趣味英语：26个奇葩英文单词

agastopia

n. admiration1 of a particular part of someone’s body

名词，指尤其迷恋某人身体的某一部分。

bibble

v. to drink often; to eat and/or drink noisily

动词，经常喝酒；吃东西或喝东西时噪音很大。

cabotage

n. coastal2 navigation; the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within

its borders

名词，沿海贸易权；（尤指给外国运 输工具的）在某个国家边境航空运输范围内的沿

海贸易权，沿海航行权

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doodle sack

n. old English word for bagpipe3

名词，风笛的古英语写法。

erinaceous

adj. of, pertaining4 to, or resembling a hedgehog

形容词，猬的，似猬的，多髦毛的

Although she won’t know what it means, never, ever tell your date Erin that she is

“looking quite erinaceous this evening.”

尽管她不会知道是什么意思，但永永远远 都不要告诉你的女朋友

Erin

“她今晚打扮的

像个刺猬一样。”

firman

n. in Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate5 issued by the

sovereign

名词，在 土耳其和一些其它东方国家，由最高统治者（君主）所发出的法令或命令。

gabelle

n. a tax on salt

名词，盐税

halfpace

n. a platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction

of the lower flight

名词，站台或楼梯间内楼梯可以精准的转向相反方向更低一 层楼梯。

impignorate

v. to pawn6 or mortgage something

动词，典当、抵押某物。

jentacular

adj. pertaining to breakfast

形容词，关于早餐的，附属于早餐的。

kakorrhaphiophobia

n. fear of failure

名词，失败恐惧症。

This is the last word that someone with kakorrhaphiophobia would want to

encounter in a spelling bee.

在拼字比赛中“失败恐惧症”是人们最不愿看到的单词。

lamprophony

n. loudness and clarity of enunciation7

名词，声音的响亮和清晰。

macrosmatic

adj. having a good sense of smell

形容词，嗅觉发达的。

nudiustertian

n. the day before yesterday

名词，前天。

oxter

n. outdated8 word

meaning “armpit”

名词，过时的词，指“腋下”。

pauciloquent

adj. uttering few words; brief in speech

形容词，微言大义的、说的很少；简短的演讲。

quire

n. two dozen sheets of paper

名词，两打纸张。

ratoon

n. small shoot growing from the root of a plant

名词，（农作物，尤其指甘蔗的）截根苗。

salopettes

n. high-waisted skiing pants with shoulder straps9

名词，高腰带吊裤带的高腰裤。

tittynope

n. a small quantity of something left over

名词，某物剩下的少量部分。

ulotrichous

adj. having wooly10 or crispy hair

形容词，

a dj.

鬈发人种的，鬈发的

valetudinarian11

n. a sickly or weak person, especially one who is constantly and morbidly12

concerned with his or her health

名词，体弱多病的人，为健康过份担忧的人。

winklepicker

n. style of shoe or boot in the 1950s with a sharp and long pointed13 toe

名词，流行于

19

世纪

50

年代的尖头皮鞋或尖头 皮靴。

xertz

v. to gulp14 down quickly and greedily

动词，狼吞虎咽地吃。

yarborough

n. hand of cards containing no card above a nine

名词，没有超过九点的一手牌。

zoanthropy

n. delusion15 of a person who believes himself changed into an animal