英美常见汇对比.doc

- A -? American British account bill/account adhesive tape sticking plaster aisle gangway AM radio Medium wave antenna aerial (radio/TV) apartment/unit flat apartment hotel service flats apartment house block of flats awaken someone (to) knock up - B - American British baby bed/crib cot/crib baby carriage/baby buggy pram (perambulator) back-up lights reversing lights balcony (theater) gallery band-aid elastoplast/plaster barrette hairslide baseboard skirting board bathe (v.) bath bathrobe dressing gown bathtub bath bell pepper green pepper biscuit scone-like thing (no equivalent) bill bank note billfold wallet (mens) billion=thousand million billion=million million blacktop (asphalt) tarmac bobbie pin hair grip/kirby grip bomb (disaster) bomb (success) booth (telephone) kiosk (telephone/cigarette) brass knuckles knuckle duster broil grill buffet sideboard bureau chest of drawers business suit lounge suite - C - American British call/phone ring up/phone call collect reverse charges can tin candy sweets/chocolate candy store sweet shop/confectioner caravan (procession) convoy carnival fair (fun) change purse/small wallet (womens) purse charged (goods bought) check (restaurant) checkers check room cheese cloth chicory chips (potato) cigarette city/municipal government closet closet (hanging clothes) clothes pin collar button collar stay comforter concert master conductor (train) connect (telephone) cookie corn starch cotton batting/absorbing cotton cotton candy cracker crazy bone cream of wheat cross-walk cuffs (pants) custom made put down/entered bill draughts cloakroom butter muslin/cheese cloth endive crisps fag corporation cupboard wardrobe clothes peg collar stud collar stiffener eiderdown leader guard put through biscuit (sweet) corn flour cotton wool candy floss biscuit (unsweetened) funny bone semolina pelican crossing turn-ups (trousers) bespoke/made to measure －Ｄ－ AmericanBritish? davenport/sofa dead-end deck (c