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雅思知识补充:英语里24个爆笑离奇的怪词

　　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 nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.

　　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 werent invented in England or French fries 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 are candies while sweetbreads, which arent 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 can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig 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 eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

　　素食主义者吃蔬菜，人道主义者吃人(human)?

　　How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and wise guy are opposites?

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

　　How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few 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, they are visible, but when the lights are out, 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, you start it, but when you wind up an essay, 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。

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