英语小知识
『壹』 英语小常识
1. Aoccdrnig to a rseearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter.
剑桥大学的研究表明:单词中字母的顺序如何不重要,重要的是第一个和最后一个字母的位置。这是因为大脑在阅读时不会读到所有字母。
(小编注:大家在读上面这句看起来有点乱码的句子时,有注意到单词字母的顺序吗?)
2. WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
“WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW”(我看到的是一辆车还是一只猫)这是英语中唯一一句反过来念还是一样的句子。
3. "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
英语单词“Goodbye”来自于“God bye”,原意是“上帝与你同在”。
4. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
“The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.”(这只敏捷的棕色狐狸跳过了一只懒狗)这句话用到了字母表中的所有字母!
『贰』 英文生活小常识
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。
Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.
好人越夸越好,坏人越夸越糟。
Prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏,不贪便宜。
Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。
Pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。
Promise is debt.一诺千金。
Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。
Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。
Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。
Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。
Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。
Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑,运动强身。
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬,必须自重。
Rome is not built in a day冰冻三尺,非一日之寒。
Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。
Seeing is believing.眼见为实。 Seek the truth from facts.实事求是。
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
智者当差,不用交代。
Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。
Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。
Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。
Soon learn, soon forgotten.学得快,忘得快。
Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快,烂得快。
Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是银,沉默是金。
Still water run deep.静水常深。
Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。
Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。
Take things as they come.既来之,则安之。
Talking mends no holes. 空谈无补。
Talk of the devil and he will appear.说曹操,曹操就到。
Tall trees catch much wind.树大招风。
Teach others by your example.躬亲示范。
The best hearts are always the bravest.无私者无畏。
The best man stumbles.伟人也有犯错时。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.掩耳盗铃。
The danger past and God forgotten.过河拆桥。
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.黎明前的黑暗。
The darkest place is under the candlestick.烛台底下最暗。
The devil knows many things because he is old.老马识途。
The devil sometimes speaks the truth魔鬼有时也会说真话。
The die is cast.木已成舟。 The early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
The end justifies the means.只要目的正当,可以不择手段。
The end makes all equal.死亡面前,人人平等。
The eye is bigger than the belly.贪多嚼不烂。
The farthest way about is the nearest way home.抄近路反而绕远路。
The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢,不成器。
The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.烈火验真金,艰难磨意志。
The first step is the only difficulty.迈出第一步是最艰难的。
The fox knew too much, that‘s how he lost his tail.机关算尽太聪明,反误了卿卿 性命。
The fox preys farthest from home.兔子不吃窝边草。
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.坐井观天。
The grass is greener on the other side.这山望着那山高。
The greatest talkers are always least doers.语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。
The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得高,摔得惨。
The leopard cannot change its spots.本性难移。
The more noble, the more humble.人越高尚,越谦虚。
The more wit, the less courage. 初生牛犊不怕虎。
The outsider sees the most of the game.旁观者清。
The pen is mightier than the sword.笔能杀人。
The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步。
There are spots in the sun.太阳也有黑点。
There are two sides to every question.问题皆有两面。
There is a skeleton in the cupboard.家家有本难念的经。
There is kindness to be found everywhere.人间处处有温情。
There is no general rule without some exception.任何法规均有例外。
There is no medicine against death.没有长生不老药。
There is no place like home.金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。
There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟。
The style is the man.字如其人。
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.人言可畏。
The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
水能载舟,亦能覆舟。
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.清者自清,浊者自浊。 The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后
The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.世界如阶梯,有人上有人下。
The world is but a little place, after all.海内存知己,天涯若比邻。
Think twice before you do.三思而后行。
Things at the worst will mend.否极泰来。
Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。
Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。
Time flies.光阴似箭。 Time is money.时间就是金钱。
Time lost cannot be won again.时光流逝,不可复得。
Time past cannot be called back again.时间不能倒流。
Time tries all.路遥知马力,日久见人心。
Tit for tat is fair play.人不犯我,我不犯人;人若犯我,我必犯人。
To err is human.人非圣贤,孰能无过。
To know everything is to know nothing.什么都知道,一如什么都不知道。
To know oneself is true progress.人贵有自知之明。
Tomorrow never comes.我生待明日,万事成蹉跎。
Too much familiarity breeds contempt.过分熟悉会使人互不服气。
Too much knowledge makes the head bald.学问太多催人老。
Too much liberty spills all.自由放任,一事无成。
Too much praise is a burden.过多夸奖,反成负担。
To save time is to lengthen life.节约时间就是延长生命。
Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.常在河边走,哪有不湿鞋。
Troubles never come singly.福无双至,祸不单行。
Truth never grows old.真理永存。
Turn over a new leaf.洗心革面,改过自新。
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利。
Two heads are better than one.一个好汉三个帮。
Two of a trade seldom agree.同行是冤家。
Two wrongs do not make a right.别人错了,不等于你对了。
Unity is strength.团结就是力量。
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.忠言逆耳利于行。
Until all is over one‘s ambition never dies.不到黄河心不死。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.吃小亏占大便宜。
Virtue is fairer far than beauty.美德远远胜过美貌。
Walls have ears.小心隔墙有耳。
Wash your dirty linen at home.家丑不可外扬。
Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.滴水穿石。
Wealth is nothing without health.失去健康,钱再多也没用。
We know not what is good until we have lost it.好东西,失去了才明白。
Well begun is half done.好的开始,是成功的一半。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.井干方知水可贵。
We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault
.欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。
We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.
自己的好事别去提,别人的恩惠要铭记。
Whatever you do, do with all your might.不管做什么,都要一心一意
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.儿时所学,终生难忘。
What‘s done cannot be undone.生米煮成熟饭了。
What‘s lost is lost.失者不可复得。What we do willingly is easy.愿者不难。When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入国问禁,入乡随俗。
When everybody‘s somebody then nobody‘s anybody.人人都伟大,世间没豪杰。
When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.伤心旧事别重提。
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
新仇旧恨,齐上心头。
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.黄鼠狼给鸡拜年,没安好心。
When wine is in truth, wit is out.酒后吐真言。
Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。
Where there is life, there is hope.留得青山在,不怕没柴烧。
Where there is smoke, there is fire.事出有因。
While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.道高一尺,魔高一丈。
Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.搬弄口舌者必是小人。
Whom the gods love die young.好人不长命。
Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.
智者嘴在心里,愚者心在嘴里。
Work makes the workman.勤工出巧匠。 Wet behind the ears.乳臭未干。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.蜡烛不能两头点,精力不可过分耗。
You cannot eat your cake and have it.鱼与熊掌,不可得兼。
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 强扭的瓜不甜
。 You may know by a handful the whole sack.由一斑可知全貌。
You never know what you can till you try.是驴子是马,拉出来遛遛。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.朋友不能阿谀奉承。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
上当一回头,再多就可耻。
If you make yourself an ass, don‘t complain if people ride you.
人善被人欺,马善被人骑。
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.耳朵发烧,有人念叨。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.脚踏两条船,必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.杀鸡取卵。
If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.要想求知,就得吃苦。
Instry is the parent of success.勤奋是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.宁为玉碎,不为瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.挣钱容易攒钱难。
It is easy to be wise after the event.事后诸葛亮好当。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.创业容易守业难。
It is hard to please all.众口难调It is never too old to learn.活到老,学到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.万事开头难。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.坐失良机,后悔已迟。
It never rains but it pours.不鸣则已,一鸣惊人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.十年树木,百年树人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.门门精通,样样稀松。
Judge not from appearances.人不可貌相,海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.天网恢恢,疏而不漏。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤近墨黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it君王发狂,百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.普天之下,莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博学使人谦逊,无知使人骄傲。 Learn and live.活着,为了学习。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越学越好,坏人越学越坏。
Learn not and know not.不学无术。Let sleeping dogs lie.别惹麻烦
Learn to walk before you run.先学走,再学跑。
Let bygones be bygones.过去的就让它过去吧。
Let the cat out of the bag.泄漏天机。Life is but a span.人生苦短。
Lies can never changes fact.谎言终究是谎言。
Lies have short legs.谎言站不长。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.人过半生,方知天命。
Life is not all roses.人生并不是康庄大道。
Life without a friend is death.没有朋友,虽生犹死。
Like a rat in a hole.瓮中之鳖。
Like author, like book.文如其人。
Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。
Like for like.一报还一报。 Like knows like.惺惺相惜。
Like mother, like daughter.有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil.什么样的老师教什么样的学生。
Like tree, like fruit.羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds.小人无大志。
Look before you leap.摸清情况再行动。
Lookers-on see more than players.当局者迷,旁观者清。
Losers are always in the wrong.胜者为王,败者为寇。
Lost time is never found again.岁月既往,一去不回。
Love at first sight.一见钟情。 Love cannot be compelled.爱情不能强求。
Love is blind.爱情是盲目的。 Love is full of trouble.爱情充满烦恼。
Love is never without jealousy.没有妒忌就没有爱情。
Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌Make hay while the sun shines.良机勿失。
Make your enemy your friend.化敌为友。
Man is the soul of the universe.人是万物之灵。
Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人,成事在天。
Many hands make light work.众人拾柴火焰高。
Many heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠,赛过诸葛亮。
Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
有心栽花花不发,无心插柳柳成荫。
Measure for measure.针锋相对。
Misfortunes never come alone.祸不单行。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患难见真情。
Money isn‘t everything.钱不是万能的。 Murder will out. 纸包不住火。
My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
儿子婚前是儿子,女儿终生是女儿。
Nature is the true law.天行有常,不为尧存,不为桀亡。
Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是发明的动力。
Never fish in trouble water.不要混水摸鱼。
Never judge from appearances.不可以貌取人。 Never say die.永不言败。
Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.亡羊补牢,为时未晚。
New wine in old bottles.旧瓶装新酒。 No cross, no crown.不经历风雨,怎么见彩虹。
No garden without its weeds.没有不长草的园子。
No living man all things can.世上没有万事通。
No man can do two things at once.一心不可二用。
No man is born wise or learned.没有生而知之者。 No man is content.人心不足蛇吞象
No man is wise at all times.聪明一世,糊涂一时。
None are so blind as those who won‘t see.视而不见。
None are so deaf as those who won‘t hear.充耳不闻。
No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。
No one can call back yesterday.昨日不会重现。
No pains, no gains.没有付出就没有收获。
No pleasure without pain.没有苦就没有乐。
No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。
No sweet without sweat.先苦后甜。 No smoke without fire.无风不起浪。
Nothing brave, nothing have.不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.眼泪干得最快。
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上无难事,只怕有心人。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事,只要肯登攀。
Nothing seek, nothing find.没有追求就没有收获。
Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.外出旅行语言最要紧。
Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。
Not to advance is to go back.不进则退。
Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.
不懂世故,幼稚可笑。
No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。
『叁』 英语的五个生活小常识
1、早上醒来.先喝一杯水. 预防结石(Woke up this morning . Drink a glass of water. Prevention of stone)
2、鸡屁股含有致癌物, 不要吃较好(Chicken butt contains carcinogens , do not eat well)
3、喝豆浆时不要加鸡蛋及糖. 也不要喝太多(Do not drink milk and sugar , add eggs . Do not drink too much)
4、空腹时不要吃蕃茄, 最好饭后吃(Do not eat tomatoes fasting , the best meal to eat)
5、抽烟,关系最大的是 肺癌,唇癌,舌癌,喉癌,食道癌,也与膀胱癌有关 (Smoking , the relationship is the largest lung cancer, lip cancer , tongue cancer , laryngeal cancer, esophageal cancer, but also with bladder cancer)
6、饮酒导致肝硬化 .引发肝癌(Drinking leading to cirrhosis. Cause liver cancer)
『肆』 有趣的英语小知识
我知道一些有趣地道的英语表达:
1. A bird tell me 我听说的
2. It’s a date 一言为定
3. Follow my nose 凭直觉
4. You don't say 是吗
5. pull up one's socks 鼓起回勇气
6. bring down the house 博得全场喝彩答
7. blue stocking 女学者
8. Don't give me that 别跟我耍花招
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『伍』 20条有趣的英语小知识
1、剑桥大学的研究表明:单词中字母的顺序如何不重要,重要的是第一个和最后一个字母的位置。这是因为大脑在阅读时不会读到所有字母。
2、“WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW”(我看到的是一辆车还是一只猫)这是英语中唯一一句反过来念还是一样的句子。
3、英语单词“Goodbye”来自于“God bye”,原意是“上帝与你同在”。
4、“The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.”(这只敏捷的棕色狐狸跳过了一只懒狗)这句话用到了字母表中的所有字母!
5、“Go”是英语中最短的完整句子。
6、单词“onion”(洋葱)来自于拉丁词“unio”,意思是大珍珠。
7、单词“tips”(小费)实际上是“To Insure Prompt Service”(保障快捷的服务)的首字母缩写!
8、词组“rule of thumb”(经验法则),是从一条古老的英国法律中来的,即:不能用超过大拇指粗细的东西打老婆。
9、英语中最长的单词是“”(硅酸盐沉着病)!
10、会说英语的中国人比会说英语的美国人还多。
11、单词“listen”(听)和“silent”(安静的)用到了一样的字母。
12、胡佛真空吸尘器在英国曾经非常流行,到现在很多人还把“vacuuming”(吸尘)说成“hoovering”(胡佛ing…)。
13、“Stressed”(压力)倒过来拼就是“Desserts”(点心)。
14、英语中使用最多的字母是“E”,用得最少的是“Q”。
15、作家厄尔尼斯特·文森特·莱特曾经写过一篇5万字的小说《葛士比》,里面没有一个字母“E”!
『陆』 英语文化小知识
分美音(American English)和英音(British English),其中英音的标准发音为RP英语(Recived Pronunciation)-_-|||,是一种较正式的英语口音,并不见得比其他口音好多少,但是用于受过正规教育的人。
而且英语有不少外来词汇,如:
法语:biscuit,passport
西班牙语:guitar,banana,mosquito
拉丁语:lobster,candle
意大利语:violin,mafia
德语:kingdergarten,hamburger
荷兰语:landscape,cruise
我这些是外教交的和自己的积累,若有质量或数量问题……见谅了……:P
『柒』 英语小知识(非常简单)
你好!
on the swimming team
因为:swimming表示游泳这项运动,是一个名词,比如游泳池,我们说swimming pool,而不说swim pool.
swim一般作动词用,表示游泳这个动作。
我们可以说:I participated in a swimming team to learning to swim.(我加入了一个游泳队去学习游泳)
希望可以帮到你!有问题再联系我。
『捌』 英语小知识有什么
英语小知识之中国的小吃
早餐
烧饼 Clay oven rolls 油条 Fried bread stick
水饺 Boiled mplings 馒头 Steamed buns
饭团 Rice and vegetable roll 皮蛋 100-year egg
咸鸭蛋Salted ck egg 豆浆 Soybean milk
饭类
稀饭 Rice porridge 白饭 Plain white rice
糯米饭Glutinous rice 蛋炒饭Fried rice with egg
面类
刀削面Sliced noodles 麻辣面Spicy hot noodles
乌龙面Seafood noodles 板条 Flat noodles
榨菜肉丝面Pork , pickled mustard green noodles
米粉 Rice noodles
汤类
紫菜汤Seaweed soup 牡蛎汤Oyster soup
蛋花汤Egg & vegetable soup 鱼丸汤Fish ball soup
点心
臭豆腐Stinky tofu (Smelly tofu) 火锅 Hot pot
油豆腐Oily bean curd 虾球 Shrimp balls
春卷 Spring rolls 蛋卷 Chicken rolls
肉丸 Rice-meat mplings
英语小知识
足球运动中常见的英语术语:
kick off: 开球
shoot: 射球
tackle: 抢球
forward: 前锋
goal: 球门
goal-keeper 守门员
free kick,corner kick任意球;角球
corner arc: 角球区
penalty kick: 点球
offside: 越位
golden goal: 黄金点球
pressing: 紧逼战术
off-side trap: 越位陷阱
英语小知识---12个月的英语名称的来历
公历一年有12个月,但不少人并不知道12 个月的英语名称的来历。公历起源于古罗马历法。罗马的英语原来只有10 个月,古罗马皇帝决定增加两个月放在年尾,后来朱里斯*撒大帝把这两个月移到年初,成为1月.2月,原来的1月.2月便成了3月.4月,依次类推。这就是今天世界沿用的公历。
January——1月
在罗马传说中,有一位名叫雅努斯的守护神,生有先后两副脸,一副回顾过去,一副要眺望未来。人们认为选择他的名字作为除旧迎新的第一个月月名,很有意义。英语January,便是由这位守护神的拉丁文名字January演变而来的。
February——2月
每年2 月初,罗马人民都要杀牲饮酒,欢庆菲勃卢姆节。这一天,人们常用一种牛、草制成的名叫Februa的鞭子,抽打不育的妇女,以求怀孕生子。这一天,人们还要忏悔自己过去一年的罪过,洗刷自己的灵魂,求得神明的饶恕,使自己成为一个贞洁的人。英语2月February,便是由拉丁文Februar-ius(即菲勃卢姆节)演变而来。
March-----3月
3月,原是罗马旧历法的1 月,新年的开始。凯撒大帝改革历法后,原来的1月变成3月,但罗马人仍然把3 月看做是一年的开始。另外,按照传统习惯,3月是每年出征远战的季节。为了纪念战神玛尔斯,人们便把这位战神的拉丁名字作为3月的月名。英语3月March,便是由这位战神的名字演变而来的。
April——4月
罗马的4月,正是大地回春.鲜花初绽的美好季节。英文4月April便由拉丁文April(即开花的日子)演变而来。
May——5月
罗马神话中的女神玛雅,专门司管春天和生命。为了纪念这位女神,罗马人便用她的名字——拉丁文Maius命名5月,英文5月May便由这位女神的名字演变而来。
June——6月
罗马神话中的裘诺,是众神之王,又是司管生育和保护妇女的神。古罗马对她十分崇
敬,便把6月奉献给她,以她的名字——拉丁文Junius来命名6 月。英语6月June便由这位女神的名字演变而来。也有学者认为,Junius可能是个代拉丁家族中一个显赫贵族的姓氏。
July——7月
罗马统治者朱里斯*凯撒大帝被刺死后,著名的罗马将军马克*按东尼建议将凯撒大帝诞生的7月,用凯撒的名字——拉丁文Julius(即朱里斯)命名之。这一建议得到了元老院的通过。英语7月July由此演变而来。
August——8月
朱里斯*凯撒死后,由他的甥孙屋大维续任罗马皇帝。为了和凯撒齐名,他也想用自己的名字来命名一个月份。他的生日在9月,但他选定8月。因为他登基后,罗马元老院在8 月授予他Augustus(奥古斯都)的尊号。于是,他决定用这个尊号来命名8月。原来8月比7月少一天,为了和凯撒平起平坐,他又决定从2月中抽出一天加在8月上。从此,2月便少了一天。英语8月August便由这位皇帝的拉丁语尊号演变而来。
September——9月
老历法的7月,正是凯撒大帝改革历法后的9月,拉丁文Septem是"7"月的意思。虽然历法改革了,但人们仍袭用旧名称来称呼9月。英语9月September,便由此演变而来。
October——10月
英语10月,来自拉丁文Octo,即"8"的意思。它和上面讲的9月一样,历法改了,称呼仍然沿用未变。
November——11月
罗马皇帝奥古斯都和凯撒都有了自己名字命名的月份,罗马市民和元老院要求当时的罗马皇帝梯比里乌斯用其名命名11月。但梯比里乌斯没有同意,他明智地对大家说,如果罗马每个皇帝都用自己的名字来命名月份,那么出现了第13个皇帝怎么办?于是,11月仍然保留着旧称Novem,即拉丁文"9"的意思。英语11月November便由此演变而来。
December——12月
罗马皇帝琉西乌斯要把一年中最后一个月用他情妇的Amagonius的名字来命名,但遭但元老院的反对。于是,12月仍然沿用旧名Decem,即拉丁文"10"的意思。英语12月December,便由此演变而来。
『玖』 英语小知识
让我们学习一些有趣的小知识吧。以下是一些的英语和汉语对手指的称呼:
1.thumb :大拇指。与汉语相映成趣的是,英语的all(fingers and ) thumbs也表示"笨手笨脚"的意思,例如:(1)I'm all fingers and thumbs this morning. I don't seem to be able to button up my shirt.今天早上我的手怎么这么笨呢,好像连衬衫都扣不上了。(2)He was so excited that his fingers were all thumbs and he dropped the teacup.他激动得手都不好使了,竟把茶杯摔了。
2. forefinger :又称index finger,即食指。前缀fore-表示"位置靠前的"(placed at the front),所以从排位上说,forefinger应为"第一指"。从功用上看,此手指伸出时有标示或指向的作用。在一些英语工具书中,我们会见到这样的表示"参见"(index)含义的手型符号。
3. middle finger :中指。此指居中,名正言顺,且与汉语说法也一致。
4. ring finger:无名指。从世界各地的婚俗习惯来说,结婚戒指(wedding ring)戴在这一手指(通常指左手)之上,表示已婚。
5. little finger: 顾名思义为小指。在美国和苏格兰,人们又赋予它一个爱称,管pinkie(pinky),后缀-ie(-y)有"小巧可爱"之意。
和时间有关的英语趣味小知识职场英语 2010-02-24 17:52:16 阅读264 评论0 字号:大中小 订阅
(一) 时间是金,其值无价
1. Time is money.
(时间就是金钱或一寸光阴一寸金)
2. Time flies.
(光阴似箭,日月如梭)
3. Time has wings.
(光阴去如飞)
4. Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.
(光阴如锉,细磨无声)
5. Time stays not the fool's leisure.
(时间不等闲逛的傻瓜)
5. Time and I against any two.
(和时间携起手来,一人抵两人)
6. Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself.
(时间就是生命,懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己的生命。或时间就是生命,节省时间,就是延长生命)
7. Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.
(消磨于恶习或愚行的时间是加倍的损失)
(二) 时间是风,去而不返
8. Time undermines us.
(光阴暗中催人才。或莫说年纪小人生容易老)
9. Time and tide wait for no man.
(岁月不待人)
10. Time cannot be won again.
(时间一去不再来)
11. Time is , time was , and time is past.
(现在有时间,过去有时间,时间一去不复返)
12. Time lost can not be recalled.
(光阴一去不复返)
13. Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns.
(光阴似箭,一去不返)
(三)时间是尺,万物皆检
14. Time tries friends as fire tries gold.
(时间考验朋友,烈火考验黄金)
15. Time tries truth.
(时间检验真理)
16. Time is the father of truth.
(时间是真理之父)
17. Time will tell.
(时间能说明问题)
18. Time brings the truth to light.
(时间使真相大白。或时间一到,真理自明。)
19. Time and chance reveal all secrets.
(时间与机会能提示一切秘密)
20. Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion.
(时间考验一切,经得起时间考验的就为人所信仰)
21. Time reveals(discloses) all things.
(万事日久自明)
22. Time tries all.
(时间检验一切)
(四)时间是秤,衡量权质
23. There is no time like the present.
(现在正是时候)
24. Take time by the forelock.
(把握目前的时机)
25. To choose time is to save time.
(选择时间就是节省时间)
26. Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.
(今日事,今日毕)
27. Procrastination is the thief of time.
(拖延为时间之窃贼)
28. One of these days is none of these days.
(拖延时日,终难实现。或:改天改天,不知哪天)
29. Tomorrow never comes.
(明天无尽头,明日何其多)
30. What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
(常将今日推明日,推到后来无踪迹)
(五)时间是水,淘金流沙
31. Time works wonders.
(时间可以创造奇迹或时间的效力不可思议)
32. Time works great changes.
(时间可以产生巨大的变化)
33. Times change.
(时代正在改变)
『拾』 20条有趣的英语小知识
1、 According to a research project at Cambridge Uiversity, it doesn't matter what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter be in the right place. This is because the human mind does not read every letter。
剑桥大学的研究表明:单词中字母的顺序如何不重要,重要的是第一个和最后一个字母的位置。这是因为大脑在阅读时不会读到所有字母。
2、 'WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW'. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence。
(我看到的是一辆车还是一只猫)这是英语中唯一一句反过来念还是一样的句子。
3、 "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you"。
英语单词“Goodbye”来自于“God bye”,原意是“上帝与你同在”。
4、 The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog."uses every letter of the alphabet!
(这只敏捷的棕色狐狸跳过了一只懒狗)这句话用到了字母表中的所有字母!
5、"Go", is the shortest complete sentence in the English language。
“Go”是英语中最短的完整句子。
6、 The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl。
单词“onion”(洋葱)来自于拉丁词“unio”,意思是大珍珠。
7、 The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'。
单词“tips”(小费)实际上是“To Insure Prompt Service”(保障快捷的服务)的首字母缩写!
8、The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb。
词组“rule of thumb”(经验法则),是从一条古老的英国法律中来的,即:不能用超过大拇指粗细的东西打老婆。
9、 The longest word in the English language !
英语中最长的单词是“”(硅酸盐沉着病)!
10、 More people in China speak English than in the United States。
会说英语的中国人比会说英语的美国人还多。
11、The word "listen" contains the same letters as"silent"。
单词“listen”(听)和“silent”(安静的)用到了一样的字母。
12、Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering。
胡佛真空吸尘器在英国曾经非常流行,到现在很多人还把“vacuuming”(吸尘)说成“hoovering”(胡佛ing…)。
13、 Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards。
“Stressed”(压力)倒过来拼就是“Desserts”(点心)。
14、The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and'Q' is the least used!
英语中使用最多的字母是“E”,用得最少的是“Q”。
15、 Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", whichcontains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!