24個(gè)“逗比”英語詞匯，笑不停

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

雞蛋和茄子沒什么血緣關(guān)系;蘋果和鳳梨的長(zhǎng)相差距很大。

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

英式松餅的家鄉(xiāng)不是英國(guó);炸土豆條的發(fā)源地也不是法國(guó)。

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

蜜餞(sweetmeats)不是肉，是甜的;雜碎(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。

流沙其實(shí)流得很慢;拳擊臺(tái)是方形的;實(shí)驗(yàn)用的小豚鼠的老家不是幾內(nèi)亞，長(zhǎng)相和豬屬于兩種型。

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

素食主義者吃蔬菜，人道主義者吃人(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，可后面跟著chance就都變成“機(jī)會(huì)渺茫”了;聰明人(wise man)改一個(gè)詞，就淪落為自作聰明的人(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是近義詞，但oversee監(jiān)視，overlook意思怎么就是忽視呢;A lot和a few是反義詞，但與quite連用，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。

星星出來了，我們能看到它們;燈滅了，我們就什么也看不見了。

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

給表上發(fā)條，表就開始走了;wind up一篇文章，哈哈，文章到此結(jié)束啦。