英文里经常出现一词多义的现象，甚至有时看起来是毫无关系甚至是截然相反的意思，比如trunk这个名词，它有五个常见意思：1. 树干，the trunk of a tree;2. 后备箱，the trunk of my car;3. 象鼻子，elephant’s trunk;4. 男士泳裤，a pair of swimming trunks;5. 有盖子的大箱子。想想看这真是八竿子打不到的关系啊!

　　下面我们就来看一看十个“有好几副嘴脸”的单词们吧：

　　1. down

　　三岁的英文启蒙娃娃们肯定都知道down是什么意思，老师会常常喊着让他们sit down的… 但是它还有个让你想不到的意思哦!不信的话去网上查一下down jacket，看看会出现什么图片吧!没错，down jacket就是羽绒服。down作为名词，它的意思是the very fine soft feathers of a bird，即羽绒。

　　2. go

　　Go作为动词大家都知道它的意思，不过作为名词时，英式英语里还会用它来表示try，an attempt at doing something. 例如：It took three goes to get it right. I doubt if he’ll listen to advice from me, but I’ll give it a go (= I’ll try but I don’t think I will succeed).

　　3. minute

　　这个单词不同词性下不光意思不同，读音也不一样，大家一定要注意。作为名词时，它的发音是/ˈmɪnɪt/, 而作为形容词，它则读作/maɪˈnjuːt/，意思是extremely small, tiny. 例如：minute amounts of chemicals in the water.

　　4. moonlight

　　顾名思义，它就表示the light of the moon，比如“月下漫步”叫做to go for a walk in the moonlight，但是这个浪漫的单词变成动词，则表示to have a second job that you do secretly, usually without paying tax on the extra money that you earn. 不过这个也很好理解了，晚上偷偷做兼职，不用缴所得税，例如：He spent years moonlighting as a cab driver.

　　5. tie

　　先不管它的动词词义了，在做名词时，它的常见两个意思是“领带”和游戏、比赛“平局”。例如：The match ended in a tie.

　　6. fine

　　看到它我们的DNA都在呐喊“I’m fine. Thank you. And you?”对不对!其实在生活中，它的常见意思是“罚款”，名词动词都有，例如：Offenders will be liable to a heavy fine (= one that costs a lot of money). 或者She was fined for speeding.

　　7. hit

　　这个单词除了有物理层面的“击打”之外，还可以指心理上的打击(to have a bad effect on somebody or something)，例如：His death didn’t really hit me at first.

　　另外，在口语里，它还可以指突然意识到(to come suddenly into your mind)，例如：I couldn’t remember where I’d seen him before, and then it suddenly hit me.

　　8. buy

　　Buy除了指买东西，也可以指收买、贿赂某人，此时同义词就是bribe，例如：He can’t be bought (= he’s too honest to accept money in this way). 除了有“买”这层含义外，它还有个同义词是believe, to believe that something is true, especially something that is not very likely. 例如：You could say you were ill but I don’t think they’d buy it (= accept the explanation).

　　9. use

　　作为“使用”，大家都不会用错，不过经常有个表达会被翻译错，例如：I think we could all use a drink after that! 这里面的could use不能翻译成“可以使用”，它的意思是to say that you would like to have something very much. 表示“需要和想要”，比如你很难过，需要人安慰的时候就可以说：I could really use a friend.

　　10. shoot

　　大家第一个想到的意思肯定是“射击”，但是它作为语气词时，第一个用法是让对方说出其想说的内容，例如：You want to tell me something? OK, shoot! 另外一个用法是抱怨或者厌烦的语气(用礼貌的方式在说shit, to show that you are annoyed when you do something stupid or when something goes wrong)，例如Shoot! I’ve forgotten my book!

　　大家还能想到日常口语里哪些一词多意的单词呢?