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同一个单词在英式英语和美式英语中往往有不同的拼法，例如：labour/labor, enthrall/enthral, or centre/center。 还有许多时候，同一件事物在英式和美式英语中可以有不同的词语来描述。请看下面英式英语与美式英语的对比。 British English/American English accommodation / accommodations action replay / instant replay aerofoil / airfoil aeroplane / airplane agony aunt / advice columnist Allen key / Allen wrench aluminium / aluminum aniseed / anise anticlockwise / counterclockwise articulated lorry / tractor-trailer asymmetric bars / uneven bars aubergine / eggplant baking tray / cookie sheet bank holiday / legal holiday beetroot / beet(s) bill / check biscuit / cookie; cracker black economy / underground economy blanket bath / sponge bath blind / (window) shade block of flats / apartment building boiler suit / coveralls bonnet (of a car) / hood boob tube / tube top boot (of a car) / trunk bottom drawer / hope chest bowls / lawn bowling braces / suspenders brawn (the food) / headcheese breakdown van / tow truck breeze block / cinder block bridging loan / bridge loan bumbag / fanny pack candyfloss / cotton candy car park / parking lot casualty / emergency room catapult / slingshot central reservation / median strip chemist / drugstore chips / French fries cinema / movie theater; the movies cling film / plastic wrap common seal / harbor seal consumer durables / durable goods cornflour / cornstarch cos (lettuce) / Romaine cot / crib cot death / crib death cotton bud / cotton swab cotton wool / absorbent cotton council estate / (housing) project courgette / zucchini court card / face card crash barrier / guardrail crisps / chips; potato chips crocodile clip / alligator clip cross-ply / bias-ply crotchet (music) / quarter note current account / checking account danger money / hazard pay demister (in a car) / defroster dialling tone / dial tone diamante / rhinestone double cream / heavy cream draughts (game) / checkers drawing pin / thumbtack dressing gown / robe; bathrobe drink-driving / drunk driving drinks cupboard / liquor cabinet drinks party / cocktail party driving licence / driver’s license dual carriageway / divided highway dummy (for a baby) / pacifier dust sheet / drop cloth dustbin / garbage can earth (electrical) / ground engaged (of a phone) / busy estate agent / real estate agent, realtor (trademark) estate car / station wagon ex-directory / unlisted faith school / parochial school financial year / fiscal year first floor / second floor fish finger / fish stick fitted carpet / wall-to-wall carpeting flannel / washcloth flat / apartment flexitime / flextime flick knife / switchblade flyover / overpass football / soccer footway / sidewalk fringe (hair) / bangs full board (in hotels) / American plan full stop (punctuation) / period garden / yard; lawn gearing (finance) / leverage gear lever / gearshift |
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