Thumbnail Image

50 English words you probably have never heard of or thought existed. 你可能从未听说过或认为不存在的 50 个英语单词

Leslie S

1.     Agog – Very eager or curious to see something

2.     Axiomatic – self-evident or unquestionable

3.     Borborygmi – Rumbling noise made by gas movement through     intestines

4.     Bumfuzzle – To confuse or fluster

5.     Cacophony – A harsh discordant mixture of sounds

6.     Cattywampus – Askew or awry

7.     Collywobbles – A feeling of anxiety or upset stomach

8.     Defenestration – The act of throwing someone out of a window

9.     Discombobulate – To confuse or disconcert

10.     Doodle sack – A word for a bagpipe, Scottish musical instrument

11.     Erf – Piece of land in a city or town (South African English)

12.     Flibbertigibbet – A frivolous, flighty or excessively talkative         person

13.     Gardyloo – A warning shouted before throwing wastewater     from above

14.     Garrulous - Talkative

15.     Gobbledygook – Language that is meaningless or hard to understand

16.     Hullabaloo – A commotion of fuss made about something

17.     Impignorated – To have pawned or mortgaged something of value

18.     Insouciant – Carefree and nonchalant

19.     Jiggery- pokery – Deceitful or dishonest behaviour

20.     Kerfuffle – A commotion or fuss

21.     Limerence – The state of being infatuated with another person

22.     Liminal – Occupying a position of both sides of a boundary

23.     Lollygag – To dawdle or be slow

24.     Malarkey – Nonsense

25.      Mumpsimus – A stubborn person who keeps making a known mistake

26.     Nudiustertian – Relating to the day before yesterday

27.      Oxter – An armpit (Scottish /Irish English)

28.     Pandiculation – The act of stretching and yawning

29.     Petrichor – Pleasant smell of rain on dry soil after long drought

30.     Pettifogger – A lawyer who handles petty cases, often disreputably

31.      Quandary – A state of uncertainty or indecision

32.      Quincunx – Arrangement of five items

33.      Quire – Two dozen sheets of paper

34.      Ratoon – A small shoot growing from the root of a plant (sugar cane)

35.      Sialoquent – Spitting while speaking

36.      Skedaddle – To run away quickly

37.      Snollygoster – A shrewd, unprincipled person (specially in politics)

38.      Tintinnabulation – Ringing or tinkling sound

39.      Tittynope – A small quantity of something left over (a few grains of rice)

40.      Ulotrichous – Having woolly or tightly curled hair

41.      Ultracrepidarian – A person who speaks on things they don’t understand

42.      Vigesimal – Relating to the number twenty

43.      Wamble – Stomach rumbling or feeling of nausea

44.      Widdershins – Counterclockwise or in the wrong direction

45.      Xanthosis – yellowish discoloration of the skin

46.      Yclept – Named or called (archaic)

47.      Xertz – To gulp down something quickly and greedily

48.     Zenzizenzizenzic – The eighth power of a number (absolute math term)

49.      Zugzwang – A situation in chess where every possible move is a bad one

50.      Zymurgy – Study of fermentation of beer

專欄文章僅為講師個人觀點,不代表 Cafetalk 立場。

課程

Prepare, Perform, Prevail

30 分鐘
5,500

回應 (0)

登入之後,添加評論 登入 »

來自:

住在:

授課種類

講師會的語言

英語   母語程度
阿非利堪斯語   母語程度
中文   日常會話程度
馬來語   日常會話程度
泰語   日常會話程度

Leslie S 講師的人氣專欄

« 講師專欄首頁
線上客服諮詢