英式英语和美式英语的短语动词和习语
英式英语和美式英语中含义不同的短语动词和习语
- tick someone off – tell someone off – irritate someone
- 激怒某人-告诉某人-激怒某人
- knock up – get pregnant – wake someone up by knocking on their door
- 敲门–怀孕–敲门叫醒别人
- blow off – fart – blow someone off (similar to “stand someone up” in British English)
- 吹牛–放屁–吹牛（类似于英式英语中的“stand someone up”）
英式英语和美式英语中的动词短语是不同的
- take away – take out (food)
- put someone through – connect someone/ transfer someone’s call
- wash up/ do the dishes – do the dishes
- queue up – line up/ wait in line
- get on (well) with someone – get along with someone
- fill in a form – fill out a form
- pass away (meaning die) – pass
- clear your desk/ put your books away – clear off your desk
- pissed off – pissed (meaning annoyed)
- give over – give me a break
- come round – come over
- cock up – screw up
- knocked up – pregnant – woken up by banging on the door
- pull – pick up
- get off with – make out
- take the piss – screw around
- clued up – clued in
- rained off – rained out
英式英语和美式英语中的不同习语
- take something with a pinch of salt – take something with a grain of salt
- a new lease of life – a new lease on life
- blow your own trumpet – blow your own horn
- sweep something under the carpet – sweep something under the rug
- touch wood – knock on wood
- flogging a dead horse – beating a dead horse
- you can’t see the wood for the trees – you can’t see the forest for the trees
- a drop in the ocean – a drop in the bucket
- I wouldn’t touch it with a bargepole – I wouldn’t touch it with a ten-foot pole
英式英语和美式英语的品牌名称
不同的品牌名称在英国和美国英语
没有大写字母的名字不是品牌名，因此经常在英式英语和美式英语中使用
- Sellotape – Scotch Tape
- Biro – ballpoint pen
- jeans – Levi’s
- to photocopy – to Xerox
- tissue – Kleenex
- (sticky) plaster/ Elastoplast – Band Aid
- Hoover/ vacuum cleaner – vacuum cleaner
- coach – Greyhound bus/ highway bus
- ice lolly – Popsicle
- four wheel drive – Jeep
- permanent marker – Sharpie/ Magic Marker
- clingfilm – Saran Wrap
- Tippex – White Out/ Liquid Paper
- cotton buds – Q Tips
- laundrette – Laundromat
- jelly – Jell-O
- estate agent – real estate agent/ Realtor
- briefs – Jockey Shorts
- paracetamol – Tylenol
- bleach – Clorox
- food processor – Cuisinart
- Tannoy – PA/ public address system
- Dormobile/ campervan – RV/ recreational vehicle
- JCB – excavator
- Perspex – plexiglass
- Portakabin – portable building
- Brillo Pad – scouring pad
- skip – Dumpster
- cagoule/ kagoul – Windbreaker
- Stanley knife – utility knife
- Scalextric – slot cars
- Zimmer frame – walker
- fig rolls – Fig Newtons
- reclining chair – La-Z-Boy
- Airfix – (plastic) scale models
英式和美式电话用语
接近底部的单词是电话口述的，而不是实际的电话词汇。
- mobile (phone) (number) – cell(phone) (number)
- text – SMS
- engaged (tone) – busy (signal)
- put someone through – connect someone/ transfer someone’s call
- give some a ring/ give some a call – give someone a call
- reverse the charges – a collect call
- phone box – phone booth (= public phone)
- hash (key) – pound (key)
- freephone (number) – toll-free (number)
- directory enquiries – directory assistance
- oh – zero
- nine nine nine – nine one one (= emergency phone number)
- oh eight nine eight number – nine hundred number or one-nine hundred number (= premium rate phone number)
- zed – zee (= Z)
- postcode – zip code
- full stop – period
- brackets/ round brackets – parentheses
- square brackets – brackets
英美办公室和文具词汇
英式英语和美式英语中不同含义的办公室和文具词汇
- a rubber – an eraser – a condom
英式和美式英语中不同的办公室和文具词汇
- Sellotape – Scotch tape
- rubber/ eraser – eraser
- photocopier – copy machine
- to photocopy – to Xerox
- Biro – ballpoint pen
- noticeboard – bulletin board
- Tippex – Whiteout/ Liquid Paper
- diary – appointment book/ datebook
- automatic pencil – mechanical pencil
- whiteboard pen – dry erase marker
- permanent marker – Sharpie/ Magic Marker
- drawing pin – thumbtack
- set square – triangle
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