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个离奇的英语怪词,你造么?
English is a crazy language.
英语里有许多非常好玩的单词。它们的词意和表明上看起来的完全没有关系。都有 哪些个
怪词,让我们赶快来瞧一瞧。
There is no
egg
in
eggplant
nor
ham
in
hamburger,
neither
apple
nor
pine
in
pineapple
。
鸡蛋和茄子没什么血缘关系:苹果和凤梨的长相差距很大。
English
muffins
weren't invented in England or
French fries
in France
。
英式松饼的家乡不是英国;炸土豆条的发源地也不是法国。
Sweetmeats
are candies while
sweetbreads
, which aren't sweet, are meat
。
蜜饯
(sweetmeats)
不是肉,是甜的;杂碎
(sweetbreads)
是肉,不是甜的。
We find that
quicksand
can work slowly,
boxing rings
are square and a
guinea pig
is
neither from Guinea nor is it a pig
。
流沙其实流得很慢;拳击台是方形的;实验用的小豚鼠的老家不 是几内亚,长相和猪属于
两种型。
If a
vegetarian
eats vegetables, what does a
humanitarian
eat?
素食主义者吃蔬菜,人道主义者吃人
(human)
?
How can a
slim chance
and a
fat chance
be the same, while a
wise man
and
wise guy
are opposites?
胖瘦截然相反,可后面跟着chance
就都变成
“
机会渺茫
”
了;聪明人
(wi se man)
改一个词,
就沦落为自作聪明的人
(wise guy)
。
How can
overlook
and
oversee
be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike?
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