你不知道的英語秘密
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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輸入全部字母的最長的英文單詞，"lollipop"(棒棒糖)是右手中最長的。
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。
"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。
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. 是能夠用齊英語中的全部26個字母的句子。
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.
英語中僅有四個單詞是以 "dous" 結尾的：tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous。
there are two words in the english language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
英語中僅有兩個單詞里面包含的元音字母是按順序寫出的："abstemious" 和 "facetious"。
typewriter is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
typewriter 是僅用鍵盤的一行就可以輸入的最長的單詞。
maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
maine(緬因州)是美國唯一一個只有一個音節的州。
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念堂圖案上列出了所有50個州的名字。
a dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
一角硬幣邊緣共有118個齒紋。
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.
鯊魚是唯一可以雙眼眨眼的魚。
a snail can sleep for three years.
蝸牛一次睡眠可以長達三年。
an ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
鴕鳥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.
嬰兒出生時沒有膝蓋骨，到2至6歲時才長出來。
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有滿月的一個月。
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年里沒有新動物再被馴化過。
if the population of china walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
如果讓所有的中國人按8個一排并肩從你身邊經過，你將永遠不會看到盡頭，因為他們的生長率會使人數連綿不絕。
if you are an average american, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
如果你是個普通美國人，你一生中將有6個月時間是在等待紅燈中度過的。
leonardo da vinci invented the scissors.
達芬奇發明了剪刀。
al capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
黑社會大亨阿爾卡邦(al capone)名片上寫的是舊家具商。
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，國會大樓上飄揚的旗是美國國旗。
peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
花生是的成分之一。
rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
橡膠帶冷卻時會更耐用。
the cruise liner, qe2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
伊麗莎白2號游船消耗一加侖柴油才能前進6英寸。
a "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
"jiffy"(瞬間)是一個的確被使用的時間單位，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。
the average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
一般人在打字時左手會承擔56%的工作量。
winston churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
丘吉爾出生在一個舞會的女廁所里。
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是同樣大小的，而鼻子卻從出生開始就不斷長大。
women blink nearly twice as much as men.
女人眨眼是男人的兩倍。
now you know everything!
現在你全知道了!