你不知道的11个英语单词小秘密
1.) Abstemious, Arsenious and Facetious
Abstemious, arsenious and facetious contain all the vowels in the correct order. 这三个词(节俭的、含砷的、玩笑的)中依次按顺序包含了所有的元音字母:a, e, i, o, u
2.) Almost
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order. Almost是组成单词的所有字母前后排列顺序都和字母表中一致的最长单词。
3.) Cleave
The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate. cleave这个动词既有“分开”又有“黏住”的意思,遵照这两个意思,它有两个同义词,adhere 和 separate,这俩词偏偏彼此间又是反义词。
4.) Didaskaleinophobia
Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school. Didaskaleinophobia意为“上学恐惧症”。
5.) Dreamt
Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". Dreamt(dream的过去式及过去分词)是唯一以“mt”结尾的英语单词。
6.) Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. 这个长长长长长长……的单词意为:对长单词的恐惧……