英语里最奇怪的24个词
There is no egg ineggplant nor ham inhamburger, neither apple nor pine inpineapple。
鸡蛋和茄子没什么血缘关系;苹果和凤梨的长相差距非常大。
Englishmuffins weren't invented in England orFrench fries in France。
英式松饼的家乡不是英国;炸土豆条的发源地更不是法国。
Sweetmeats are candies whilesweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat。
蜜饯不是肉,是甜的;杂碎是肉,不是甜的。
We find thatquicksand can work slowly,boxing rings are square and aguinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig。
流沙其实流得非常慢;拳击台是方形的;实验用的小豚鼠的老家不是几内亚,长相和猪是两种型。
If avegetarian eats vegetables, what does ahumanitarian eat?
素食主义者吃蔬菜,人道主义者吃人?
How can aslim chance and afat chance be the same, while awise man andwise guy are opposites?
胖瘦截然相反,可后面跟着chance就都变成机会渺茫了;聪明人改一个词,就沦落为自作聪明的人。
How canoverlook andoversee be opposites, whilequite a lot andquite a few are alike?
Look和see是同义词,但oversee监视,overlook意思如何就是忽略呢;A lot和a few是反义词,但与quite连用,如何都表示不少的意思呢!
When the stars areout, they are visible, but when the lights areout, they are invisible。
星星出来了,大家能看到它们;灯灭了,大家就什么也看不见了。
When you wind up yourwatch, you start it, but when youwind upan 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。
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