【容易读错的英文单词】英文单词拼读不规律,很多词按照字面写法去读很容易读错。比如receipt不读蕊细泼特,bombing不读棒冰,sword不读死我的,三文鱼salmon不读塞儿门,debt不读待补它,fasten不读法斯疼,island不读伊兹兰。问题就在于有些字母不发音。下面举几个常见的例子:
(有些是因为外来语而不发音,有些是因为在字母组合里所以不发音)
Silent B
limb, crumb, dumb, comb, bomb, thumb, climb, tomb, womb, debt, doubt, debtor, doubtful, subtle, subtleness, subpoena
Silent C
muscle, scissors, ascent, miscellaneous, fascinate, scenario, acquaintance, acknowledge, acquiesce, acquit, victual, Connecticut
Silent D
handkerchief, Wednesday, sandwich, handsome, pledge, dodge, grudge, hedge
Silent E
hope, drive, gave, write, site, grave, bite, hide
Silent G
champagne, foreign, sign, feign, foreign, design, align, cognac
Silent GH
thought, drought, through, thorough, borough, daughter, light, might, sigh, right, fight, weigh, weight
Silent H
what, when, where, whether, why, hour, honest, honor, heir
Silent K
knife, knee, know, knock, knowledge, knead
Silent L
calm, half, talk, walk, would, should, could, calf, salmon, yolk, chalk, folk, balm
Silent M
mnemonic
Silent N
Autumn, hymn, column, solemn
Silent O
colonel,
Silent P
corps, coup, cupboard, pneumonia, psalm, raspberry, receipt, coup, psychiatrist, pneumonia, pneumatic, psychotherapy, psychotic, psychologist, pseudonym, Pterodactyl
Silent S
island, isle, aisle, islet, debris, viscount
Silent T
castle, Christmas, fasten, listen, often, whistle, thistle, bustle, hasten, soften, rapport, gourmet, ballet, beret, Chevrolet, depot, wrestle, mortgage, apostle
Silent U
guess, guidance, guitar, guest, guild, guard
Silent W
wrap, write, wrong, wring, wreck, wrestle, wrap, wrist, who, whose, whom, whole, whoever, answer, sword, two
Silent X
faux
Silent Z
rendezvous