美式英语与英式英语常用单词对照表(不含音标)

a little a bit (少量)

around about (到处)

overseas abroad (在国外)

addition sign add sign (加号)

airplane aeroplane(飞机)

goal aim (目标;目的)

all at once all in one go (突然)

all-around all-round (全面的;多方面的) afterward afterwards (后来;然后)

airline hostess air hostess(空中小姐)

Native American American Indian(美国印第安人) among amongst (在……中间)

mad angry(生气的) counterclockwise anticlockwise(逆时针的) anymore any more (不再;再也不) anyplace anywhere(无论何处)

besides apart from (除……之外) apartment building apartment house(公寓大楼)

in college〔school〕at university (在大学学习)

fall autumn(秋天)

ax axe(斧头)

backward backwards (向后)

back and forth backwards and forwards (来回地) grumpy bad-tempered (脾气暴躁的) gauze bandage(绷带)

bill bank note(钞票)

barbershop barber's shop(理发店) bartender barman(酒吧招待)

beauty shop〔beauty salon〕beauty parlour(美容院)

signal beckon (示意)

be made of be made up of (由……组成)

bill bank note (纸币)

check bill (账单)

poolroom〔pool hall〕billiard room(台球室)

trillion billion(万亿)

wastebasket bin (废纸篓)

cookie〔cracker〕biscuit(饼干)

chalkboard blackboard(黑板)

reserve book(预订)

ticket office booking office(售票处) bookstore bookshop(书店)

galoshes boots〔wellies〕(雨靴)

hope chest bottom drawer (嫁妆) suspenders braces(吊带;背带)

parentheses brackets (括号)

recess break(课间休息;学校假期)

blocks bricks (积木)

maid of honor bridesmaid(伴娘)

fanny bum (屁股)

back road byway (小路)

taxi stand cab rank(出租车停车处) catalogue calendar (一览表)

phone booth call box(公用电话亭)

go〔run〕by call in to (顺便逛)

cot camp bed(行军床)

campfire camp fire (篝火;营火)

candy cane candy stick (甘蔗)

karat carat(克拉,宝石的重量单位) janitor caretaker〔porter〕(门房;看门人) car carriage(车厢)

parking lot car park(停车场)

teller cashier(出纳员)

catalogue content (目录)

median strip〔divider〕central reservation(安全岛)

sure certainly(当然)

president chairman (主席;会长;董事长等) certified public accountant chartered accountant(注册会计师) talk show chat show(访谈节目) inexpensive cheap (廉价的)

nervy cheeky (无耻的)

druggist chemist(药剂师)

drugstore〔pharmacy〕chemist's shop(药店)

check cheque(支票)

given name Christian name(名字)

picky choosy(好挑剔的)

movie cinema(电影院)

scramble clamber (攀登;爬)

want ad classified ad(分类广告)

jungle gym climbing-frame(攀缘架)

plastic wrap clingfilm (保鲜膜)

clothespin clothes-peg (晾衣用的衣夹) rooster cock(公鸡)

area number code number (电话区号)

casket coffin(棺材)

comic book comic(漫画书)

traveling salesman commercial traveller(旅行推销员) accordion concertina (手风琴)

stove cooker (炉具)