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Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Introduction of Words Some Interesting Facts Some Interesting Facts  There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger, Neither apple nor pine in pineapple ．  And while no one knows what is a hotdog, you can be pretty sure it isn‘t canine （犬类）．  English muffins(=hot muffns热松饼，美式早餐/英 式午茶糕点) were not invented in England ，Nor French-fries in France，(炸薯条); 再如：  French window  落地窗，  take French leave  不辞而别，  French grey  浅灰色  Sweetmeats(糖果) ；sweetbreads(甜面包）？  In English we find that quicksand can work slowly, Boxing rings(拳击赛台)are square ．  And why is that writers write, but fingers dont fing ， grocers dont groce, and hammers dont ham?  If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn‘t the plural of booth ， beeth? One goose ，two geese, So, one moose(驼鹿), two meese?(复数形式仍然是moose) ；One mouse, two mice; One louse(虱子), two lice; One house? two hice?  If teachers taught, why didnt preacher praught?(preached)  If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat  Why do people recite at a play, and play at a recital? Ship by truck or car and send cargo by ship?(动词与动词的功能 差异；为什么演话剧时人们要朗诵，而在独奏会上却要 演奏：polysemy)  Have noses that run and feet that smell?  Park on driveways and drive on parkways?  美国的房子周围有driveway(入户的车道) ：私人车 道；parkway大路，干道)  How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?  When a house burns up, it bums down.(方位稳喻)  You fill in a form by filling it out. (collocation)  And an alarm clock goes off by going on ．  You get in and out of a car, yet you get on and off a bus.  If there is a phrase of “gold bar”, then what does “gold brick” mean?  And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, But when 1 wind up this essay, I end it? （一词多义） Lexicology as a part of linguistics Lexicol