你不知道的英语秘密

你不知道的英语秘密

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stewardesses is the Ion gest word typed with only the left hand and lollipop with your right.

stewardesses（空中小姐）是仅用左手即可在键盘输入全部字母的最长的英文单词，lollipop （棒棒糖）是右手中最长的。

no word in the en glish Ian guage rhymes with mon th, oran ge, silver, or purple.

英语中没有与mon th, oran ge, silver, 或purple 押韵的单

词。

dreamt is the only en glish word that ends in the letters

mt .

dreamt是英语中唯一以mt作为结尾的单词。

the sentence: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog uses every letter of the alphabet.

the quick brow n fox jumps over the lazy dog. 是能够用齐英语中的全部26个字母的句子。

the words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether

they are read left to right or right to left

（pali ndromes）.

单词racecar, kayak和level无论从左拼还是从右拼都一

样。（回文）

there are only four words in the en glish Ian guage which

end in dous : tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

英语中仅有四个单词是以dous 结尾的：tremendous, horre ndous, stupe ndous, and hazardous 。

there are two words in the en glish Ian guage that have all

five vowels in order: abstemious and facetious.

英语中仅有两个单词里面包含的元音字母是按顺序写出的：abstemious 禾口facetious 。

typewriter is the Iongest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

typewriter 是仅用键盘的一行就可以输入的最长的单词。

mai ne is the on ly state whose n ame is just one syllable.

maine（缅因州）是美国唯一一个只有一个音节的州。

all 50 states are listed across the top of the lincoln memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

5美元钞票背面的林肯纪念堂图案上列出了所有50个州的名字。

a dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

一角硬币边缘共有118个齿纹

there are more chicke ns tha n people in the world.

地球上鸡比人还要多。

a cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

猫的每只耳朵有32块肌肉。

a goldfish has a memory spa n of three sec on ds.

金鱼的记忆广度有三秒钟之多。

a shark is the only fish that can bli nk with both eyes.

鲨鱼是唯一可以双眼眨眼的鱼。

a sn ail can sleep for three years.

蜗牛一次睡眠可以长达三年。

an ostrich's eye is bigger tha n its brai n.

鸵鸟的眼睛比自己的脑袋还要大。

alm onds are a member of the peach family.

杏仁按植物分类学不是杏，而是桃属中扁桃亚属的植物。

babies are born without kneecaps. they don't un til the

appear child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

一角硬币边缘共有118个齿纹

婴儿出生时没有膝盖骨，到2至6岁时才长出来。

february 1865 is the only mon th in recorded history not to have a full moon.

1865年的2月份是历史记载中唯一没有满月的一个月。

the win ter of 1932 was so cold that ni agara falls froze completely solid.

1932年的冬天冷到尼亚加拉瀑布都完成冻冰。

in the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

最近的4000年里没有新动物再被驯化过。

if the populatio n of china walked past you, 8 abreast, the

line would n ever end because of the rate of reproducti on.

如果让所有的中国人按8个一排并肩从你身边经过，你将永远不会看到尽头，因为他们的生长率会使人数连绵不绝。

if you are an average america n, in your whole life, you will

spe nd an average of 6 mon ths wait ing at red lights.

如果你是个普通美国人，你一生中将有6个月时间是在等待红灯中度过的。

leon ardo da vinci inven ted the scissors.

达芬奇发明了剪刀。

al cap on e's bus in ess card said he was a used furn iture dealer.

黑社会大亨阿尔卡邦(al capone)名片上写的是旧家具商。

on a canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the parliame nt buildi ng is an america n flag.

加拿大的2元钞票上，国会大楼上飘扬的旗是美国国旗。

pea nuts are one of the in gredie nts of dyn amite!

花生是的成分之一。

rubber bands last Ion ger whe n refrigerated.

橡胶带冷却时会更耐用。

the cruise liner, qe2, moves only six in ches for each gall on

of diesel that it bur ns.

伊丽莎白2号游船消耗一加仑柴油才能前进6英寸。

a jiffy is an actual un it of time for 1/1OOth of a sec ond.

jiffy （瞬间）是一个的确被使用的时间单位，表示1%秒。

the microwave was inven ted after a researcher walked by

a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

微波是一位科学家在经过电波探测管时发现口袋中的巧克力溶化后发现的。

the average pers on's left hand does 56% of the typing.

一般人在打字时左手会承担56%的工作量。

winston churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dan ce.

丘吉尔出生在一个舞会的女厕所里。