你不知道的英語單詞小秘密
The shortest complete sentence in the English language consists of only one word and that is “Go”.
英語里由一個單詞組成的最短的完整的句子就是“GO”。
The oldest word in the English language is “town”.
英語里最有年頭的一個詞是“town(城鎮)”。
In England, till 1880s using the word “pants” was considered indecent.
在英國19世紀80年代以前，說“pants(褲子)”這個詞都會被人家認為不禮貌。(褲子好命苦~)
The word “goodbye” came from “God bye”, which in turn comes from “God be with you”.
“goodbye(再見)”這個詞其實是由“God bye”演變而來，而“God bye”又演變自“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”.
牛津字典里收錄的最長單詞是“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis(硅酸鹽沉著病就是傳說中的矽肺病)”。而唯一可以與其匹敵的就是這個詞的復數形式“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokonioses”。(這么長!!學醫的人傷不起啊!!)
The word with most number of definitions in the English language is “set”.
英語中含義最多的詞是“set”。(大家可以數一數自己知道多少種哦~)
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.
在英語中有一個由7個字母組成的單詞可以被依次分解為“the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein(在其中), herein(在這方面)”這個詞就是“therein”。(乃是變形金剛咩!濃縮就是精華!)
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