不知道各位Voicetuber有沒有發現,
很多單字其實都不長,
但多了個e,我們很容易就會不小心誤解那些字的意思!
因此小編今天整理了十組相似的單字想分享給大家,
之後看到它們就不會再混淆囉!
Breath
[brɛθ] (n.) 呼吸; 氣息
e.g. In a breath, the classroom was empty.
轉眼之間,教室就空無一人了。
Breathe
[brið] (v.) 呼吸
e.g. I hid in the room trying to breathe.
我躲在房間裡想喘口氣。
Blond
[blɑnd] (adj.)(n.) 金色的; 留著金髮的女性及男性(主要指男性)
e.g. Her hair was blonder (adj. 比較級) than it had been last month.
她頭髮比上個月更金了
e.g. The man dancing alone is a blond (n.) .
那個獨自跳舞的人是個金髮男子。
Blonde
[blɑnd] (n.) 留著金髮的女性
e.g. That skinny lady is a blonde.
那個纖瘦的人是位留著金髮的小姐。
***補充***
Brunet [bruˋnɛt] 及Brunette [bruˋnɛt] 代表黑褐色的髮色,跟blond/ blonde一樣是從法文延伸的單字,解釋方法一樣唷!
Heroin
[ˋhɛro͵ɪn] (n.) 海洛英
e.g. It was the first time she did heroin.
這是她第一次吸食海洛英。
Heroine
[ˋhɛro͵ɪn] (n.) 女英雄
e.g. She became the heroine of the country after the war.
她在戰爭後成為了國家的英雄。
Suit
[sut](n.)(v.) (一套)衣服; 適合
e.g. The tie goes pretty well with your suit.
這領帶和你的西裝滿配的!
e.g. I’m not sure whether this place will suit me.
我不確定這地方是不是適合我。
Suite
[swit] (n.) 套房
e.g. He has reserved a luxury suite.
他訂了一間豪華的套房。
Cloth
[klɔθ] (n.)布料 (clothes=衣服)
e.g. We cut the cloth with scissors.
我們用剪刀裁這塊布。
Clothe
[kloð] (v.) 給…穿衣
e.g. Tim has to work very hard to feed and clothe his family.
Tim必須非常努力工作以供他全家的吃穿。
Bath
[bæθ] (n.) 浴缸; 澡盆
e.g. I’m going to take a bath.
我要去洗澡了。
Bathe
[beð] (v.) 把…浸入; 替…洗澡
e.g. The park is bathed in the sunlight.
公園裡陽光普照。
Fiancé
[fiənˋse] (n.) 未婚夫
e.g. My fiancé is the most handsome man in the world.
我的未婚夫是這世界上最帥的男人
Fiancée
[fiˋɑnse] (n.) 未婚妻
e.g. I bought the ring for my fiancée two years ago.
我兩年前買了這只戒指給我的未婚妻。
Final
[ˈfaɪnəl] (adj.) 最後的
e.g. The chairman had the final say.
董事長說了算數。
Finale
[fəˋnɑlɪ] (n.) 結局
e.g. One of my favorite characters died in the mid-season finale of The Walking Dead.
我喜歡的其中一個角色在陰屍路的季中結局死掉了。
Human
[ˋhjumən] (n.)(adj.) 人類; 人的
e.g. It’s only human nature to want to start a family.
想要生小孩只不過是人類的天性而已。
Humane
[hjuˋmen] (adj.) 有人情味的; 人道的
e.g. We live in a caring and humane society.
我們居住在一個充滿關懷及人情味的社會。
Strip
[strɪp] (v.)(n.) 脫光; 奪去; 條, 帶
e.g. The boys stripped(v.) off their clothes and jumped into the lake.
男孩子們脫掉了衣服跳進湖裡。
e.g. The main course is served with strips(n.) of fresh vegetables.
主餐搭配條狀的新鮮蔬菜
Stripe
[straɪp] (n.) 條紋
e.g. Each red petal had a stripe of yellow.
每一片紅色的花瓣上都有一條黃色的條紋。
這十組單字大家記住了嗎?
學英文不求快但求細水長流,
每天看一點會進步的!
加油!我們下次見囉:D
作者: Lily Chou
Source: Blond vs. Blonde 、-e字尾變化詞
Picture Source: David Goehring, CC Licensed, Horia Varlan, CC Licensed.