雅思词汇之24个有趣的单词

　English is a crazy language. 英语里有许多非常好玩的单词。它们的词意和表明上看起来的完全没有关系。都有哪些个怪词，让我们赶快来瞧一瞧。

　　There is no egg in eggplant (1)nor ham in hamburger(2); neither apple nor pine in pineapple(3).

　　鸡蛋和茄子没什么血缘关系;苹果和凤梨的长相差距很大。

　　English muffins(4) weren't invented in England or French fries(5) in France.

　　英式松饼的家乡不是英国;炸土豆条的发源地也不是法国。

　　Sweetmeats(6) are candies while sweetbreads(7), which aren't sweet, are meat.

　　蜜饯(sweetmeats)不是肉，是甜的;杂碎(sweetbreads)是肉，不是甜的。

　　We find that quicksand(8) can work slowly, boxing rings(9) are square and a guinea pig(10) is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

　　流沙其实流得很慢;拳击台是方形的;实验用的小豚鼠的老家不是几内亚，长相和猪属于两种型。

　　If a vegetarian(11) eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian(12) eat?

　　素食主义者吃蔬菜，人道主义者吃人(human)?

　　How can a slim chance(13) and a fat chance(14) be the same, while a wise man(15) and wise guy(16) are opposites?

　　胖瘦截然相反，可后面跟着chance就都变成“机会渺茫”了;聪明人(wise man)改一个词，就沦落为自作聪明的人(wise guy)。

　　How can overlook(17) and oversee(18) be opposites, while quite a lot(19) and quite a few(20) are alike?

　　Look和see是近义词，但oversee监视，overlook意思怎么就是忽视呢;A lot和a few是反义词，但与quite连用，怎么都表示很多的意思呢!

　　When the stars are out(21), they are visible, but when the lights are out(22), they are invisible.

　　星星出来了，我们能看到它们;灯灭了，我们就什么也看不见了。

　　When you wind up your watch(23), you start it, but when you wind up an essay(24), you end it?