分享20個(gè)英語(yǔ)單詞的冷知識(shí)

1、The word "run"has 645 meanings in the English language.

單詞run有645條詞義。

2、The word "Utopia"comes from a Greek word meaning "No place".

單詞Utopia（烏托邦）來(lái)源于希臘文，原意“Noplace（無(wú)此地方）”

3、The word "Vanilla" comes from the Latin word "vagina".

香草這個(gè)單詞vanilla來(lái)自拉丁文單詞“vagina”。

4、X – The letter X, according to research done by IED, was first used by naturalist Gilbert White in a 1763 letter to represent a kiss.

X這個(gè)字母1763年才第一次被使用，代表kiss。

5、Computer – In 1613 the word computer was once referred to as a person. Since then it has evolved to mean a machine since 1869 and then to an electronic device since 1946.

Computer這個(gè)詞最早是指人。1869年以后開(kāi)始指機(jī)器、1946年后指電腦。

6、Daisy – The word daisy is a contraction of the words ‘Day’s eye’. This is because a daisy opens throughout the day and closes of a night.

Daisy（雛菊）是Day's eye的縮寫(xiě)。因?yàn)殡r菊的花朵是白天打開(kāi)、晚上合起來(lái)。

7、If you mouth the word "colorful",it looks like you're saying "I love you".

你做唇語(yǔ)：colorful，看上去就像說(shuō)I love you.

8、stewardesses is the longest word typed only with the left hand because all the letters are on the left side of the typical English keyboard

Stewardesses（女乘務(wù)員），是最長(zhǎng)的只用左手就能在電腦鍵盤(pán)上打出來(lái)的單詞。

9、"lollipop" is the longest word typed only with your right hand, if your right hand stays on the right side of the keyboard.

Lollipop（棒棒糖），是最長(zhǎng)的只用右手就能在電腦鍵盤(pán)上打出來(lái)的單詞。

10、"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends with the letters "MT".

Dreamt是唯一一個(gè)結(jié)尾為mt的單詞。

11、There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous" : tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, hazardous.

英語(yǔ)中dous結(jié)尾的單詞只有四個(gè)：tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, hazardous

12、Swims – The word swims when turned upside down will still be written as swims. These words are called ambigrams.

Swims顛倒過(guò)來(lái)還是swims。這種現(xiàn)象叫ambigrams（對(duì)稱詞）。

13、The shortest, oldest, and most commonly used word is “I”.

最古老、最短、最常用的單詞是I。其它類似的還有“we,” “two,” and “three.”

14、“I am” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

I am是英語(yǔ)中最完整、最短的句子。

15、A pangram sentence is one that contains every letter in the language. For example, the sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” is a pangram.

Pangram意思是“全字母短句”，即一句話包含全部字母。例如The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog。

16、English is the language of the air. This means that all pilots have to identify themselves and speak in English while flying, regardless of their origin.

English is the language of the air. 這句話是指：英語(yǔ)是航空界的通用語(yǔ)言。

17、Girl used to mean small boy or girl.

Girl和man最早都是中性的。

18、Fast-forward to the 19th century and the word gay referred to a woman who was a prostitute and a gay man was someone who slept with a lot of women.

Gay（男同性戀）這個(gè)詞在19世紀(jì)時(shí)，指的是妓女和男妓。源于它的一個(gè)詞義carefree（不負(fù)責(zé)任的）。

19、The word "uncopyrightable"is the longest English word in normal use that contains no letter more than once.

Uncopyrightable（不受版權(quán)保護(hù)的）這個(gè)單詞中，沒(méi)有一個(gè)字母被重復(fù)使用。

20、The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat" meaning "the king is helpless".

Checkmate（象棋中的“將軍”）。來(lái)自于波斯語(yǔ)，意思是the king is helpless（國(guó)王處在無(wú)助中）.

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