英語‧美語用法對照表

英式拼法	美式拼法	中文	英式拼法	美式拼法	中文
aeroplane	airplane	飛機	aluminium	aluminum	鋁
all the morning	all morning	整個上午	all the year round	all the year around	整年
anyhow	anyway	總之	apartment	room	房間
baby-watcher	baby sitter	褓姆	book	reserve	預訂
booking office	ticket office	售票處	bookstall	newsstand	書報攤
box room	store room	儲藏室	call box	public telephone booth	公共電話亭
Certainly!	Sure!	當然	charge- card	credit card	信用卡
cheque	check	支票	chips	French fries	炸薯條
cinema	movie	電影	cock	rooster	雄雞
draw (a tooth)	pull	拔牙	dressing- gown	bathrobe	浴袍
driving licence	driver's license	駕駛執照	drying line	clothes line	曬衣繩
duck's egg	goose egg	零分	dust- cart	garbage truck	垃圾車
dustroad	dirt road	未鋪設之道路	eggwhisk	eggbeater	打蛋器
electric fire	electric heater	電暖器	express delivery	special delivery	限時專送
fill up	fill out	填寫	fire guard	spark guard	森林火警守衛
first floor	second floor	二樓	ground floor	first floor	一樓
flat	apartment	公寓	fowl	poultry	家禽
(full) stop	period	句點	gum	glue	膠水
half a(n)	a half	半個 (小時)	half- yearly	semi- annual	每半年地
hall	lobby	大廳	hot ice	dry ice	乾冰
housebreaking	housewrecking	拆屋業	just there	right there	就在那裡
label	tag	標籤	lavatory paper	toilet tissue	衛生紙
licence	license	執照，許可證	lift	elevator	電梯
luggage	baggage	行李	luggage van	baggage car	行李車
milliard	billion	十億	mincer	grinder	絞碎器
Mothering Sunday	Mother's day	母親節	multiple shops	chain stores	連鎖店
nanny	nurse	褓姆看護婦	narrow bed	grave	墓
number is engaged	line is busy	電話占線	odd sizes	broken sizes	零碼
offence	offense	違反	offish	unfriendly	不友善的
overhead railway	elevated railroad	高架鐵路	overtake	pass	超車
pants	shorts	短褲	pavement	sidewalk	人行道
peep	peek	窺視	personal order	side order	小菜，添菜
petrol	gasoline	汽油	petrol station	gas station	加油站
pillar box	mail box	郵筒	plate	silverware	銀器
points	switch	(鐵路)轉轍器	post	mail	郵件
postman	mailman	郵差	powerpoint	outlet	插座
present	gift	禮物	president's wife	first lady	總統夫人
pricey	expensive	貴的	prize- days	graduation exercises	畢業典禮
programme	program	程序表	purchase tax	sales tax	貨物稅
ratepayer	taxpayer	納稅人	reach- me- down	ready made clothes	成衣
restaurant car	dining car	餐車	retractaton	retraction	取消
roundabout	merry- go- round	旋轉木馬	rowing boat	rowboat	小船
rowlock	oarlock	槳架	rubber	eraser	橡皮擦
running expenses	operating costs	經營成本	sack	fire	革職
sailing- boat	sailboat	帆船	sell up	sell out	賣光
sent down	expelled	開除，退學	shareholder	stockholder	股東
shieling	hut, cabin	小屋	shop	store	商店
shopkeeper	storekeeper	店主，老闆	side lamp	parking lamp	(車) 側燈
soft fruit	ripe fruit	成熟的水果	square	block	街區
stall	stand	攤子	stick	cane	杖
straight away	right away	立刻	straight on	straight ahead	前進
street lamp	street light	街燈	stroke	dash	一筆劃去
summer time	daylight saving time	夏令時間	sweets	candy	糖果
T- road	dead end street, blind street	死巷	take a seat	have a seat	就座
telephone box	telephone booth	公共電話亭	telephonist	telephone operator	電話接線生
tidy	clean, neat	整齊的	tin	can	罐
tin- opener	can opener	開罐器	to and fro	back and forth	前後地
to let	for rent	出租	torch	flashlight	手電筒
trade- union	labor union	工會	traveller	traveler	旅客
trousers	pants (pants 是 pantaloons 縮寫)	長褲	trunk call	long distance call	長途電話
tube (underground)	subway	地下鐵	turn out	come out	出現
turn over	turn upside down	翻轉	tyre	tire	輪胎
underdone	rare	半熟的	valueless	worthless	無價值的
van	truck	卡車	vest	undershirt	內衣
visiting card	calling card	拜帖	wage packet	pay envelope	薪水袋
wages sheet	pay roll	薪資帳冊	waistcoat	vest	背心
wash- hand basin	wash bowl	洗臉盆	way out	exit	出口
Whisky	Whiskey	威士忌	wholesale trader	wholesaler	批發商
windscreen	windshield	擋風玻璃	wings	fenders	擋泥板
crisps	chips	洋芋片	grey	gray	灰色
spelt	spelled	拼字 (過去式)	theatre	theater	戲院
mum	mom	媽	favourite	favorite	最愛的
puncture	flat	爆胎	chemist	drugstore	藥局
braces	suspenders	吊帶褲	hire car	rental car	租車
holiday	day off	休假	toilet	restroom	洗手間

參考書目：1. 英語‧美語對照手冊 A HANDBOOK OF BRITISH & AMERICAN ENGLISH / 旺文社