1.) Abstemious, Arsenious and Facetious
Abstemious, arsenious and facetious contain all the vowels in the correct order。
這三個詞(節(jié)儉的、含砷的、玩笑的)中依次按順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是組成單詞的所有字母前后排列順序都和字母表中一致的最長單詞。
3.) Cleave
The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate。
cleave這個動詞既有“分開”又有“黏住”的意思,遵照這兩個意思,它有兩個同義詞,adhere 和 separate,這倆詞偏偏彼此間又是反義詞。
4.) Didaskaleinophobia
Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school。
Didaskaleinophobia意為“上學恐懼癥”。
5.) Dreamt
Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"。
Dreamt(dream的過去式及過去分詞)是唯一以“mt”結(jié)尾的英語單詞。
6.) Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words。
這個長長長長長長……的單詞意為:對長單詞的恐懼……
7.) Listen and Silent
If you want to be heard and understood….The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent"。
你想要別人傾聽你么……那你記住了,listen(聽)這個詞,和silent(沉默)這個詞,其實組成字母是一樣的。
8.) Screeched
Screeched is the longest one-syllable word in the English language。
Screeched(screech:尖叫)是最長的單音節(jié)單詞。
9.) Tittle
The dot above the letter 'i' is called a tittle。
tittle是啥意思?它就是指字母i上面那個點~那個點,就叫做title
10.) Uncopyrightable
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable。
uncopyrightable(不可賦予版權的)是唯一個由15個完全不重復的字母組成的單詞。
11.) Underground
Underground is the only English word that begins and ends with the letters "und."
underground(地下的)是唯一一個以und開頭又以und結(jié)尾的英語單詞。