何谓“变位词”（anagram）？
Anagram是英语纵横字谜游戏（crossword puzzle）中⼀种常见的⾼难度技巧。Merriam-Webster给出的定义是：a word or phra made by transposing the letters of another word or phra。Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English则把它定义为：a word or phra that is made by changing the order of the letters in another word or phra（改变某个词或短语的字母顺序后构成新词或短语），可译为“变位词（组）”，也可称为“回⽂构词法”。例如：
1)Dormitory = dirty room
2)Desperation(绝望) = A rope ends it
3)The Mor code = here come dots初一课程
4)Debit card = Bad credit
5)Animosity(仇恨) = is no amity(友好)
6)Mother-in-law(岳母) = Woman Hitler
7)Snooze (打盹)alarm = Alas! No more Z's
8)Semolina(⼩麦粉) = is no meal
9)The Public art Galleries = Large Picture Halls, I Bet
10)A Decimal(⼗位) point = I'm a dot in place
11)The earthquakes = That Queer Shakes
12)Eleven plus two = Twelve plus one
13)Contradiction(⽭盾) = Accord not in it
英语培训迈格森14)Margret Thatcher = That great charmer(魔术师)
15)Slot machine (投币⾃动售货机)= cash lost in'em
16)Election results = Lies! Let’s recount.
改变后的Anagrams如果能够阐释原词语所表之物的功⽤，就被叫做Anigram：
17）Telephone Girl （电话⼥郎-接线⽣） = Repeating "Hello" （重复‘哈罗’）
18）Western Union （西部银⾏） = No Wire Unnt （绝⽆漏发电汇款）
kins 19）Astronomers （天⽂学家）= Moon starers （盯看⽉亮的⼈）
有⼀些明星Anagrams特别有意思：
20）Tom Crui = So I’m cuter.
21）Kelly Osbourne = One bulky lor.
陌生人聊天two dozen22）Justin Timberlake = I’m a jerk, but listen!
23）David and Victoria Beckham = Bravo! Victim and a dickhead.
当然还有⼀些包含成⼈话题的Anagrams:
24)Axl Ro = Oral x
25)Britney Spears = Nip yer breasts = Arrest by penis = Best PR in years
Reading: Have Fun With Anagrams!
Have more fun with English words! Anagrams are words or phras that you can rearrange into another word or phra, using the same letters. Often, the resulting new word will carry a meaning related to the original word. Sounds complicated? It’s easy to understand with this example:
Let’s take the word DORMITORY and rearrange it using the letters D, O, R, M, I, T, O, R and Y. Now, we can form the new phra DIRTY ROOM.
wellsfargoHere’s another try: Break the word LISTEN down into L, I, S, T, E and N, and try to rearrange the letters into a new word. How about S I L E N T? SILENT is an anagram of LISTEN.
A Test:
四级阅读答案 Anagram One: What is a possible anagram of the word SCHOOLMASTER? (Hint: The word starts with a C and describes a place where students take their lessons.)
alerter Anagram Two:What is a possible anagram of the phra THE EYES? (Hint: Two parate words. The cond word describes something that EYES do.)
Anagram Three:What is a possible anagram of the phra A GENTLEMAN? (Hint: Two parate words. The last word is MAN and the first word describes how a gentleman looks.)
Answers:
Anagram One: An anagram of SCHOOLMASTER is CLASSROOM
layoff Anagram Two: An anagram of THE EYES is THEY SEE
Anagram Three: An anagram of A GENTLEMAN is ELEGANT MANjpc
