, vanity

Dumb = mute; U.S. dumb usually means
meaning in U.S. usage.
Dustbin = garbage can, ashcan (exterior waste-disposal unit)
Dynamo (automotive) = generator (within automobile engine)
Earth wire = ground wire (in electricity, electronics)
Elastic band = rubber band
To Enjoin = to compel, to legally force; U.S. enjoin = to legally forbid — i.e. same term in same
general contextual usage has precisely the opposite meaning
Ex-serviceman = veteran; U.S. veteran = G.B. old ex-serviceman; (U.S. term has no special age
connotation, only that the person have had prior military experience sometime)

Fag = (a) cigarette; (b) public-school underclass
homosexual.
Fanny = vagina (vulgar usage); U.S. fanny = light euphemism for
female.
First floor = second floor, etc. (Britain walks in ground floor, goes up 1 set of stairs to first floor;
U.S. ground floor and first floor are the same.
Fish slice = pancake turner, spatula (kitchen tool); U.S. spatula = G.B. tongue depressor (medical
instrument)
Fitted carpet = wall-to-wall carpeting
Flan = pie, fruit pie
Flannel = washcloth; U.S. flannel = heavy warm cotton fabric;
underwear made from such heavy warm fabric.
Flat = apartment; U.S. flat = tenement flat = poor-standard slum apartment.
Flick knife = switch-blade knife, a switchblade
Flyover = overpass (as in a bridge over a road); U.S. flyover = airplane passing over a certain
place, as in military parade
Form (school) = grade [i.e. first form = first grade in school]
Garden = yard; U.S. garden = vegetable garden, fljower garden, i.e. area of special cultivation.
U.S. yard = G.B. paved area (lorry yards)
Goods (car, train) = freight; U.S. goods = supplies, commercial stock
Grind = sexual intercourse; U.S. grind = slang for
Haberdasher = notions seller; U.S. haberdasher = men's clothing seller
To Hack = to (deliberately) kick; U.S. to hack = to chop, cut viciously.
High street = Main street
To Hire = to rent (in most cases); U.S. to hire = to employ Hire-purchase = (the
installment plan
Hoarding = billboard (large advertising sign alongside road)
Hold up = traffic jam; U.S. holdup = robbery at gunpoint.
Homely = home-loving, domestic, pleasant; U.S. homely = plain- looking (female), therefore
often
To Hoover = to vacuum (carpets, etc.)
verb.
Inland = internal, domestic (Inland Revenue = Internal Revenue)
Inverted commas = quotation marks (GB = 'xx'; USA =
Inquiry agent = private detective
Jelly = Jello (deriving from brand name Jell-O, gelatin dessert)

job training.
Joint = pot roast; U.S.
Juggernaut lorry = a very large truck, an overlong truck, a
Jumble sale = rummage sale