越是清晰了解，越能明确掌握，越是旁征博引，越能扩充词量，短个单词背后都有一个文化密码，也许是一段尘封历史也许是一则有趣故事，也许是……

廖星编著的《单词背后的故事》遴选了400余个单词，生动有趣地讲述了其背后的文化故事，并做了词汇的扩展。我们相信，通过阅读本书您不仅能学得书中所讲到的单词，更重要的是能够深刻认识到西方的语言文化，进而掌握记忆单词的高效之法、根本之法。

A

abracadabra

abstractionism

academy

ace

acrobat

acrophobia

agony

America

ambition

animal

animation

apple

aristocrat

atlas

audio

auspicious

avian

B

badminton

banal

banana

bank

bankrupt

barbarian

barber

basketball

Bellona

blacklist

blackmail

blacksmith

blanket

blog

bonus

bowdlerizc

boycott

Brazil

buffalo

butterfly

C

cabbage

cadet

camellia

camp

canary

cancer

canter

captain

carrot

casino

cat

catamite

caucus

caviare

cereal

chaos

chauvinism

chocolate

class

clay

cockpit

coco

college

colour

commando

consider

cookie

cream

cricket

crocodile

Cronus

crusade

curfew

D

Daedalus

dandelion

deadbeat

deadline

decimate

delta

dentist

dessert

diesel

digit

dinosaur

disaster

dismal

ditto

dog

draconian

echo

egghead

egoist

electric

eleven

emancipate

encyclopedia

engine

enigma

epicure

Eros

escalator

escape

Europa

evolution

explode

expo

F

fan

farm

fate

Faunus

fee

flora

focus

folio

fool

Ford

forget-me-not

fork

frank

freelancer

Friday

G

galvanize

garlic

gazette

genius

giant

good-bye

Google

gorgonize

gospel

gossip

grace

grapevine

grasshopper

grenade

guerrilla

gypsy

H

halcyon

handkerchief

hat

heart

hebe

hello

hero

heroine

heroin

hijack

history

hooligan

hoover

horse

horsepower

hyacinth

hydra

hygiene

htpnosis

hypocrite

I

Icarian

idiot-proof

if

index

infantry

infirmary

influenza

ink

inn

insect

intranet

investigate

Iris

island

italic

ivy

J

jacket

January

jaywalker

jazz

jean

jeep

jello

jeopardy

Jersey

joke

journeyman

juggemaut

July

jumbo

K

kaleidoscope

kangaroo

karaoke

kid

kidnap

K/ss-me-quick

knapsack

knight

knot

kung fu

L

laboratory

labyrinth

lacomc

laurel

Leo

lethargic

logistic

lily

lion

log

……

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z