英式英语及美式英语对照表.doc

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英式英语和美式英语对照表. Definition UK Word USA Word 11th June 1998 11/06/98 06/11/98 the dot at the end of a sentence full stop period unit of paper currency note bill mathematics maths math the season after summer autumn fall day when offices are closed bank holiday legal holiday small pointed thing used to pin papers onto walls drawing pin thumb tack mark made when something is correct or selected tick check the name of the final letter of the alphabet zed zee angry pissed off pissed Definition UK Word USA Word third piece of a male's suit that goes between the jacket and the shirt waist coat vest what women wear over their legs tights (panty) hose what men wear over their legs trousers pants a type of soft shoe used in sports or for casual wear trainers, plimsolls sneakers strap to hold up a man's trousers / pants braces suspenders item to hold up stockings suspenders garters item of clothing worn in house at night dressing gown bathrobe a thin cloth from Arabia muslin cheesecloth large bag carried by females hand bag purse container carried by females for money purse pocket book what you put in a baby's mouth dummy pacifier what you put around a baby's bottom nappy diaper Definition UK Word USA Word the area next to a street where pedestrians walk pavement sidewalk place to cross a street on foot pedestrian crossing crosswalk place from where goods are bought shop store place from where medicines are bought chemist drug store payment in a restaurant bill check place where alcoholic drinks are bought off licence liquor store shop / store selling metal goods and tools ironmonger hardware store the business part of a city town centre downtown law enforcement officer copper cop what there was before email post mail code used when sorting mail / post postcode zip code telephone call where the person called pays reverse charge collect call free telephone call paid by company free phone toll free company on the WWW .co.uk .com Definition UK Word USA Word four wheeled private vehicle car automobile front of a car / automobile bonnet hood rear compartment of a car / automobile boot trunk metal plate with number on a vehicle number plate license plate long piece of metal used for radio reception aerial antenna metal tool for tightening nuts and bolts spanner wrench glass in front of a car windscreen windshield metal over the wheel to keep mud off mud guard (wing) fender multi-lane road for cars motorway freeway road passing over another flyover overpass heavy goods vehicle lorry truck fuel for vehicles petrol gasoline place to buy fuel petrol station gas station area to stop off a major road lay-by pull-off metal container in street for unwanted items skip dumpster ticket for one journey single one way ticket for two journeys: out and back return round trip type of transport run on metal rails railway railroad a beam supporting railway / railroad tracks sleeper tie Definition UK Word USA Word what you eat with milk, tea or coffee biscuit cookie what you put on bread jam jelly a gelatinous dessert jelly jell-O crunchy thin-sliced fried potatoes crisps chips fried stick-shaped potatoes chips french fries a large vessel for juice or water jug pitcher sweet things given to children to rot their teeth sweets candy rolled up cake with jam / jelly in the middle Swiss roll jelly roll a sugary liquid like honey treacle molasses flavoured ice on a stick lolly popsicle soft long green vegetable marrow squash meat passed through a device that breaks it up into little pieces mince ground meat cereal made from oats, sugar and milk porridge oatmeal Swiss cereal made from oats muesli granola fluffy sweet item for children candy floss cotton candy Definition UK Word USA Word arthropod with six legs insect bug red insect / bug with black spots ladybird ladybug dwelling in a large building flat apartment device for obtaining water tap faucet container for household waste rubbish bin trash can portable battery-operated light source torch flashlight the floor of a building that is level with the ground ground floor first floor the floor of a building that is one level above the ground first floor second floor device for carrying people between floors of a building lift elevator place where films / movies can be seen cinema movie theater a type of house connected to one other semi-detached house duplex Definition UK Word USA Word a self contained section of television programme show game played on chess board draughts checkers contest between two teams match game game played by two teams with bats and balls cricket baseball player who throws a ball at another player holding a bat bowler pitcher bar on a pivot for children see-saw teeter-totter simple game of O and X noughts and crosses tic tac toe a collection of playing cards pack deck a portable telephone mobile cellular, cell a group of people waiting for their turn queue line the dates of the Second World War 1939 - 1945 1941 - 1945 One Word Two Meanings Word UK Usage USA Usage Asian person of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi origin person of Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Philippino origin ass a donkey human posterior bathroom a room containing a bath or shower a room containing a toilet bill amount to pay for a service a piece of paper currency bomb success disaster buns sticky cake human posterior bum human posterior unemployed, down-and-out Caucasian Person from the Caucus republics: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan white person chips What Americans call "French fries" What the British call "crisps" fag cigarette male homosexual fanny external female sex organs human posterior football soccer gridiron hamper picnic basket full of food basket for dirty clothes homely pleasant ugly Indian person from the Indian sub-continent indigenous American jelly gelatinous dessert fruit preserve knickers worn under trousers or dress by women trousers that end between the knee and ankle mad not sane angry mean stingy aggressive momentarily for a short while soon pants worn under trousers worn over underwear pissed drunk angry presently soon now public school fee-paying school state school queen the head of state male homosexual rubber implement to erase pencil marks male contraceptive semi semi-detatched house tractor-trailer smart well dressed clever spunk slang for male sexual emission full of "get up and go" suspenders hold up stockings hold up trousers / pants tea drink served hot with milk drink served cold with lemon thong casual footwear item female underwear tramp unemployed, down-and-out derogatory term for a female of "easy virtue" vest a garment worn under a shirt the third part of a three piece suit worn between the shirt and jacket wash up wash dishes after a meal wash face and hands

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