你不知道的英语单词小秘密(来源:2hzz. com)
※ The shortest complete sentence in the English language consists of only one word and that is Go. 英语里由一个单词组成的较短的完整的句子就是GO。 ※ The oldest word in the English language is town. 英语里较有年头的一个词是town(城镇)。 ※ In England, till 1880s using the word pants was considered indecent. 在英国19世纪80年代以前,说pants(裤子)这个词都会被人家认为不礼貌。 (裤子好命苦~) ※ The word goodbye came from God bye, which in turn comes from God be with you. goodbye(再见)这个词其实是由God bye演变而来,而God bye又演变自God be with you。 ※ According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. The only other word with so many letters is its plural, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokonioses. 牛津字典里收录的较长单词是pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis(硅酸盐沉着病就是传说中的矽肺病)。 而遥可以与其匹敌的就是这个词的复数形式pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokonioses。 (这么长! ! 学医的人伤不起啊! ! ) ※ The word with most number of definitions in the English language is set. 英语中含义较多的词是set。 (大家可以数一数自己知道多少种哦~) ※ There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, and that seven-letter word is, therein, which contains: the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein. 在英语中有一个由7个字母组成的单词可以被依次分解为the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein(在其中), herein(在这方面)这个词就是therein。 (乃是变形金刚咩! 浓缩就是精华! ! 精华啊! ! 快记着! ! )