British English | American English |
queue | line |
racing car | race car |
railway | railroad |
real tennis | court tennis |
recorded delivery | certified mail |
registration plate | license plate |
remould (tyre) | retread |
reverse the charges | call collect |
reversing lights | back-up lights |
right-angled triangle | right triangle |
ring road | beltway |
room only | European plan |
roundabout (at a fair) | carousel |
roundabout (in road) | traffic circle |
rowing boat | rowboat |
sailing boat | sailboat |
saloon (car) | sedan |
sandpit | sandbox |
sandwich cake | layer cake |
sanitary towel | sanitary napkin |
self-raising flour | self-rising flour |
semibreve (music) | whole note |
semitone (music) | half step |
share option | stock option |
shopping trolley | shopping cart |
show house/home | model home |
silencer (on a car) | muffler |
silverside | rump roast |
skeleton in the cupboard | skeleton in the closet |
skimmed milk | skim milk |
skipping rope | jump rope |
skirting board | baseboard |
sledge | sled |
sleeper | railroad tie |
sleeping partner | silent partner |
slowcoach | slowpoke |
snakes and ladders | chutes and ladders |
solicitor | lawyer |
soya/soya bean | soy/soybean |
splashback | backsplash |
spring onion | green onion |
stag night | bachelor party |
Stanley knife | utility knife |
starter | appetizer |
state school | public school |
storm in a teacup | tempest in a teapot |
surtitle | supertitle |
swede | rutabaga |
sweet(s) | candy |
takeaway (food) | takeout; to go |
taxi rank | taxi stand |
tea towel | dish towel |
terrace house | row house |
tick | check mark |
ticket tout | scalper |
tights | pantyhose |
timber | lumber |
titbit | tidbit |
toffee apple | candy apple |
touch wood | knock on wood |
trade union | labor union |
trading estate | industrial park |
trainers | sneakers |
tram | streetcar; cable car |
transport cafe | truck stop |
trolley | shopping cart |
twelve-bore | twelve-gauge |
unalike | unlike |
underground | subway |
vacuum flask | thermos bottle |
verge (of a road) | shoulder |
vest | undershirt |
veterinary surgeon | veterinarian |
wagon (on a train) | car |
waistcoat | vest |
walking frame | walker |
wardrobe | closet |
water ice | Italian ice |
weatherboard | clapboard |
white coffee | coffee with cream |
white spirit | mineral spirits |
wholemeal bread | wholewheat bread |
windcheater | windbreaker |
windscreen | windshield |
wing (of a car) | fender |
worktop | countertop |
Yale lock | cylinder lock |
zebra crossing | crosswalk |
zed (letter Z) | zee |
zip | zipper |
(来源:沪江英语,编辑 Helen)