你不知道的英語(yǔ)秘密
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"stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right.
stewardesses(空中小姐)是僅用左手即可在鍵盤(pán)輸入全部字母的最長(zhǎng)的英文單詞，"lollipop"(棒棒糖)是右手中最長(zhǎng)的。
no word in the english language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
英語(yǔ)中沒(méi)有與 month, orange, silver, 或 purple 押韻的單詞。
"dreamt" is the only english word that ends in the letters "mt".
"dreamt" 是英語(yǔ)中唯一以 "mt" 作為結(jié)尾的單詞。
the sentence: "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. 是能夠用齊英語(yǔ)中的全部26個(gè)字母的句子。
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(wú)論從左拼還是從右拼都一樣。(回文)
there are only four words in the english language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
英語(yǔ)中僅有四個(gè)單詞是以 "dous" 結(jié)尾的：tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous。
there are two words in the english language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
英語(yǔ)中僅有兩個(gè)單詞里面包含的元音字母是按順序?qū)懗龅模?quot;abstemious" 和 "facetious"。
typewriter is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
typewriter 是僅用鍵盤(pán)的一行就可以輸入的最長(zhǎng)的單詞。
maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
maine(緬因州)是美國(guó)唯一一個(gè)只有一個(gè)音節(jié)的州。
all 50 states are listed across the top of the lincoln memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
5美元鈔票背面的林肯紀(jì)念堂圖案上列出了所有50個(gè)州的名字。
a dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
一角硬幣邊緣共有118個(gè)齒紋。
there are more chickens than people in the world.
地球上雞比人還要多。
a cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
貓的每只耳朵有32塊肌肉。
a goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
金魚(yú)的記憶廣度有三秒鐘之多。
a shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
鯊魚(yú)是唯一可以雙眼眨眼的魚(yú)。
a snail can sleep for three years.
蝸牛一次睡眠可以長(zhǎng)達(dá)三年。
an ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
鴕鳥(niǎo)的眼睛比自己的腦袋還要大。
almonds are a member of the peach family.
杏仁按植物分類學(xué)不是杏，而是桃屬中扁桃亞屬的植物。
babies are born without kneecaps. they don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
嬰兒出生時(shí)沒(méi)有膝蓋骨，到2至6歲時(shí)才長(zhǎng)出來(lái)。
february 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
1865年的2月份是歷史記載中唯一沒(méi)有滿月的一個(gè)月。
the winter of 1932 was so cold that niagara falls froze completely solid.
1932年的冬天冷到尼亞加拉瀑布都完成凍冰。
in the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
最近的4000年里沒(méi)有新動(dòng)物再被馴化過(guò)。
if the population of china walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
如果讓所有的中國(guó)人按8個(gè)一排并肩從你身邊經(jīng)過(guò)，你將永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)看到盡頭，因?yàn)樗麄兊纳L(zhǎng)率會(huì)使人數(shù)連綿不絕。
if you are an average american, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
如果你是個(gè)普通美國(guó)人，你一生中將有6個(gè)月時(shí)間是在等待紅燈中度過(guò)的。
leonardo da vinci invented the scissors.
達(dá)芬奇發(fā)明了剪刀。
al capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
黑社會(huì)大亨阿爾卡邦(al capone)名片上寫(xiě)的是舊家具商。
on a canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the parliament building is an american flag.
加拿大的2元鈔票上，國(guó)會(huì)大樓上飄揚(yáng)的旗是美國(guó)國(guó)旗。
peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
花生是的成分之一。
rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
橡膠帶冷卻時(shí)會(huì)更耐用。
the cruise liner, qe2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
伊麗莎白2號(hào)游船消耗一加侖柴油才能前進(jìn)6英寸。
a "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
"jiffy"(瞬間)是一個(gè)的確被使用的時(shí)間單位，表示1%秒。
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(xué)家在經(jīng)過(guò)電波探測(cè)管時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)口袋中的巧克力溶化后發(fā)現(xiàn)的。
the average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
一般人在打字時(shí)左手會(huì)承擔(dān)56%的工作量。
winston churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
丘吉爾出生在一個(gè)舞會(huì)的女廁所里。
our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
我們的眼睛與出生時(shí)是同樣大小的，而鼻子卻從出生開(kāi)始就不斷長(zhǎng)大。
women blink nearly twice as much as men.
女人眨眼是男人的兩倍。
now you know everything!
現(xiàn)在你全知道了!