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1、24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 werent 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
2、国。Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which arent 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
3、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(wise 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 a
4、nd quite a few are alike?Look 和 see 是近义词,但 oversee 监视,overlook 意思怎么就是忽视呢;A lot 和 a few是反义词,但与 quite 连用,怎么都表示很多的意思呢!When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible。星星出来了,我们能看到它们;灯灭了,我们就什么也看不见了。When you wind up your watch, you start it, but when you wind up an essay, you end it !给表上发条,表就开始走了;wind up 一篇文章,哈哈,文章到此结束啦。