英语里24个不可理喻的怪词

English is a crazy language. 英语里有许多非常好玩的单词。它们的词意和表明上看起来的完全没有关系。都有哪些个怪词，让我们赶快来瞧一瞧。

There is no egg in eggplant (1)nor ham in hamburger(2); neither apple nor pine in pineapple(3)。

鸡蛋和茄子没什么血缘关系;苹果和凤梨的长相差距很大。

English muffins(4) weren't invented in England or French fries(5) in France。

英式松饼的家乡不是英国;炸土豆条的发源地也不是法国。

Sweetmeats(6) are candies while sweetbreads(7)， which aren't sweet, are meat。

蜜饯(sweetmeats)不是肉，是甜的;杂碎(sweetbreads)是肉，不是甜的。

We find that quicksand(8) can work slowly, boxing rings(9) are square and a guinea pig(10) is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig。

流沙其实流得很慢;拳击台是方形的;实验用的小豚鼠的老家不是几内亚，长相和猪属于两种型。

If a vegetarian(11) eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian(12) eat?

素食主义者吃蔬菜，人道主义者吃人(human)?

How can a slim chance(13) and a fat chance(14) be the same, while a wise man(15) and wise guy(16) are opposites?

胖瘦截然相反，可后面跟着chance就都变成“机会渺茫了;聪明人(wise man)改一个词，就沦落为自作聪明的人(wise guy)。

How can overlook(17) and oversee(18) be opposites, while quite a lot(19) and quite a few(20) are alike?

Look和see是近义词，但oversee监视，overlook意思怎么就是忽视呢;A lot和a few是反义词，但与quite连用，怎么都表示很多的意思呢!

When the stars are out(21)， they are visible, but when the lights are out(22)， they are invisible。

星星出来了，我们能看到它们;灯灭了，我们就什么也看不见了。

When you wind up your watch(23)， you start it, but when you wind up an essay(24)， you end it?

给表上发条，表就开始走了;wind up一篇文章，哈哈，文章到此结束啦。