趣味英语知识15则：出现频率最高的字母是“E”……
英语中我们常说的分别语“Goodbye”，你知道它的由来是什么吗？英语单词“tips”小费，你知道它的本意是什么吗？还有英语中最长的单词，你知道是什么吗？来看下这些有趣的英语知识！
1、英语单词“Goodbye”来自于“God bye”，原意是“上帝与你同在”。
“Goodbye” came from “God bye” which came from “God be with you.”
2、“tips”小费实际上是“To Insure Prompt Service”（保障快捷的服务）的首字母缩写！
The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for ‘To Insure Prompt Service’.
3、“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis” [医]硅酸盐沉着病；矽肺病；这是英文中最长的单词。
The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis!
4、“WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW”（我看到的是一辆车还是一只猫）这是英语中唯一一句反过来念还是一样的句子。
WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it’ll give the same sentence.
5、单词“listen”（听）和“silent”（安静的）用到了一样的字母。
The word “listen” contains the same letters as “silent.”
6、“The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.”（这只敏捷的棕色狐狸跳过了一只懒狗）这句话用到了字母表中的所有字母！
The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.”uses every letter of the alphabet!
7、“Go”是英语中最短的完整句子。
‘Go’, is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
8、单词“onion”（洋葱）来自于拉丁词“unio”，意思是大珍珠。
The onion is named after the Latin word ‘unio’ meaning large pearl.
9、词组“rule of thumb”（经验法则），是从一条古老的英国法律中来的，即：不能用超过大拇指粗细的东西打老婆。
The phrase ‘rule of thumb’ is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
10、会说英语的中国人比会说英语的美国人还多。
More people in China speak English than in the United States.
11、胡佛真空吸尘器在英国曾经非常流行，到现在很多人还把“vacuuming”（吸尘）说成“hoovering”。
Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
12、“Stressed”（压力）倒过来拼就是 “Desserts”（点心）。
Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
13、作家厄尔尼斯特·文森特·莱特曾经写过一篇5万字的小说《葛士比》，里面没有一个字母“E”！
Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, “Gadsby”, which contains over 50,000 words — none of them with the letter E!
14、剑桥大学的研究表明：单词中字母的顺序为何不重要，重要的是第一个和最后一个字母的位置。这是因为大脑在阅读时不会读到所有字母。
Aoccdrnig to a research procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter.
15、英语中使用最多的字母是“E”，用得最少的是“Q”。
The most used letter in the English alphabet is ‘E’, and ‘Q’ is the least used!
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