最长的英文单词到底有多“丧心病狂”？！_BEC初级作文

最长的英文单词到底有多“丧心病狂”？！

据说“肌联蛋白”的英文学名有189819个字母！文学作品中最长的英文单词是一道虚构的菜名，由183个字母组成。而主流字典中收录的最长英文单词“矽肺病”由45个字母组成，最长非杜撰单词“假性甲状旁腺功能减退”包含30个字母……

最长的英文单词到底有多“丧心病狂”？！1

1. METHIONYLTHREONYLTHREONYGLUTAMINYLARGINYL … ISOLEUCINE

肌联蛋白

Note the ellipses. All told, the full chemical name for the human protein titin is 189,819 letters, and takes about three-and-a-half hours to pronounce. The problem with including chemical names is that there’s essentially no limit to how long they can be. For example, naming a single strand of DNA, with its millions and millions of repeating base pairs, could eventually tab out at well over 1 billion letters.

注意此处的省略号。人体肌联蛋白的完整化学名称总共有189819个字母，读完需要三个半小时。把化学名称列出来的问题是，其长度基本上没有限制。例如，根据一串DNA所包含的数百万重复碱基对为其命名，最终取出来的名字可能超过10亿个字母。

2. LOPADOTEMACHOSELACHOGALEOKRANIOLEIPSAN …P TERYGON

大乱炖

The longest word ever to appear in literature comes from Aristophanes’ play, Assemblywomen, published in 391 BC. The Greek word tallies 171 letters, but translates to 183 in English. This mouthful refers to a fictional fricassee comprised of rotted dogfish head, wrasse, wood pigeon, and the roasted head of a dabchick, among other culinary morsels.