英語冷知識

1.No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

英語中沒有與month、orange、silver或 purple 押韻的單詞。

2.“Dreamt”is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.

“Dreamt”是英語中唯一以 “mt”作為結尾的單詞。

3.The words “racecar”“kayak”and“level”are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).

單詞“racecar”“kayak”和“level”無論從左拼還是從右拼都一樣。

4.Typerwriter is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

Typerwriter是僅用鍵盤的一行就可以輸入的最長的單詞。

5.A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

金魚的記憶廣度有3秒鐘之多。

6.A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

鯊魚是唯一可以雙眼眨眼的魚。

7.A snail can sleep for three years.

蝸牛一次睡眠可以長達3年。

8.An ostrichs eye is bigger than its brain.

鴕鳥的眼睛比自己的腦袋還要大。

9.Babies are born without kneecaps. They dont appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

嬰兒出生時沒有膝蓋骨，到2至6歲時才長出來。

10.In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

最近的4000年里沒有新動物再被馴化過。

11.The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

微波是一位科學家在經過電波探測管時發現口袋中的巧克力溶化后發現的。

12.Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

女人眨眼是男人的兩倍。

13.Why is the chefs hat so tall?Chiefs hat is tall and balloon at the top so as to conteract the intense heat in the kitchen. The unique shape allows air to circulate aroung the scalp, keeping the hat cool.

為什么廚師的帽子那么高呢？廚師的帽子高高的，氣球狀是為了中和廚房里的熱氣，其獨特的形狀可以讓空氣在頭皮周圍流通，使得頭部涼爽起來。

14.“canada”is an indian word meaning “big village”.

英文單詞“加拿大”在印第安人的土著語中是“大村子”的意思

15.The flushable toilet was in use in ancinet Rome

可沖馬桶早在古羅馬就已開始使用。■