英美差异 300个英国人不说的单词
2015-01-22来源:牛津词典博客
| British English | American English |
| queue | line |
| racing car | race car |
| railway | railroad |
| real tennis | court tennis |
| recorded delivery | certified mail |
| registration plate | license plate |
| remould (tyre) | retread |
| reverse the charges | call collect |
| reversing lights | back-up lights |
| right-angled triangle | right triangle |
| ring road | beltway |
| room only | European plan |
| roundabout (at a fair) | carousel |
| roundabout (in road) | traffic circle |
| rowing boat | rowboat |
| sailing boat | sailboat |
| saloon (car) | sedan |
| sandpit | sandbox |
| sandwich cake | layer cake |
| sanitary towel | sanitary napkin |
| self-raising flour | self-rising flour |
| semibreve (music) | whole note |
| semitone (music) | half step |
| share option | stock option |
| shopping trolley | shopping cart |
| show house/home | model home |
| silencer (on a car) | muffler |
| silverside | rump roast |
| skeleton in the cupboard | skeleton in the closet |
| skimmed milk | skim milk |
| skipping rope | jump rope |
| skirting board | baseboard |
| sledge | sled |
| sleeper | railroad tie |
| sleeping partner | silent partner |
| slowcoach | slowpoke |
| snakes and ladders | chutes and ladders |
| solicitor | lawyer |
| soya/soya bean | soy/soybean |
| splashback | backsplash |
| spring onion | green onion |
| stag night | bachelor party |
| Stanley knife | utility knife |
| starter | appetizer |
| state school | public school |
| storm in a teacup | tempest in a teapot |
| surtitle | supertitle |
| swede | rutabaga |
| sweet(s) | candy |
| takeaway (food) | takeout; to go |
| taxi rank | taxi stand |
| tea towel | dish towel |
| terrace house | row house |
| tick | check mark |
| ticket tout | scalper |
| tights | pantyhose |
| timber | lumber |
| titbit | tidbit |
| toffee apple | candy apple |
| touch wood | knock on wood |
| trade union | labor union |
| trading estate | industrial park |
| trainers | sneakers |
| tram | streetcar; cable car |
| transport cafe | truck stop |
| trolley | shopping cart |
| twelve-bore | twelve-gauge |
| unalike | unlike |
| underground | subway |
| vacuum flask | thermos bottle |
| verge (of a road) | shoulder |
| vest | undershirt |
| veterinary surgeon | veterinarian |
| wagon (on a train) | car |
| waistcoat | vest |
| walking frame | walker |
| wardrobe | closet |
| water ice | Italian ice |
| weatherboard | clapboard |
| white coffee | coffee with cream |
| white spirit | mineral spirits |
| wholemeal bread | wholewheat bread |
| windcheater | windbreaker |
| windscreen | windshield |
| wing (of a car) | fender |
| worktop | countertop |
| Yale lock | cylinder lock |
| zebra crossing | crosswalk |
| zed (letter Z) | zee |
| zip | zipper |
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