英语单词的那些冷知识,你知道多少.pdf

英语单词的那些冷知识，你知道多少？
【英语单词的冷知识】
1、The word "run"has 645 meanings in the English language.
单词 run 有 645 条词义。
英语单词的那些冷知识，你知道多少？
【英语单词的冷知识】
1、The word "run"has 645 meanings in the English language.
单词 run 有 645 条词义。
2、The word "Utopia"comes from a Greek word meaning "No
place".
单词 Utopia（乌托邦）来源于希腊文，原意“Noplace（无此地方）”
3、The word "Vanilla" comes from the Latin word "vagina".
香草这个单词 vanilla 来自拉丁文单词“vagina”。
4、X – The letter X, according to research done by IED, was
first used by naturalist Gilbert White in a 1763 letter to
represent a kiss.
X 这个字母 1763 年才第一次被使用，代表 kiss。
5、Computer – In 1613 the word computer was once referred
to as a person. Since then it has evolved to mean a machine
since 1869 and then to an electronic device since 1946.
Computer 这个词最早是指人。1869 年以后开始指机器、1946 年后指
电脑。
6、Daisy – The word daisy is a contraction of the words
‘Day’s eye’. This is because a daisy opens throughout the
day and closes of a night.
Daisy（雏菊）是 Day's eye 的缩写。因为雏菊的花朵是白天打开、
晚上合起来。7、If you mouth the word "colorful",it looks like you're
saying "I love you".
你做唇语：colorful，看上去就像说 I love you.
8、stewardesses" is the longest word typed only with the
left hand because all the letters are on the left side of the
typical English keyboard
Stewardesses（女乘务员），是最长的只用左手就能在电脑键盘上打
出来的单词。
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