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英語中最長的單詞是怎么來的?

單詞“Goodbye”的由來是什么?

“tips”的本意是什么?

這里有15個(gè)腦洞無敵的冷知識，和英語糾纏死磕了N多年，也來見識一下它逗比的一面吧。

① Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter.

劍橋大學(xué)的研究表明：單詞中字母的順序如何不重要，重要的是第一個(gè)和最后一個(gè)字母的位置。這是因?yàn)榇竽X在閱讀時(shí)不會讀到所有字母。

② WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT ISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.

“WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW”(我看到的是一輛車還是一只貓)這是英語(精品課)中唯一一句反過來念還是一樣的句子。

③ "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."

英語單詞“Goodbye”來自于“God bye”，原意是“上帝與你同在”。

④ The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
“The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.”(這只敏捷的棕色狐貍跳過了一只懶狗)這句話用到了字母表中的所有字母!

⑤ 'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

“Go”是英語中最短的完整句子。

⑥ The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.

單詞“onion”(洋蔥)來自于拉丁詞“unio”，意思是大珍珠。

⑦ The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.

單詞“tips”(小費(fèi))實(shí)際上是“To Insure Prompt Service”(保障快捷的服務(wù))的首字母縮寫!

⑧ The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

詞組“rule of thumb”(經(jīng)驗(yàn)法則)，是從一條古老的英國法律中來的，即：不能用超過大拇指粗細(xì)的東西打老婆。

⑨ The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!

英語中最長的單詞是“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses”(硅酸鹽沉著病)!

⑩ More people in China speak English than in the United States.

會說英語的中國人比會說英語的美國人還多。

⑪ The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."

單詞“listen”(聽)和“silent”(安靜的)用到了一樣的字母。

⑫ Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.

胡佛真空吸塵器在英國曾經(jīng)非常流行，到現(xiàn)在很多人還把“vacuuming”(吸塵)說成“hoovering”(胡佛ing…)。

⑬ Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.

“Stressed”(壓力)倒過來拼就是“Desserts”(點(diǎn)心)。

⑭ The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!

英語中使用最多的字母是“E”，用得最少的是“Q”。

⑮ Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!