文档介绍：该【tingo的意思英语听写杂志 】是由【海洋里徜徉知识】上传分享，文档一共【5】页，该文档可以免费在线阅读，需要了解更多关于【tingo的意思英语听写杂志 】的内容，可以使用淘豆网的站内搜索功能，选择自己适合的文档，以下文字是截取该文章内的部分文字，如需要获得完整电子版，请下载此文档到您的设备，方便您编辑和打印。“tingo”的意思—,“tingo”,andwascuriousaboutthetitleofthebook. AsIsoonfoundout,evenifyouarenotanativespeaker,thengoingtoyourdictionaryandlookinguptheword“tingo”,youprobablywon’tfindtheword“tingo”thereatall,andnotleastbecauseofthefactthat“tingo”isnotanEnglishword.“Tingo”,itseems,isoneofverymanywordswhichcannotbetranslatedintoEnglish–oratleastoneofthosewordswhichareverydifficulttotryandtranslateintoEnglish,orevenintoyourownnativelanguage. ThebookTheMeaningofTingoisakindofdictionary,,nottosayveryunusual,meanings. Englishisalanguagethathasalwaysbeenomnivorous,,croissantfromFrenchtodescribeaparticularkindofsweetbreadroll,orcatastrophefromGreektodescribeaparticularlybadevent,. However,itisinterestingtolookatwordsthatevenagreedylanguagesuchasEnglishhasnot(atleastyet)madeitsown. Japanese,forexample,icbook,buttheEnglishhavenotyetadoptedtheusefulexpressionkataharaitai-,itseems,havemanysuchusefulwords–anotheroneforexample,isbakku-shan-?Nowyoucan. AswellasJapanese,”–,forexample,isamaniaforcleaningwhileBackpfeifengesichtapparentlydescribesthekindoffacethatpeoplewanttohit. JacotdeBoinod’sbookisnotonlyamusing,but,heclaims,,then,thatinGermanytherearealotofpeoplewhohavefaceswhichotherpeoplewanttopunch?OrthatJapanhasmorethanitsshareofofbakku-shan?Thereadermaynotatfirstbeconvincedbythis,butwhenyoureadthatHawaiianshave108wordsforsweetpotato,sand47forbanana(simplybecauseinHawaiithereareindeed108differentkindsofsweetpotato,sand47differenttypesofbanana),–andindeedtheAlbanianlanguagecontains27differentwordsfor“moustache”-madh,forexample,isabushymoustache,--“walkinginwindyweatherforfun”,?Justthinkaboutthesound–theyareskimmingstonesonwater. :akoshatnikinRussianisadealerinstolencats,whileSpanishspeakersincentralAmericaoftenhavetoworkwithanaviador-agovernmentemployeewhoonlyshowsuponpayday. So,whatexactlydoes“tingo”meanthen?Well,tofindthatout,you’,notreally!It”sfromthePascuenselanguageofEasterIsland,meaning“toborrowobjectsfromafriend”shouse,onebyone,untilthere”snothingleft“. ,theetymology,,,onereviewernotedthatdeBoinodwritesthattheword“papa”isusedtomean“father”in70%,butthenthereveiwerpointsoutthatseeingastherearemorethan6000langaugesintheworld(afactwhichdeBoinodincludes),thismeansthathemusthavelookedataround4,200languages–whenhesaysthathelookedatonly270dictionaries!