從A到Z 26個奇葩英文單詞 你認識幾個？

Have you ever worn winklepickers or salopettes? Is the saying about French women and their oxters true? Do your friends complain that you bibble too much? Have you ever experienced zoanthropy and been convinced you were an elephant?
你穿過尖頭皮鞋或高腰褲嗎？關于法國女人和她們的腋窩的說法是真的嗎？你的朋友有抱怨過你吃喝時聲音太大嗎？你有經歷過變獸妄想并認為自己是一頭大象嗎？

If you’re confused as to how to answer any – or all – of these questions, never fear! We’ve created this confusion, and we’re here to clear it up with this alphabetical list of 26 weird English words and their meanings.
如果你已經暈倒，表示不知道如何回答所有或部分上面的問題，請不要害怕！我們就是故意制造這些混亂的，而且我們已經準備好按英文字母順序排序的26個奇葩英文單詞為你答疑解惑。

1. agastopia

n. – admiration of a particular part of someone’s body
名詞——指尤其迷戀某人身體的某一部分。

2. bibble

v. – to drink often; to eat and/or drink noisily
動詞——經常喝酒；吃東西或喝東西時噪音很大。

3. cabotage

n. – coastal navigation; the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders
名詞——沿海貿易權；（尤指給外國運輸工具的）在某個國家邊境航空運輸范圍內的沿海貿易權，沿海航行權

4. doodle sack

n. – old English word for bagpipe
名詞——風笛的古英語寫法。

5. erinaceous

adj. – of, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehog
形容詞——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.”
盡管她不會知道是什么意思，但永永遠遠都不要告訴你的女朋友Erin“她今晚打扮的像個刺猬一樣。”

6. firman

n. – in Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate issued by the sovereign
名詞——在土耳其和一些其它東方國家，由最高統治者（君主）所發出的法令或命令。

7. gabelle

n. – a tax on salt
名詞——鹽稅

8. halfpace

n. – a platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight
名詞——站臺或樓梯間內樓梯可以精準的轉向相反方向更低一層樓梯。

9. impignorate

v. – to pawn or mortgage something
動詞——典當、抵押某物。

10. jentacular

adj. – pertaining to breakfast
形容詞——關于早餐的，附屬于早餐的。

11. kakorrhaphiophobia

n. – fear of failure
名詞——失敗恐懼癥。

This is the last word that someone with kakorrhaphiophobia would want to encounter in a spelling bee.
在拼字比賽中“失敗恐懼癥”是人們最不愿看到的單詞。

12. lamprophony

n. – loudness and clarity of enunciation
名詞——聲音的響亮和清晰。

13. macrosmatic

adj. – having a good sense of smell
形容詞——嗅覺發達的。

14. nudiustertian

n. – the day before yesterday
名詞——前天。

15. oxter

n. – outdated word meaning “armpit”
名詞——過時的詞，指“腋下”。

16. pauciloquent

adj. – uttering few words; brief in speech
形容詞——微言大義的、說的很少；簡短的演講。

17. quire

n. – two dozen sheets of paper
名詞——兩打紙張。

18. ratoon

n. – small shoot growing from the root of a plant
名詞——（農作物，尤其指甘蔗的）截根苗。

19. salopettes

n. – high-waisted skiing pants with shoulder straps
名詞——高腰帶吊褲帶的高腰褲。

20. tittynope

n. – a small quantity of something left over
名詞——某物剩下的少量部分。

21. ulotrichous

adj. – having wooly or crispy hair
形容詞——adj.鬈發人種的，鬈發的

22. valetudinarian

n. – a sickly or weak person, especially one who is constantly and morbidly concerned with his or her health
名詞——體弱多病的人，為健康過份擔憂的人。

23. winklepicker

n. – style of shoe or boot in the 1950s with a sharp and long pointed toe
名詞——流行于19世紀50年代的尖頭皮鞋或尖頭皮靴。

24. xertz

v. – to gulp down quickly and greedily
動詞——狼吞虎咽地吃。

25. yarborough

n. – hand of cards containing no card above a nine
名詞——沒有超過九點的一手牌。

26. zoanthropy

n. – delusion of a person who believes himself changed into an animal
名詞——變獸妄想。

（來源：滬江英語，編輯 Helen）