| 美式英文 | 英式英文 |
D | Dander | Temper/ anger |
Dandy | Good, excellent | |
Datebook | Pocket or desk diary, appointment book | |
| (not journal) | |
Davenport | Large sofa | |
Deacon’s beach | Wooden seat for two people | |
Deck | Pack of cards, floor | |
Deck shoes | Plimsolls with thick crepe soles | |
Derby | Bowler hat | |
Desk clerk | Receptionist | |
Diaper | Nappy | |
Dick | Detective | |
Diner | Inexpensive restaurant | |
Dirt road | Unpaved road | |
Dishpan | Washing-up bowl (Dishpan hands are rough usually because of the use of cheap soaps.) | |
Divided highway | Dual carriageway | |
Down town | City centre | |
Draft | Conscription | |
Drapes | Opaque curtains (not net curtains) | |
Dresser | Chest of drawers | |
Druggist | Chemist | |
Drugstore/ pharmacy | Chemist’s shop | |
Drummer | Commercial traveler | |
Drygoods, store | Draper | |
Duded-up | All dressed up | |
Duplex | Semi-detached | |
E | Eavestrough | Guttering |
Editorial | Leading article in a newspaper | |
Eggnog | Egg flip | |
Eggplant | Aubergine | |
Elevator | Lift, or place for storing grain- silo | |
Enjoin | To forbid (opposite of English meaning) | |
Eraser | Rubber | |
Estate tax | Death duties | |
Expressway | Motorway | |
Eyeball | To be able to see someone I’ve got him eyeballed. | |
F | Fall | Autumn |
Faucet | Tap | |
Fender | Wing or mudguard of a car | |
Field hockey | Hockey (Hockey means ice hockey.) | |
Filling station | Petrol station | |
Firecracker | Fire work | |
Fire plug | Fire hydrant | |
First floor | Ground floor | |
Fish story | Untrue or exaggerated account | |
Flapjack | Pancake | |
Flashlight | Torch | |
Formula | Baby’s liquid feed | |
Freeway | Motorway | |
French fries | Chips | |
Fresh paint | Wet paint | |
Fritz | Out of order | |
Funny papers | Comics |
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