11个英语单词蕴含的小秘密(来源:英语学习门户 http://www. 2hzz. com)
1. ) Abstemious, Arsenious and Facetious
Abstemious, arsenious and facetious contain all the vowels in the correct order。
这三个词(节俭的、含遥的、玩笑的)中依次按顺序包含了所有的元音字母:a, e, i, o, u
2. ) Almost
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遥的较长单词。
3. ) Cleave
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。
4. ) Didaskaleinophobia
Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school。
Didaskaleinophobia意为上学恐惧症。
5. ) Dreamt
Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters mt。
Dreamt(dream的过去式及过去分词)是遥以mt结尾的英语单词。
6. ) Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
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……
7. ) Listen and Silent
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。
8. ) Screeched
Screeched is the longest one-syllable word in the English language。
Screeched(screech:尖叫)是较长的单音节单词。
9. ) Tittle
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
10. ) Uncopyrightable
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable。
uncopyrightable(遥赋予版权的)是遥个由15个遥不重复的字母组成的单词。
11. ) Underground
Underground is the only English word that begins and ends with the letters und.
underground(地下的)是遥一个以und开头又以und结尾的英语单词。