这些英文不看你一定会混淆-短语篇
<p> <span word="bank">bank</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span> 不是银行节，是公共假期</p><p> 有一次我看电视剧，里面两位男士边走边谈，一位提到明天是<span word="bank">bank</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span>，中文字幕赫然出现明天是银行节。在英国国定假日叫<span word="bank">bank</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span>，也许银行与英国人关系太密切了，是生活中不可或缺的，所以国定假日银行不开门，就称之为<span word="bank">bank</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span>.</p><p> <span word="bookmaker">bookmaker</span> 不一定是图书业者，有可能是接受赌注的庄家</p><p> <span word="coming">coming</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="age">age</span> 不是时代来临，而是成年</p><p> <span word="crows">crows</span> <span word="feet">feet</span> 不是乌鸦脚，而是鱼尾纹</p><p> <span word="drawing">drawing</span> <span word="room">room</span> 不是画室，而是客厅</p><p> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="room">room</span> 就是客厅，在英国又称之为<span word="sitting">sitting</span> <span word="room">room</span>，主要是普罗阶层的说法。豪门贵族的客厅则称之为<span word="drawing">drawing</span> <span word="room">room</span>，但这里和画画没关系。从前贵族客厅乃男士高谈阔</p><p> 论的地方，女性和小孩通常都会回避。所以<span word="drawing">drawing</span> <span word="room">room</span>其实是<span word="withdrawing">withdrawing</span> <span word="room">room</span>的简称。</p><p> <span word="flat">flat</span>-<span word="footed">footed</span> 不是扁平足，有可能是手足无措</p><p> 扁平足引文叫做<span word="flatfoot">flatfoot</span>。扁平足的人脚弓<span word="instep">instep</span> <span word="arch">arch</span>直接触地，不利于行，因此<span word="flat">flat</span>-<span word="footed">footed</span> 常用来指笨手笨脚，手足失措。如：</p><p> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="drought">drought</span> <span word="caught">caught</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="flat">flat</span>-<span word="footed">footed</span>.</p><p> <span word="fourth">fourth</span> <span word="estate">estate</span> 不是第四笔地产，是指记者或资讯界</p>
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