哪些雅思詞匯在不同的國家容易有歧義
Pants
Be careful who you tell in the U.K. that you have to go pants shoppingacross the pond, pants means underwear. When youre talking about jeans and khakis, you should call them trousers.
在英國，如果你和人家說你要去買pants，那意思是你要買內褲。如果你要買的是牛仔褲或卡其褲，你應該用trousers這個詞。
Avoid Using In: The U.K., Ireland
避免使用的國家：英國、愛爾蘭
Fanny
Own a fanny pack? In most other English-speaking countries, theyre called bum bags because fanny is slang for a part of the female anatomy . So dont tell someone to stop being lazy and get off their fanny, either!
你有fanny pack嗎?在大多數英語國家，腰包更多地被稱作bum bags，因為fanny是對女性私處的俚語說法。所以也千萬不要對別人說：別懶了，抬起fanny干活吧!
Avoid Using In: The U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa
避免使用的國家：英國、愛爾蘭、澳大利亞、新西蘭、南非
Pissed
In America, we may get pissed off when were angry, but the Brits and Irish who are pissed are extremely intoxicated. Taking the piss, however, means to make fun of, not to get drunk.
在美國，我們生氣時會說get pissed off，但是英國人和愛爾蘭人如果說pissed，意思是爛醉如泥。不過taking the piss意思是取笑，而不是喝醉。
Avoid Using In: The U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand
避免使用的國家：英國、愛爾蘭、澳大利亞、新西蘭
Bangs
Prepare for weird looks if youre bragging about your new bangs in England. A forehead-covering haircut over there is referred to as a fringe instead. Overseas, bangs is more commonly used as the somewhat vulgar slang that it is interchangeable with in America.
如果你在英國炫耀自己的新bangs，恐怕不少人會向你投去怪怪的眼神。在那里劉海 被叫做fringe而不是bangs。在美國以外的地方，bangs是一種粗俗的俚語說法。
Avoid Using In: Anywhere outside of North America
避免使用的國家：北美以外的任何國家
Knob
Americans hear the word knob and think doorknob or lever. It has a much dirtier meaning in other countries, like Australia and the U.K., where its an insult or slang for a part of the male anatomy. Now youll know to be offended if someone calls you a knob head.
美國人聽到knob這個詞想到的是門把手。但是在澳大利亞和英國等其他國家，knob的意思要黃得多。在那里國家，knob指的是男子生殖器的一部分。現在你知道別人叫你knob head 你應該是什么反應了吧。
Avoid Using In: The U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa
避免使用的國家：英國、愛爾蘭、澳大利亞、新西蘭、南非
Root
Americans may root around looking for a lost object, but Australians and New Zealanders use the term to refer to having sex.
美國人用root around來指尋找失物，但澳大利亞人和新西蘭人用這個詞組指代發生性關系。
Avoid Using In: Australia, New Zealand
避免使用的國家：澳大利亞、新西蘭
Pull
If someone pulled last night in the U.K., theyre probably not talking about pulling a muscle or drawing something apart. Its commonly used as slang for successfully picking up someone while out on the town. Likewise, going on the pull means that someone is going out with the express goal of getting some action.
如果在英國某人昨晚pulled，他們很可能不是在說肌肉拉傷或是把什么東西拉開，而是指外出時成功釣到某人。同樣，going on the pull 意思是某人為了獵艷而出動。
Avoid Using In: The U.K., Ireland
避免使用的國家：英國、愛爾蘭
Bugger
If you affectionately call your child or pet little bugger, you might want to reconsider doing so in pretty much any other English-speaking country. In most other places, from Canada to Australia, it is commonly used as an expletive similar to the f-word.
在美國，如果你親切地叫你的孩子或寵物little bugger，到其他講英語的國家可千萬別這么說。在大多數其他英語國家，如加拿大和澳大利亞，bugger都是罵人的話，相當于fuck。
Avoid Using In: Most places outside of America
避免使用的國家：美國以外的其他國家
Pants
Be careful who you tell in the U.K. that you have to go pants shoppingacross the pond, pants means underwear. When youre talking about jeans and khakis, you should call them trousers.
在英國，如果你和人家說你要去買pants，那意思是你要買內褲。如果你要買的是牛仔褲或卡其褲，你應該用trousers這個詞。
Avoid Using In: The U.K., Ireland
避免使用的國家：英國、愛爾蘭
Fanny
Own a fanny pack? In most other English-speaking countries, theyre called bum bags because fanny is slang for a part of the female anatomy . So dont tell someone to stop being lazy and get off their fanny, either!
你有fanny pack嗎?在大多數英語國家，腰包更多地被稱作bum bags，因為fanny是對女性私處的俚語說法。所以也千萬不要對別人說：別懶了，抬起fanny干活吧!
Avoid Using In: The U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa
避免使用的國家：英國、愛爾蘭、澳大利亞、新西蘭、南非
Pissed
In America, we may get pissed off when were angry, but the Brits and Irish who are pissed are extremely intoxicated. Taking the piss, however, means to make fun of, not to get drunk.
在美國，我們生氣時會說get pissed off，但是英國人和愛爾蘭人如果說pissed，意思是爛醉如泥。不過taking the piss意思是取笑，而不是喝醉。
Avoid Using In: The U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand
避免使用的國家：英國、愛爾蘭、澳大利亞、新西蘭
Bangs
Prepare for weird looks if youre bragging about your new bangs in England. A forehead-covering haircut over there is referred to as a fringe instead. Overseas, bangs is more commonly used as the somewhat vulgar slang that it is interchangeable with in America.
如果你在英國炫耀自己的新bangs，恐怕不少人會向你投去怪怪的眼神。在那里劉海 被叫做fringe而不是bangs。在美國以外的地方，bangs是一種粗俗的俚語說法。
Avoid Using In: Anywhere outside of North America
避免使用的國家：北美以外的任何國家
Knob
Americans hear the word knob and think doorknob or lever. It has a much dirtier meaning in other countries, like Australia and the U.K., where its an insult or slang for a part of the male anatomy. Now youll know to be offended if someone calls you a knob head.
美國人聽到knob這個詞想到的是門把手。但是在澳大利亞和英國等其他國家，knob的意思要黃得多。在那里國家，knob指的是男子生殖器的一部分。現在你知道別人叫你knob head 你應該是什么反應了吧。
Avoid Using In: The U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa
避免使用的國家：英國、愛爾蘭、澳大利亞、新西蘭、南非
Root
Americans may root around looking for a lost object, but Australians and New Zealanders use the term to refer to having sex.
美國人用root around來指尋找失物，但澳大利亞人和新西蘭人用這個詞組指代發生性關系。
Avoid Using In: Australia, New Zealand
避免使用的國家：澳大利亞、新西蘭
Pull
If someone pulled last night in the U.K., theyre probably not talking about pulling a muscle or drawing something apart. Its commonly used as slang for successfully picking up someone while out on the town. Likewise, going on the pull means that someone is going out with the express goal of getting some action.
如果在英國某人昨晚pulled，他們很可能不是在說肌肉拉傷或是把什么東西拉開，而是指外出時成功釣到某人。同樣，going on the pull 意思是某人為了獵艷而出動。
Avoid Using In: The U.K., Ireland
避免使用的國家：英國、愛爾蘭
Bugger
If you affectionately call your child or pet little bugger, you might want to reconsider doing so in pretty much any other English-speaking country. In most other places, from Canada to Australia, it is commonly used as an expletive similar to the f-word.
在美國，如果你親切地叫你的孩子或寵物little bugger，到其他講英語的國家可千萬別這么說。在大多數其他英語國家，如加拿大和澳大利亞，bugger都是罵人的話，相當于fuck。
Avoid Using In: Most places outside of America
避免使用的國家：美國以外的其他國家
