趣味英语:26个奇葩英文单词

agastopia

n. admiration1 of a particular part of someone’s body

名词，指尤其迷恋某人身体的某一部分。

bibble

v. to drink often; to eat and/or drink noisily

动词，经常喝酒；吃东西或喝东西时噪音很大。

cabotage

n. coastal2 navigation; the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders

名词，沿海贸易权；（尤指给外国运输工具的）在某个国家边境航空运输范围内的沿海贸易权，沿海航行权

doodle sack

n. old English word for bagpipe3

名词，风笛的古英语写法。

erinaceous

adj. of, pertaining4 to, or resembling a hedgehog

形容词，猬的，似猬的，多髦毛的

Although she won’t know what it means, never, ever tell your date Erin that she is “looking quite erinaceous this evening.”

尽管她不会知道是什么意思，但永永远远都不要告诉你的女朋友Erin “她今晚打扮的像个刺猬一样。”

firman

n. in Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate5 issued by the sovereign

名词，在土耳其和一些其它东方国家，由最高统治者（君主）所发出的法令或命令。

gabelle

n. a tax on salt

名词，盐税

halfpace

n. a platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight

名词，站台或楼梯间内楼梯可以精准的转向相反方向更低一层楼梯。

impignorate

v. to pawn6 or mortgage something

动词，典当、抵押某物。

jentacular

adj. pertaining to breakfast

形容词，关于早餐的，附属于早餐的。

kakorrhaphiophobia

n. fear of failure

名词，失败恐惧症。

This is the last word that someone with kakorrhaphiophobia would want to encounter in a spelling bee.

在拼字比赛中“失败恐惧症”是人们最不愿看到的单词。

lamprophony

n. loudness and clarity of enunciation7

名词，声音的响亮和清晰。

macrosmatic

adj. having a good sense of smell

形容词，嗅觉发达的。

nudiustertian

n. the day before yesterday

名词，前天。

oxter

n. outdated8 word meaning “armpit”

名词，过时的词，指“腋下”。

pauciloquent

adj. uttering few words; brief in speech

形容词，微言大义的、说的很少；简短的演讲。

quire

n. two dozen sheets of paper

名词，两打纸张。

ratoon

n. small shoot growing from the root of a plant

名词，（农作物，尤其指甘蔗的）截根苗。

salopettes

n. high-waisted skiing pants with shoulder straps9

名词，高腰带吊裤带的高腰裤。

tittynope

n. a small quantity of something left over

名词，某物剩下的少量部分。

ulotrichous

adj. having wooly10 or crispy hair

形容词，adj. 鬈发人种的，鬈发的

valetudinarian11

n. a sickly or weak person, especially one who is constantly and morbidly12 concerned with his or her health

名词，体弱多病的人，为健康过份担忧的人。

winklepicker

n. style of shoe or boot in the 1950s with a sharp and long pointed13 toe

名词，流行于19世纪50年代的尖头皮鞋或尖头皮靴。

xertz

v. to gulp14 down quickly and greedily

动词，狼吞虎咽地吃。

yarborough

n. hand of cards containing no card above a nine

名词，没有超过九点的一手牌。

zoanthropy

n. delusion15 of a person who believes himself changed into an animal

名词，变兽妄想。

词汇解析表:

1 admiration

n. 钦佩，赞美，羡慕

参考例句：

He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。 We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。 2 coastal

adj. 海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。

This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

3 bagpipe

n. 风笛

参考例句：

The bagpipe is a sweet musical instrument.风笛是一种听起来很悦耳的乐器。

A wailful bagpipe played out in the night.夜幕中传来悲哭般的风笛声。

4 pertaining

与…有关系的，附属…的，为…固有的(to)

参考例句：

Living conditions are vastly different from those pertaining in their country of origin. 生活条件与他们祖国大不相同。

The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school. 视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。

5 mandate

n. 托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。 The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

6 pawn

n. 典当，抵押，小人物，走卒；v. 典当，抵押

参考例句：

He is contemplating pawning his watch.他正在考虑抵押他的手表。

It looks as though he is being used as a political pawn by the President.看起来他似乎被总统当作了政治卒子。

7 enunciation

n. 清晰的发音；表明，宣言；口齿

参考例句：

He is always willing to enunciate his opinions on the subject of politics. 他总是愿意对政治问题发表意见。> enunciation / I9nQnsI5eIFn; I9nQnsI`eFEn/ n [C, U]。 来自辞典例句

Be good at communicating,sense of responsibility,the work is careful,the enunciation is clear. 善于沟通，责任心强，工作细致，口齿清晰。 来自互联网

8 outdated

adj. 旧式的，落伍的，过时的；v. 使过时

参考例句：

That list of addresses is outdated,many have changed.那个通讯录已经没用了，许多地址已经改了。

Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。

9 straps

n. 带子( strap的名词复数 )；挎带；肩带；背带v. 用皮带捆扎( strap的第三人称单数 )；用皮带抽打；包扎；给…打绷带

参考例句：

the shoulder straps of her dress 她连衣裙上的肩带

The straps can be adjusted to suit the wearer. 这些背带可进行调整以适合使用者。 10 wooly

adj. 毛茸茸的；糊涂的

参考例句：

I like the feel of this cloth and it has a warm wooly feel.我喜欢这块布的手感, 它摸上去毛茸茸的很暖和。

He wore a brown t-shirt with jeans and a pair of shoes,with a wooly hat covering his hair. 小贝身穿一件棕色t 恤，搭配牛仔裤和皮鞋，头戴一顶盖住头发的羊毛帽子。 11 valetudinarian

n. 病人；健康不佳者

参考例句：

She affected to be spunky about her ailments and afflictions,but she was in fact an utterly self-centered valetudinarian.她装做对自己的失调和苦恼若无其事, 但是实际上她是为自己的健康状况非常发愁的人。

The valetudinarian alternated two hours of work with one hour of rest.那个体弱多病的人每工作两小时就要歇一小时。

12 morbidly

adv. 病态地

参考例句：

As a result, the mice became morbidly obese and diabetic. 结果，老鼠呈现为病态肥胖和糖尿病。 来自互联网

He was morbidly fascinated by dead bodies. 他对尸体着魔到近乎病态的程度。 来自互联网

13 pointed

adj. 尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。

She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

14 gulp

vt. 吞咽，大口地吸（气）；vi. 哽住；n. 吞咽

参考例句：

She took down the tablets in one gulp.她把那些药片一口吞了下去。

Don't gulp your food,chew it before you swallow it.吃东西不要狼吞虎咽，要嚼碎了再咽下去。

15 delusion

n. 谬见，欺骗，幻觉，迷惑

参考例句：

He is under the delusion that he is Napoleon.他患了妄想症，认为自己是拿破仑。 I was under the delusion that he intended to marry me.我误认为他要娶我。

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