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。
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