【冷知識】最古老、最短、最常用的單詞是？

分享20個英語單詞的冷知識

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）來源于希臘文，原意“Noplace（無此地方）”

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

香草這個單詞vanilla來自拉丁文單詞“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這個詞最早是指人。1869年以后開始指機器、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。因為雛菊的花朵是白天打開、晚上合起來。

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

你做唇語：colorful，看上去就像說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（女乘務員），是最長的只用左手就能在電腦鍵盤上打出來的單詞。

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），是最長的只用右手就能在電腦鍵盤上打出來的單詞。

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

Dreamt是唯一一個結尾為mt的單詞。

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

英語中dous結尾的單詞只有四個：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顛倒過來還是swims。這種現象叫ambigrams（對稱詞）。

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：英語是航空界的通用語言。

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）這個詞在19世紀時，指的是妓女和男妓。源于它的一個詞義carefree（不負責任的）。

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

Uncopyrightable（不受版權保護的）這個單詞中，沒有一個字母被重復使用。

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”）。來自于波斯語，意思是the king is helpless（國王處在無助中）.

看更多好玩的事：

【雙語美文分享】給自己的一封信

“幽默”這個詞是誰先提出來的？

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

點擊  “必克英語一對一在線課程” 

注冊即可免費領取必克英語試聽課程

Or 關注服務號，最潮英語學習方法、超實用英語干貨……

都在等你喔！微信掃一掃即可獲得288元的外教一對一體驗課！

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<