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有趣的英语短语冷知识1. "Bite the bullet"原本是指在战场上咬住子弹进行手术,现在表示勇敢面对困难或不愉快的情况。
2. “Break a leg”是祝愿演员好运的表达方式,据说是为了避免引起厄运。
3. “Butterflies in my stomach”意味着紧张或兴奋的感觉,就像胃里有一群蝴蝶在飞舞。
4. “Cat got your tongue?”是用来问某人为什么不说话的方式,起源于古代的鞭刑。
5. “Cost an arm and a leg”表示非常昂贵,起源于二战时期的广告,向家人展示他们的亲人的照片,照片中有的只剩下一条胳膊或腿。
6. “Don't judge a book by its cover”告诫人们不要仅凭外表评判一个人或事物。
7. “Go the extra mile”意味着超出预期或尽努力去做一件事。
8. “Have your cake and eat it too”表示想要两全其美,但在现实生活中往往是不可能的。
9. “In a nutshell”意味着以简洁明了的方式表达。
10. “Kick the bucket”是指死亡,起源于古英语时期,人们站在桶上,用绳索将脖子套在横梁上,然后踢掉桶来结束生命。
11. “Once in a blue moon”意味着很罕见或不经常发生,因为蓝月亮是指两个满月之间的时间差异。
12. “Piece of cake”表示一件易事,起源于20世纪早期的战争,将食物作为回报的奖励。
13. “Raining cats and dogs”表示非常大的雨,起源于古时候屋顶上养猫狗,当下雨时它们会掉下来。
14. “Spill the beans”意味着泄露秘密或说错话,因为古希腊戏剧中,豆子被用来确定角色。
15. “The ball is in your court”意味着轮到某人做出决定或采取行动。
100个有趣的冷知识1.没有一张纸能对折超过9次。
2.每年被驴子踢死的人比飞机失事死亡的人还多。
3.睡觉比坐着看电视消耗的卡路里还要多。
4.香口胶是第一个有条形码的对象。
5.XXX兄弟发明飞机后第一次试飞的路程比波音747的机翼还短。
6.1987年,一家XXX在头等舱的每个座位上减少了一颗橄榄,节省了约10万美元。
7.许多人早上会喝一杯咖啡提神,但实际上一个苹果比一杯咖啡更有效。
8.你家中大部分的灰尘都是你的死皮。
9.洋娃娃XXX的全名是Barbara Millicent Roberts。
10.XXX的母亲在怀孕时曾考虑,但被医生说服生下了他。
11.XXX有6只脚趾。
12.电影《E.T.外星人》中的脚步声是由一名工作人员用手将赭石榨烂制成的。
13.珍珠可以在醋中溶解。
14.在寻找情人的广告中,35%的人已婚。
15.你可以把牛拉上楼梯,但它们不懂得下楼梯。
16.猪无法仰头看天空。
17.“XXX”包含了26个字母。
18.鸭子的叫声不会发生回声,目前还没有人知道原因。
19.蜗牛可以不进食睡眠3年。
20.著名影星XXX XXX和美国副总统曾经是XXX的同学。
21.如果一个月的第一天是星期日,那个月就会有一个黑色星期五。
22.将石头放入微波炉中加热会导致爆炸。
23.1,111,111 x 1,111,111 = xxxxxxxx.24.“uncopyrightable”是唯一一个包含15个字母且不重复的英文单词。
25.猫可以发出超过100个声音,而狗只能发出10个声音。
26.在较黑暗的环境下,猫的排尿次数会增加。
27.将硬币抛上1000次,正面朝上的次数是495次,而不是500次,因为正面较重。
28.根据XXX词典,世界上最长的英文单词是“XXX”。
29.人体胃每两周就会更新一次分泌物,否则它会自我消化。
30.可乐原本是绿色的。
31.夏威夷语只有12个字母。
32.步行上班的人中,阿拉斯加的比率最高。
33.如果XXX是真人,她的身材是39-23-33.这句话没有明显的错误,只需要将“形”改为“材”即可。
一.短语篇
1、Yellow dog≠黄色的狗,而是“卑鄙的人”。
2、2、Green apple≠绿苹果,而是“没熟的苹果”。
3、、She looks blue≠她看上去很蓝,而是“她看上去很忧
郁”。
4、Black sheep≠黑羊,而是“害群之马”。
5、busybody≠“大忙人,而是“爱管闲事的人”。
二.科普篇
1、几乎所有以“Q”开头的单词,第二个字母,都是“U”。
2、Bookkeeper(会计)是一个连续三次出现同一个字母的单词。
3、The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
(一只敏捷的棕色狐狸跳到了一只懒狗身上。
)
用到了英语中所有的字母。
4英语单词“goodbye”来源于“godbye”,意为“上帝与你同在”。
三.一句话惊艳“歪果仁”
1Talk to the hand≠跟手说话,而是“懒得理你”。
2、Ask for the moon≠问月亮,而是“异想天开”。
3、My hand are tied≠我的手被捆绑了,而是“我无能为力”。
4、You have my word≠你有我的词,而是“我保证”。
5、I'll take a rain check≠给我一张雨票,而是“能不能改期”。
四.我加上“S”后,可不是复数哦~
1、time 时间
times时代
2、new 新的
news新闻
3、look 看
looks相貌
4、wood 木材
woods森林
5、mean 意味means 方法。
100个超级有趣的冷知识英语1. The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896. It lasted only 38 minutes.2. Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.3. The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to thermal expansion of the metal.4. The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "IfI Ran the Zoo" in 1950.5. The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.6. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet.7. A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance."8. There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.9. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.10. The shortest complete sentence in the English language is "I am."11. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.12. The word "bookkeeper" is the only unhyphenated English word with three consecutive double letters.13. The color of a chili pepper is not determined by its species or variety, but by its stage of ripeness.14. Octopuses have three hearts.15. The word "oxymoron" is itself an oxymoron, as it comes from the Greek words for "sharp" and "dull."16. The sentence "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is grammatically correct.17. The shortest verse in the Bible is John 11:35: "Jesus wept."18. The fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia.19. The word "avocado" comes from the Aztec word for "testicle."20. The dot over the letter "j" is called a "superscript dot."21. The longest word in the English language without a vowel is "rhythms."22. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.23. The longest English word without a true vowel is"rhythms."24. The word "set" has the highest number ofdefinitions in the Oxford English Dictionary.25. The sentence "Go, slow Joe!" uses every letter in the alphabet.26. The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word that can be written without repeating any letters.27. The shortest place name is "Å" in both Sweden and Norway.28. The sentence "The rat the cat the dog chased killed ate the malt" is a palindrome.29. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.30. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is a pangram, as it contains every letter of thealphabet.31. The dot over the letter "i" or "j" is called a tittle.32. The word "dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."33. The word "goodbye" comes from the phrase "God be with you."34. The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.35. The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word that can be written without repeating any letters.36. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.37. The word "bookkeeper" is the only unhyphenatedEnglish word with three consecutive double letters.38. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet.39. The sentence "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is grammatically correct.40. The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo" in 1950.41. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.42. The fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia.43. The word "avocado" comes from the Aztec word for "testicle."44. The dot over the letter "j" is called a "superscript dot."45. The longest word in the English language without a vowel is "rhythms."46. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.47. The longest English word without a true vowel is "rhythms."48. The word "set" has the highest number ofdefinitions in the Oxford English Dictionary.49. The sentence "Go, slow Joe!" uses every letter in the alphabet.50. The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word that can be written without repeating any letters.51. The shortest place name is "Å" in both Sweden and Norway.52. The sentence "The rat the cat the dog chased killedate the malt" is a palindrome.53. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.54. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is a pangram, as it contains every letter of the alphabet.55. The dot over the letter "i" or "j" is called a tittle.56. The word "dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."57. The word "goodbye" comes from the phrase "God be with you."58. The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.59. The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word that can be written without repeating any letters.60. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.61. The word "bookkeeper" is the only unhyphenated English word with three consecutive double letters.62. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet.63. The sentence "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is grammatically correct.64. The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo" in 1950.65. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.66. The fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia.67. The word "avocado" comes from the Aztec word for "testicle."68. The dot over the letter "j" is called a "superscript dot."69. The longest word in the English language without a vowel is "rhythms."70. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.71. The longest English word without a true vowel is "rhythms."72. The word "set" has the highest number ofdefinitions in the Oxford English Dictionary.73. The sentence "Go, slow Joe!" uses every letter in the alphabet.74. The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word that can be written without repeating any letters.75. The shortest place name is "Å" in both Sweden and Norway.76. The sentence "The rat the cat the dog chased killed ate the malt" is a palindrome.77. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.78. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is a pangram, as it contains every letter of the alphabet.79. The dot over the letter "i" or "j" is called a tittle.80. The word "dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."81. The word "goodbye" comes from the phrase "God be with you."82. The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when thelast four letters are removed.83. The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word that can be written without repeating any letters.84. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.85. The word "bookkeeper" is the only unhyphenated English word with three consecutive double letters.86. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet.87. The sentence "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is grammatically correct.88. The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo" in 1950.89. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.90. The fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia.91. The word "avocado" comes from the Aztec word for "testicle."92. The dot over the letter "j" is called a "superscript dot."93. The longest word in the English language without a vowel is "rhythms."94. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.95. The longest English word without a true vowel is "rhythms."96. The word "set" has the highest number of definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary.97. The sentence "Go, slow Joe!" uses every letter in the alphabet.98. The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word that can be written without repeating any letters.99. The shortest place name is "Å" in both Sweden and Norway.100. The sentence "The rat the cat the dog chased killed ate the malt" is a palindrome.。
英语单词冷知识
英语单词有很多有趣的冷知识,让我们一起来探索一下吧!
1. 'Queue'这个单词可以读作“kyoo”。
这个单词的意思是“排队”。
2. “Bookkeeper”是英语中唯一一个包含了连续的三个相同字母的单词。
3. “Dreamt”是英语中少数几个可以用“-mt”结尾的单词之一。
4. “Facetious”是英语中唯一一个包含了所有元音字母的单词。
5. “Oxymoron”是由两个相反的词组成的词,比如“无声的喊叫”或“明亮的黑暗”。
6. “Sphinx”是唯一一个以“-ph”结尾的单词。
7. “Gymnophobia”是指对裸体或裸露的恐惧,这个单词的词源来自希腊语“gymnos”,意思是裸露的。
8. “Sesquipedalian”是指使用长单词及短语的人,这个单词本身也是一个长单词,意思是“长字”。
以上这些冷知识或许在日常生活中用不到,但对于学习英语和加深对英语单词的理解有一定帮助。
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日常冷知识百科大全English Answer:1. What is the name of the largest ocean in the world?Pacific Ocean.2. What is the chemical symbol for gold?Au.3. What is the capital of France?Paris.4. What is the name of the tallest mountain in the world?Mount Everest.5. What is the name of the largest country in the world?Russia.6. What is the name of the longest river in the world?Nile River.7. What is the name of the smallest country in the world?Vatican City.8. What is the name of the only continent that is not crossed by the equator?Antarctica.9. What is the name of the largest freshwater lake inthe world?Lake Baikal.10. What is the name of the hottest continent on Earth? Africa.Chinese Answer:1. 世界上海洋最大的一个叫什么名字?太平洋。
2. 黄金的化学符号是什么?Au.3. 法国的首都叫什么名字?巴黎。
4. 世界上海拔最高的一座山叫什么名字?珠穆朗玛峰。
5. 世界上最大的国家叫什么名字?俄罗斯。
6. 世界上最长的河流叫什么名字?尼罗河。
7. 世界上最小的国家叫什么名字?梵蒂冈。
【导语】学习英语贵在坚持,找到适合⾃⼰的⽅法,多运⽤多温故。
下⾯是整理发布的英语单词的冷知识,欢迎阅读参考!更多相关讯息请关注!【英语单词的冷知识】1、The word "run"has 645 meanings in the English language.单词run有645条词义。
2、The word "Utopia"comes from a Greek word meaning "No place".单词Utopia(乌托邦)来源于希腊⽂,原意“Noplace(⽆此地⽅)”3、The word "Vanilla" comes from the Latin word "vagina".⾹草这个单词vanilla来⾃拉丁⽂单词“vagina”。
4、X – The letter X, according to research done by IED, was first used by naturalist Gilbert White in a 1763 letter to representa kiss.X这个字母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这个词最早是指⼈。
1869年以后开始指机器、1946年后指电脑。
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(雏菊)是Day's eye的缩写。
1.虾米的心脏在头部。
2.老鼠和马不能呕吐。
3.据说猫的尿液是夜光的。
4.世界人口50%的人从来都没有接过电话。
5.人的心脏可以产生把血液喷出三十尺高的压力。
6.你永远不可能用你的舌头舔到你的手肘。
7.打喷嚏若过于强劲,会导致胸腔破裂,但是如果你想要将这个喷嚏强行忍住,却会导致你头或者是脖子中某个血管破裂,睁着眼打,说不定还会把你的眼球给一起打出来。
8.打火机是比火柴更早发明出来的。
9.据说,在你睡觉的时候,不知不觉中,你会吃入70多种虫子和10多只蜘蛛。
10. 90% 的人未看完帖会试着舔他的手肘。
★铁片薄到只有0.001毫米时,就会像玻璃一样透明。
★将一把盐放入一杯水中,水面不仅不会升高,反儿降低。
★在古希腊,象征婚姻幸福的标志是一个三角形。
★在英国,当现代接骨手术还未发现之前,接骨的工作是由铁匠负责的。
★爱斯基摩人用电冰箱的目的是防止食物结冰。
★催眠术在减轻伤口的疼痛上,比针刺疗法更为有效。
★龙卷风的方向总是朝向东北面。
★在法庭上,证人认错人是构成错判的主要原因之一。
★七克拉肠毒杆菌的毒素可以毒死全世界的所有人。
★英文RUN一词有832个意思。
1.看看你的拉链,如果上面有YKK三个字母,那么说明这是全球最大的拉链制造商Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha的产品【点评】这算什么,如果看见“Made In Waiguo”,那也是世界最大的成衣生产商们制造的。
2.麦当劳40%的利润来自Happy Meals的销售【点评】中石油A股的利润100%来自股民。
3.1996版的韦伯斯特词典有315处拼写错误【点评】所以中国设立了315消费者日。
4.每天平均有12个新生儿被交给错误的父母【点评】现在,知道为什么星座预测达不到100%的准确了吧?所以,别大声嚷嚷“不准”。
5.巧克力对于狗来说是致命的,只要几盎斯就可以使一只小狗,因为心脏和神经系统受损而死亡。
【点评】只需要0.1盎司的野山椒涂在猫屁股上,它就能立即变成毛线球。
你不知道的九个英语冷知识英语是印欧语系-日耳曼语族下的语言,由26个字母组成,英文字母渊源于拉丁字母,拉丁字母渊源于希腊字母,而希腊字母则是由腓尼基字母演变而来的。
今天小编给大家讲讲你不知道的九个英语冷知识,希望可以帮助到大家。
1. It is the only major language without an academy to guide it.英语是唯一没有学术机构加以规正的大语种。
L’Académie française, based in Paris, is in charge of overseeing the French language. For Spanish there is the Real Academia Española. German has the Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung. There is no equivalent to L’Académie for English. Of the 10 most-widely spoken languages in the world, only English has no academy guiding it.法兰西文学院位于巴黎,负责审查法语。
对于西班牙语,有西班牙皇家学院,德语有标准德语德语正字法协会。
而英语则没有相应的文学院。
世界十大使用最为广泛的口语中,唯有英语没有学术研究院引领。
2. More than 1 billion people are learning English as you read this.你读这篇文章的时候,有超过10亿的人正在学英语。
According to the British Council, around 1 billion people around the world were learning English in 2000. This figure is now likely to be significantly higher.据英国文化委员会的调查数据显示,在2000年,全球有10亿左右的人正在学习英语。
一些不可思议的英语冷知识以下是一些不可思议的英语冷知识:1.“Go”是英语中最短的完整句子。
2.英语单词“Goodbye”来自于“God bye”,原意是“上帝与你同在”。
3.唯一一个连续三个双字母排列的单词是“bookkeeper(记账人)”。
4.唯一一个几个字母是按顺序排列的单词是“almost(几乎)”5.最长的只用左手就能在电脑键盘上打出来的单词是“stewardesses(女乘务员)”。
6.字母不重复的最长的单词是“uncopyrightable(不能获得版权保护的)”。
7.包含26个字母的最短的句子是“Brick quiz whangs jumpyveldt fox(关于砖头的测验把一只正在跳跃的狐狸难住了)”。
8.英语中使用最多的字母是“E”,用得最少的是“Q”。
9.“tips”实际上是“To Insure Prompt Service”(保障快捷的服务)的首字母缩写。
10.剑桥大学的研究表明:单词中字母的顺序如何不重要,重要的是第一个和最后一个字母的位置。
这是因为大脑在阅读时不会读到所有字母。
11.作家厄尔尼斯特·文森特·莱特曾经写过一篇5万字的小说《葛士比》,里面没有一个字母“E”。
12.“eleventh hour”不是“十一点”,而是最后时刻,危急之时。
13.“sweet water”不是“甜水”或“糖水”,而是“淡水”。
14.“busboy”不是“公共汽车售票员”而是“餐馆勤杂工”,售票员可以用“Conductor”。
15.英语中最常用的单词是“the”。
16.“set”是含义最多的单词。
17.由7个字母组成的可以多次拆分的单词是“therein”,可以被拆分为:“the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein(在其中), herein(在这方面)”。
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你所不知道的冷知识(中英版)1. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.为了防止把自己消化掉,你的胃不得不每隔两周就造出一层新的粘膜。
2. Owls are the only birds that can see the colour blue.猫头鹰是唯一能看见蓝色的鸟类。
3. You spend about 23 years sleeping in a 70 year life.在70年的生命中,你大约要花23年的时间睡觉。
4. People will say “Bless you” when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.当你打喷嚏时,人们会说“上帝保佑你”,那是因为你的心脏停跳了一毫秒。
5. Pigs can become alcoholic.猪有变成酒鬼的能力。
6. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.猫的每只耳朵上有32块肌肉。
7. All polar bears are left-handed.所有的北极熊都是左撇子。
8. Butterflies taste with their feet.蝴蝶用脚品尝味道。
9. Bats use ultrasound to pick up vibrations from their prey. 蝙蝠用超声波识别猎物发出的震动。
10. An average head has between 100,000-150,000 hairs.人们头上通常有10万到15万根头发。
11. Hair on your head grows at 10-13mm per month.你的头发每个月会长10至13毫米。
英语中那些你不知道的冷知识颜色版white lie 是"善意的谎言",而和"白色"无关。
green back 是"美钞",而不是"绿毛龟"。
yellow back 是"法国廉价小说",而不是"黄背"。
green line 是"轰炸线",而不是"绿线"。
green room 是"演员休息室",而不是"绿色房间"。
white room 是"绝尘室",而不是"白色房间"。
green house 是"温室",而不是"绿色的星子"。
White House 是"白宫",而不是"白房子"。
white smith 是"银匠/锡匠",而不是"白人史密斯"。
black smith 是"铁匠",而不是"黑人史密斯"。
chocolate drop 是蔑称的"黑人",而不是"巧克力滴"。
black tea 是"红茶",而不是"黑茶"。
brown sugar 是"红糖",而不是"棕糖"。
green power 是"金钱的力量",而不是"绿色国家"。
动物版dragonfly 是"蜻蜓",而不是一种“飞龙”。
lady bird 是"瓢虫",而不是一种"太太鸟"。
dragon's teeth 是"相互争斗的根源",而不是一种"龙齿"。
1. The most common letter in English is "e".1、英语里最常见的字母是“e”。
2. The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by "t".2、英语里最常见的辅音字母是“r”,接着是“t”。
3. Only two English words in current use end in "-gry". They are "angry" and "hungry".3、当代英语只有“angry”和“hungry”两个单词是以“gry”结尾的。
4. The word "bookkeeper" (along with its associate "bookkeeping") is the only unhyphenated English word with three consecutive double letters. Other such words, like "sweet-toothed", require a hyphen to be readily readable.4、“bookkeeper”这个单词(还有与之相关的“bookkeeping”)是唯一一个不带连字符、有三对连续重复字母的单词。
还有一个类似的单词是“sweet-toothed”,但它需要用连字符连接以确保能读出来。
5. The word "triskaidekaphobia" means "extreme fear of the number 13". This superstition is related to "paraskevidekatriaphobia", which means "fear of Friday the 13th".5、有个词叫“triskaidekaphobia”,意思是“对数字13的极度恐惧”。