1.
honorificabilitudinitatibus
这个字是由27个字母组成的。出现在大文豪莎士比亚的剧本「空爱一场」love's
labou
r's
lost里,意思是「不胜光荣」。
2.
antidisestablishmentarianism
这个字是由28个字母组成的。根据范克和华格若尔斯编的「英语新标准辞」里面的解释,这个字的意思是「反对教会与国家分开学说」。它曾被英国首相格来斯顿william
ew
art
gladstone,1809-1898引述过一次。
3.
floccinaucinihilipipification
这个字是由29个字母组成的。「牛津英文辞典」里就有这个字,意思是「把某事的价值加以抹杀的行为或习惯」。
4.
supercalifragilisticexpiadocious
这个字是由34个字母组成的。出现在一部名叫mary
poppins的电影里,意思是「好」。
5.
hepaticocholecystostcholecystntenterostomy
这个字是由40个字母组成的。出现在高德编的「医学辞典」里,为一个外科术语,亦即在胆囊与胆管之间或肠子与胆囊之间接人工管子的手术。
6.
pneumonoultramicyoscpicailicovolcanoconiosis
这个字是由45个字母组成的。出现在韦氏辞典第八版的版本中意思是「吸入硅酸盐细末或石英岩灰而形成的肺尘埃沉着病」。矿工特别容易得这种病。
7.
antipericatametaanaparcircumvolutiorectumgustpoops
of
the
coprofied这个字是由50个字母组成的。有个图书馆的书架上,陈列着法国作家拉伯雷着的「葛甘塔和潘特古」故事系列。其中有一本,书名就是这个长长的英文字。
8.
osseocaynisanguineoviscericartilagininervomedullary
这个字是由51个字母组成的。它是人体构造一术语,曾出现在英国作家皮考克thomas
lovepeacock,1785-1866那本名叫headlong
hall的小说中。
9.
aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolie
这个字是由52个字母组成的。它是英国医学作者爱德华.史特罗哲dr
edward
strother,
1675-1737创造的字,专用来形容英格兰格洛斯特夏布瑞斯陀这个地方的矿泉水成分。
10.bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonn-thunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk
这个字是由100个字母组成的。就出现在爱尔兰作家乔埃斯james
joyce,1882-1942作品
finneganswake的扉页,象征,代表亚当和夏娃的堕落。
11.lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomeli-tokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopelei-olagoiosiraiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon
这个字是由182个字母组成的。它是从希腊字英译过来的英文字,源出自希腊喜剧作家亚里斯多芬尼斯aristophanes,448-385的剧本the
ecclesiazusae中。它是指由剩余的菜和牛肉函煮而成的辣味食物。
12.
1913个字母,“色氨酸合成酶a蛋白质”(一种含有267种氨基酸酶)的化学名:methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanyl-glutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanylvalyl-prolyphenylalanylvalythreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycylisoleucyl-glutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucyl-glutamylalanylglycylalanylasparthlalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolyl-phenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucyl-glutaminylaspfraginylalanylthreonylleucylarfinylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanyl-glycylvalythreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleu-cylalanylleuoylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysyhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolyli-soleucylglycylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalany-lasparaginyllysyglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanylthrosylalanyl-glutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylserylvalylleucylval-ylalnylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginyl-glutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginyvalylalanylprolylisoleucyl-prolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylproly-laspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucy-lalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylsery-larginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparainylarginylalanylalanylleucyl-prolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginy-lalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglgycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylproly-laspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylgly-cylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoieucylisoleucylglutamyl-glutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalaalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylcalylglutaminylprolylmethionlysylalanylalanylthreony-larginylserine
单词 pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis [医]硅酸盐沉着病,矽肺病
以上过去在电视节目中讲过。
现在又有一说,最长的单词是“色氨酸合成酶A蛋白质”
MethionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolyphenylalanYlvalythreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylsErylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylIsoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylasparthlalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylseRylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylpRolylthreOnylisoleucylglutaminylasPfraginylalanylthreonylleucylarfinylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalythreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleuOylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysyhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysyglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanylthrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalnylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglUtaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginyvalylalanylprolylisoleucylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrOsylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamYlasparainylarginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucylValylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglgycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoIeucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylHistidylasparaginyliSoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylcalylglutaminylprolylmethionlysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine
本人认为该单词完全由表示氨基酸的词缀构成,表示了一个完整的氨基酸序列。如此推来,随多肽测序技术的发展,一定还会有更长的单词出现,但这样的单词不实用,一定有简称。所以本人推荐第一种说法。
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgoge
rychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch(威尔士的一个小村子),自己查吧~呵呵
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