美式英語英式英語常用單詞對照表

2024年2月15日發(作者：edxp)

美式英語英式英語常用單詞對照表

美式英語英式英語常用單詞對照表

American English美British English英式英語

式英語

a bit (少量)

about (到處)

abroad (在國外)

add sign (加號)

aeroplane(飛機)

aim (目標;目的)

all in one go (突然)

all-round (全面的;多方面的)

air hostess(空中小姐)

American Indian(美國印第安人)

angry(生氣的)

a little

around

overas

addition sign

airplane

goal

all at once

all-around

afterwards (后來;然后)

afterward

airline hostess

Native American

amongst (在……中間)

among

mad

anticlockwi(逆時針的) counterclockwi

any more (不再;再也不)

anymore

anywhere(無論何處)

anyplace

apart from (除……之外)

besides

apartment hou(公寓大apartment building

樓)

at university (在大學學習)

autumn(秋天)

axe(斧頭)

backwards (向后)

backwards

forwards (來回地)

的)

bandage(繃帶)

bank note(鈔票)

barman(酒吧招待)

beauty parlour(美容院)

beckon (示意)

be made up of (由……組成)

bank note (紙幣)

bill (賬單)

in college〔school〕

fall

ax

backward

and

back and forth

grumpy

gauze

bill

bartender

beauty shop〔beauty

salon〕

signal

be made of

bill

check

bad-tempered (脾氣暴躁barber's shop(理發店)

barbershop

billiard room(臺球室)

billion(萬億)

bin (廢紙簍)

biscuit(餅干)

blackboard(黑板)

book(預訂)

bookshop(書店)

bottom drawer (嫁妝)

braces(吊帶;背帶)

brackets (括號)

break(課間休息;學校假期)

bricks (積木)

bridesmaid(伴娘)

bum (屁股)

byway (小路)

calendar (一覽表)

call box(公用電話亭)

call in to (順便逛)

poolroom〔pool hall〕

trillion

wastebasket

cookie〔cracker〕

chalkboard

rerve

bookstore

hope chest

suspenders

parenthes

recess

blocks

maid of honor

fanny

back road

catalogue

phone booth

go〔run〕 by

booking office(售票處)

ticket office

boots〔wellies〕 (雨靴) galoshes

cab rank(出租車停車處)

taxi stand

camp bed(行軍床)

camp fire (篝火;營火)

candy stick (甘蔗)

carat(克拉,寶石的重量單位)

caretaker〔porter〕 (門房;看門人)

carriage(車廂)

car park(停車場)

cashier(出納員)

content (目錄)

central rervation(安全島)

certainly(當然)

chairman (主席;會長;董事長等)

chartered

chat show(訪談節目)

cheap (廉價的)

cheeky (無恥的)

chemist(藥劑師)

cot

campfire

candy cane

karat

janitor

car

parking lot

teller

catalogue

median strip〔divider〕

sure

president

certified

talk show

inexpensive

nervy

druggist

public

accountant(注冊會計師)

accountant

chemist's shop(藥店)

cheque(支票)

Christian name(名字)

choosy(好挑剔的)

cinema(電影院)

clamber (攀登;爬)

drugstore〔pharmacy〕

check

given name

picky

movie

scramble

classified ad(分類廣告)

want ad

climbing-frame(攀緣架)

jungle gym

clingfilm (保鮮膜)

clothes-peg (晾衣用的衣夾)

cock(公雞)

coffin(棺材)

comic(漫畫書)

commercial traveller(旅行推銷員)

concertina (手風琴)

cooker (爐具)

co-operate (合作)

co-ordinate (協調)

plastic wrap

clothespin

rooster

casket

comic book

traveling salesman

accordion

stove

cooperate

coordinate

code number (電話區號)

area number

copper〔bobby〕 (警察)

cop

cosy(舒適的)

cot(嬰兒床)

county town(縣城)

crisps(炸薯片)

cross (生氣的)

crossroad(十字路口)

cul-de-sac(死胡同)

cupboard(碗柜)

current account(活期存款賬戶)

cozy

crib

county at

chips

angry

interction〔junction〕

dead-end

clot

checking account

curriculum vitae〔c.v.〕

resume

(簡歷;履歷)

curtains(窗簾)

cutting(剪報)

expensive (昂貴的)

deposit account(儲蓄存款賬戶)

despatch (派遣;發送)

dialling code(區號)

dialling tone(撥號音)

drapes

clipping

dear

savings account

dispatch

area code

dial tone

dinner jacket(小禮服)

disc(圓盤;唱片)

dish(碟)

distance

diversion(繞路)

division(區)

drainpipe (排水管)

drapery(紡織品)

draught (散裝啤酒)

draughts (國際跳棋)

drawing pin (圖釘)

driving-licence(駕駛執照)

dual carriageway(雙行道)

圾箱)

dust cart(垃圾車)

dustman(清潔工)

tuxedo

disk

plate

dishonour (丟臉;不光彩) disgrace

learning correspondence

cour

detour

district

downspout

dry goods

draft

checkers

pushpin

driver's licen

divided highway

cancour (函授課程)

draper's shop(紡織品店)

dry-goods store

dustbin〔rubbish bin〕(垃garbage

garbage truck

garbage

〔ashcan,trash can〕

collector

〔sanitation worker〕

dyke (排水溝)

dynamo (發電機)

ear ache (耳痛)

earth wire(地線)

elastic band(松緊帶;橡皮筋)

engine(發動機)

escalator(電梯)

estate agent(房地產經紀人)

estate car(旅行轎車)

everywhere(到處)

exclamation mark(感嘆號)

exhaust pipe(排氣管)

exhaust silencer (消音器)

express

post(特快專遞)

dike

generator

earache

ground wire

rubber band

motor

moving stairca〔moving stairway〕

realtor

station wagon

everyplace

exclamation point

tailpipe

muffler

delivery

special delivery mail

ex-rviceman(退伍老veteran

兵)

extra time (加班時間)

overtime

facecloth〔face-flannel〕washcloth

(洗臉毛巾)

fall ill (生病)

fall over (跌倒)

Father Christmas(圣誕老人)

fete (匯演;慶祝活動)

film(電影)

film star(電影明星)

find (發現)

fire brigade(消防隊)

firework(煙火)

firstly (首先)

first floor(第二層)

fishmonger's(魚店)

flask(暖瓶)

flat(公寓)

flat battery (廢電池)

flat-out(以最高速)

get sick

fall down

Santa Claus

festival

movie

movie star

discover

fire department

firecracker

first

cond floor

fish store

thermos

apartment

dead battery

all-out

flashlight (攝影閃光燈)

flashbulb

flex(電線)

flick knife(彈簧刀)

electric wire

switchblade knife

flick through (瀏覽;快速leaf through

翻動)

flight ticket (飛機票)

flipper(鰭)

flyover(立交橋)

football(足球)

footpath〔pavement〕(人行道)

forename(名)

for ever (永遠)

fork-lift (鏟車;叉車)

plane ticket

fin

overpass

soccer

sidewalk

given name

forever

forklift

fog lamp (汽車的霧燈)

fog light

French window(落地長French doors

窗)

fridge(電冰箱)

fridge-freezer(電冰箱)

fringe(劉海)

frontier (邊境;邊界)

refrigerator〔icebox〕

refrigerator-freezer

bangs

border

friendly society(互助會) fraternal society

fruit machine(吃角子老slot machine

虎)

full stop(句號)

fun fair(游樂園)

funnel(煙窗)

further education(成人教育)

gangway (過道;狹長通道)

gaol(監獄)

gaolbird(囚犯)

gaoler(監獄看守)

period

amument park

smokestack

adult education

aisle

jail

jailbird

jailer

funeral parlour(殯儀館)

funeral home

garage〔petrol〕 station

gas station

(加油站)

garden party(游園會)

gearbox(變速箱)

gearing(傳動裝置)

gear lever (變速桿)

lawn party

transmission

leverage

gear lift

along with

gents〔gent's〕(男廁)

men's room

get on with someone(相get

處融洽)

get the sack (被解雇)

someone

be dismisd〔fired〕

girl guide(女童軍)

glass(眼鏡)

glowworm(螢火蟲)

goods lift(公務電梯)

goods train(貨運車)

goo pimples(雞皮疙瘩)

go-slow(減速)

graduate(大學畢業生)

gramophone(留聲機)

greaproof paper(蠟紙)

grey(灰色的)

grocer's(雜貨店)

ground floor(第一層)

groundnut(花生)

conductor(售票員)

guildhall(市政廳)

gundog(獵犬)

gym shoe(運動鞋)

hand lens (放大鏡)

girl scout

eyeglass

lightning bug

freight elevator

freight train

goo bumps

slowdown

alumnus

phonograph

wax paper

gray

grocery store

first floor

peanut

guard

city hall

bird dog

sneaker

magnifying glass

gumboots(橡膠高筒靴)

rubbers

hairdresr (理發師)

half-time (中場休息)

hair stylist

halftime

half-way (中途;半路上)

halfway

hallo〔hullo〕 (喂;嘿;哎)

hello

hall of residence(學校公寓)

handbag(手提包)

dormitory

pur〔pocketbook〕

take a turn〔give

something a try〕

sleep in

go to bed early

headlight

main street

rental car

homey

vacation

assignment

hang about (無聊地空等)

wait around

have a go (嘗試)

have a lie-in (睡懶覺)

have an early night (早早就寢)

headlamp (車前燈)

high street(大街;主要街道)

hire car (租用汽車)

homelike(親切的)

holiday(假期)

homework(家庭作業)

holidaymaker(度假者)

vacationer

homoxual (同性戀者)

fag

hood (車頂;引擎罩)

hooter (汽笛)

hotchpotch (大雜燴)

ice lolly(冰棍)

ill〔unwell〕(有病的)

infrared (紅外線的)

inland revenue(國內稅收)

interval(幕間休息;時間間隔)

invigilate(監考)

jam(果醬)

joint-stock company(股份公司)

journalist(新聞記者)

jug(大水罐)

roof

horn〔siren〕

hodgepodge

popsicle

sick

infra-red

industrial estate(工業區)

industrial park

in future (今后;從今以后)

in the future

internal revenue

inquiry agent(私人偵探)

private detective

intermission

inverted commas(引號)

quotation marks

proctor

jelly

jery〔jumper〕(運動衫)

sweater

stock company

newsman

pitcher

jump a red light (闖紅燈)

run a red light

jump the queue (插隊)

cut in line

junction(十字路口)

keen (渴望的)

kerb(路邊石)

kennel (狗窩)

kiosk(報刊亭)

kitchen paper (紙巾)

knockout (淘汰賽)

label (標簽)

lace (鞋帶)

ladies(女廁)

lastly (最后)

interction

avid〔eager〕

curb

doghou

newsstand

paper towel

practice ssion

tag

shoelace

ladies' room

last

last but one(倒數第二)

next to last

leader〔leading〕

editorial

article(社論)

left-luggage office(行李baggage room〔check

房)

leisure centre (體育活動中心)

leisure park (游樂場)

let(出租;租賃)

letter box(信箱)

room〕

sports complex

amument park

lea〔rent〕

mail slot

life belt(安全帶)

life saver(救生員)

lift(電梯)

lightning

conductor(避雷針)

limited

公司)

litterbin(廢物箱)

little finger(小指)

lodging hou(公寓)

loft (閣樓)

lollipop(棒棒糖)

longsighted(遠視的)

loo(廁所)

look after (照料;照顧)

life prerver

lifeguard

elevator

lightning rod

liability

company(有限責任corporation

litterbag

pinkie

rooming hou

attic

lolly〔sucker〕

farsighted

john

take care of

lodging (寄住宿舍)

rented room

look in on (順便拜drop by

訪)

look-out (崗哨)

lookout

look over (檢查;查看)

look at

lorry(載重卡車)

truck

lost property office lost and

(失物招領處)

department

lots of (許多)

a lot of

lounge suit(西裝)

business suit

luggage(行李)

baggage

luggage van(行李車)

baggage car

mackintosh〔mac〕(雨衣)

raincoat

mad(瘋狂的)

crazy

main road(公路;干線)

highway

maize(玉米)

(Indian) corn

make-up (化妝;補考)

makeup

marching orders(逐walking papers

found

客令;免職通知)

mark (防守;盯住)

mark (分數)

guard

point

marriage lines(結婚marriage certificate

證書)

marrow (西葫蘆)

mash(土豆泥)

match(比賽)

maths(數學)

matron (護士長)

mean(卑鄙的)

meat pie(肉餡餅)

mend (修理)

miaow(貓叫)

milliard(十億)

mind (密切注意;戒備)

miss a go (錯過一次機會)

miss out (忽略;不包括)

squash

mashed potatoes

game

math

nior nur

stingy

potpie

fix

meow

billion

watch〔watch out for〕

lo〔miss〕 a turn

leave out

megaphone(擴音器)

bullhorn

monkey nut (花生)

peanut

motion-picture(電影)

motorcar(汽車)

motorway(高速公路)

movie

automobile〔auto〕

thruway〔expressway,freeway,superhighway〕

moustache (八字胡)

mustache

mouth organ(口琴)

harmonica

mudguard(擋泥板)

fender

musical box (八音盒)

multiple shop(連鎖店)

mum(媽媽)

napkin〔nappy〕(尿布)

music box

chain store

mom〔ma〕

nail varnish(指甲油)

nail polish

diaper

nasty(下流的;骯臟mean

的)

national rvice (兵役)

military rvice

near by (在附近)

newsagent〔bookstall〕(書攤)

nearby

newsstand

news cutting (新聞news clipping

剪輯)

nib(筆尖)

nightdress〔nightie〕(女睡衣)

normal (普通的;正常的)

note(賬單;票據)

note pad(便簽簿)

notice board(布告牌)

nought(零)

pen point

nightgown

non-stop (直達的)

nonstop

standard

bill

scratchpad

bulletin board

zero

nowadays〔the

today

days〕 (現在)

nowhere(無處)

number plate(車號牌)

noplace

licen plate

nursing home(療養private hospital

院)

office block (辦公大樓)

outdoor toilet(戶外廁所)

outhou(外屋,指車庫、谷倉等)

overtake(超車)

office building

off-licen(白酒店)

liquor store

outhou

outbuilding

pass

packet(小包;盒子)

pack

pale ale(淺色汽水)

light ale

pancake-roll(蛋卷)

egg roll

panda car(巡邏警車)

pants(短褲)

paddy wagon

shorts

paper carrier (紙袋) paper bag

paper handkerchief

tissue

(紙巾)

parcel(包裹)

passage〔passageway〕(通hall〔hallway〕

道)

package

past (過……)

after

paycheck〔pay

pay packet(工資袋)

envelope〕

pedestrian

crossing(人行橫道)

crosswalk

pedlar(流動小販)

peddler

pen-friend(筆友)

pen pal

peep(窺視;偷看)

peek

penknife (小折刀)

pocketknife

per cent (百分比)

percent

petrol(汽油) gas〔gasoline〕

petrol station(加油gas〔filling,rvice站)

station

pickaxe(鎬)

pick

pictures(電影)

movies

pig(豬)

hog

plait(辮子)

braid

playsuit(運動裝)

jump suit

plough(犁)

plow

post(郵遞;郵件)

mail

postal code〔postcode〕(郵政編zip code

〕

碼)

postal van(郵車)

postbox(郵箱)

postgraduate(研究生)

postman(郵遞員)

potato crisps(土豆片)

power point (電源插座)

mail car

mailbox

graduate

mailman〔mail carrier〕

potato chips

outlet〔socket〕

power station(電廠;power plant

發電站)

prefect(班長)

prently(不久)

monitor

soon

prenter (主持人)

host

primary school(小grade school

學)

pub(酒館)

public

convenience(公共廁所)

bar

public toilet〔comfort

station〕

public school(公立private school

學校)

pur〔wallet〕 (錢夾)

put through (接通電話)

pyjamas(睡衣)

quay (碼頭)

queue(行;列;排)

billfold

connect

pajamas

dock

line

quite〔rather,very〕

pretty

(很;相當;非常)

racecour(賽馬場) racetrack

railway(鐵道)

railway engine(火車頭)

railway station(火車站)

rapids(急流)

rear〔bring up〕 (養育)

rear-view mirror (后視鏡)

railroad

locomotive

train station

white water

rai

rearview mirror

reckon (假定;認為)

figure

record player(電唱機)

recreation

ground(操場)

redcap(憲兵)

phonograph

playground

military policeman

restaurant car(餐車) dining car〔diner〕

return trip(來回程)

round trip

reversing light (倒車燈)

revi (復習)

ring road(環行路)

back-up light

review

beltway

ring off (掛斷電話)

hang up

rocking chair(搖椅) rocker

roundabout (旋轉木merry-go-round馬)

rubber(橡皮)

rubbish(垃圾)

rucksack (背包)

rugby(橄欖球)

sack(解雇)

〔caroul〕

erar

trash

backpack

football

fire

run riot (撒野;鬧事)

run wild

safety belt (安全帶)

at belt

saloon(轎車)

salutation(致意)

sarnie(三明治)

a (海洋)

ason-ticket

holder(上班族)

dan

greeting

sandwich

ocean

ason ticket(月票) commuter ticket

commuter

condary〔middle〕

high school

school(中學)

esaw(秋千)

teeter-totter

t square (三角板) triangle

shareholder(股民)

stockholder

share out (分發)

shares(股份)

shivery (顫抖的)

shoelace(鞋帶)

shop(商店)

shop assistant(店員)

shopping centre(大型購物中心)

distribute

stock

shivering

shoestring

store

salesclerk〔store clerk〕

shopkeeper(店主)

storekeeper

shopping mall

shopwalker(商店巡視員)

shortsighted(近視的)

sick(惡心的)

single ticket(單程票)

singlet(汗衫)

sitting room(起居室)

sledge(雪橇)

sleeper(枕木)

smack (掌擊;摑)

floor walker

nearsighted

nauous

one-way ticket

undershirt

front room

skipping rope(跳繩)

jump rope

sled

railroad tie

slap

smart (穿著講究的)

well-dresd

somewhere(某處)

someplace

sort (種類)

speciality (專業;特長)

staff (大學的全體教員)

kind

specialty

faculty

standard lamp(落地floor lamp

燈)

stave (五線譜)

storey (樓層)

streetlight(街燈)

staff

story

streetlamp

subeditor(助理編輯;copy editor

文字編輯)

subway(地下道)

sum (算術題)

supply teacher(代課老師)

sweet(糖果)

sweetshop(糖果煙雜店)

swop (交換)

take up (吸收)

tap(龍頭)

tax-free(免稅的)

tell off (責罵)

telly(電視)

term (學期)

underpass

math problem

substitute teacher

desrt

candy store

swap

absorb

faucet

tax-exempt

scold

television〔television

t,TV〕

mester

tea-towel(擦碟干布) dishtowel

tidy (整齊的)

timber(木料)

timetable(時間表)

tin(罐頭)

titbit (趣聞;軼聞)

toffee〔toffy〕(太妃糖)

torch(手電筒)

town hall(市政廳)

traffic island(交通島)

neat

lumber

schedule

can

tidbit

taffy

tights(女用連褲襪)

pantyho

toll road(收費公路)

turnpike

flashlight

city hall

trade union(工會)

labor union

safety island

traffic light(紅綠燈)

stoplight

tram〔tramcar〕(有streetcar〔trolley〕

軌電車)

trours(褲子;長褲) pants〔slacks〕

truncheon (警棍)

nightstick

long-distance

trunk call(長途電話)

telephone call

tube(地鐵)

subway

tyre(輪胎)

tire

underground(地鐵)

subway

underpants(內衣褲) shorts

upside-down (上下顛倒的)

vest(背心;馬甲)

wages clerk (在職職員)

wander about (閑逛;游蕩)

washbasin(臉盆)

washing line (晾衣繩)

washing

(洗衣粉)

upside down

veranda(陽臺;走廊)

porch

undershirt

payroll clerk

waggle (來回搖動)

wiggle

wander around

warder (監獄看守)

guard

sink

clothesline

powder

laundry detergent

entrance

exit

pee

hooker

way in (入口)

way out (出口)

wee (撒尿)

whore(娼妓)

wild flower (野花)

wildflower

windscreen(風擋;擋風玻璃)

wing (擋泥板)

windshield

window sill (窗臺)

windowsill

fender

wireless(無線電;收radio

音機)

witness-box(證人席)

work

出)

works(工廠)

yoghurt (酸奶)

zebra crossing (人行道)

zip(拉鎖;拉鏈)

zoo-keeper (動物管理員)

factory〔plant〕

yogurt

crosswalk

zipper

zookeeper

witness stand

out

something (計算;算figure something out