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陈秀玲 发表于 2011-5-31 21:50

你不知道的11个英语单词小秘密

你不知道的11个英语单词小秘密

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[b]      1.) Abstemious, Arsenious and Facetious[/b]
Abstemious, arsenious and facetious contain all the vowels in the correct order.
这三个词(节俭的、含砷的、玩笑的)中依次按顺序包含了所有的元音字母:a, e, i, o, u
[b]      2.) Almost[/b]
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.Almost是组成单词的所有字母前后排列顺序都和字母表中一致的最长字母。
[b]      3.) Cleave[/b]
The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate. cleave这个动词既有“分开”又有“黏住”的意思,遵照这两个意思,它有两个同义词,adhere 和 separate,这俩词偏偏彼此间又是反义词。
[b]      4.) Didaskaleinophobia[/b]
Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.Didaskaleinophobia意为“上学恐惧症”。
[b]      5.) Dreamt[/b]
Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".Dreamt(dream的过去式及过去分词)是唯一以“mt”结尾的英语(论坛)单词。
[b]      6.) Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia[/b]
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.这个长长长长长长……的单词意为:对长单词的恐惧……
[b]      7.) Listen and Silent[/b]
If you want to be heard and understood….The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent". 你想要别人倾听你么……那你记住了,listen(听)这个词,和silent(沉默)这个词,其实组成字母是一样的。
[b]      8.) Screeched[/b]
Screeched is the longest one-syllable word in the English language.Screeched(screech:尖叫)是最长的单音节单词。
[b]      9.) Tittle[/b]
The dot above the letter 'i' is called a tittle.tittle是啥意思?它就是指字母i上面那个点~那个点,就叫做title
[b]      10.) Uncopyrightable[/b]
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.uncopyrightable(不可赋予版权的)是唯一个由15个完全不重复的字母组成的单词。
[b]      11.) Underground[/b]
Underground is the only English word that begins and ends with the letters "und."underground(地下的)是唯一一个以und开头又以und结尾的英语单词。

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