英语单词中的名词动用
table,ice,duck,flag．．．这些简单的英语单词,它们的名词意义就算对初学英语者来说也一定是小菜一碟,但外国人经常把它们当做动词用。
1． table：名词,桌子；当动词用,是指开会时延期讨论提案等,也就是暂缓审议. eg. We are tabling this matter until further notice．
我们延期讨论这件事,以后再说.
2．pride：名词,荣誉；当动词用,是指感到得意或自豪.
eg. I have long prided myself on being a good teacher．
我一向以身为一名称职的老师而自豪.
3．carpet：名词,地毯；当动词用,是覆盖的意思.
eg. The flower girls carpeted the floor with rose petals before the bride’s entrance．新娘进来前,花童将玫瑰花瓣撒满了地板.
4．floor：名词,地板；当动词用,是踩足汽车的油门,加速开车或使人惊讶. eg. When you see a police car,don’t floor it．当你看到警车时,别开快车. The news really floored me；I hadn’t been expecting it at all． 这个消息真使我不知所措,完全出乎我的意料.
5．top：名词,顶端；作动词用,是做得更好,或高过某人.
eg. If he had tried harder,he could have topped his class．
假如他以前用功些,他会在班里名列前茅的.
Mr．Lin tops me by three inches．林先生比我高三英寸.
6．flag：名词,旗帜；当动词用,是指打旗号或做手势来传达讯息.
eg.The beach life-guards usually flag one another for communication． 海滨救生员通常用旗号传达讯息.
When my car broke down,I flagged a police car．
当我的汽车抛锚的时候,我打了个手势招来一辆警车.
7．bridge：名词,桥梁、桥牌；当动词用,是连接或沟通的意思.
eg.The parents are trying to bridge the generation gap with their children． 父母都在设法弥合与儿女的代沟.
8．club：名词,俱乐部、高尔夫球棒；当动词用,意思是用棍棒打人.
eg.The security officer should not club any suspect who does not resist arrest．保安人员对任何没有拒捕的嫌疑犯都不该用棍棒殴打.
9．soldier：名词,士兵；当动词用,是指不畏困难,坚持下去.
eg. The Marine Corps usually have to soldier on under the hardest conditions．海军陆战队通常在最艰难的情况下,仍要勇敢前进.
10．duck：名词,鸭子；当动词用,是逃避、躲避、回避的意思.
eg. His speech was full of generalizations,and ducked all the real issues．
他的讲话全是泛泛而谈,回避了所有实质性的问题.
11．chair：名词,椅子、主席（chairperson）；当动词用,是担任主席.
eg. She will chair the math department next semester．
下学期她将担任数学系主任.
12．doctor：名词,医生、大夫；当动词用,指篡改、对……做手脚.
eg. They were charged with doctoring the election results．
他们因篡改选举结果而受到控告.
13．cushion：名词,坐垫；当动词用,是指缓和或降低对某事的撞击或震动.
eg. Powerful shock absorbers cushion our landing．
有效的缓冲装置缓解了我们着陆时的冲撞力.
14．cap：名词,便帽；当动词用,有完成、使圆满完成（或结束）之意,同时也有限额、约束或制止之意.
eg. What’s the one thing you want to cap your stage career with before retirement? 在退休前,你特别希望做一件什么事来圆满结束你的舞台生涯呢？
Our school will cap the white student enrollment to promote its diversity programs．本校为了促进生源的种族多元性,对白人学生的生源加以了限制.
15．grandfather：名词,祖父；当动词用,是指免受新法规限制.
eg. The city passed an ordinance restricting the size of advertising signs,but grandfathered all those signs erected before1982．
该市通过了一项限制广告牌规格的法令,但那些在1982年以前竖起来的招牌免受限制.
16．corner：名词,角落或壁角；当动词用,是指将某人逼入困境或令人无地自容. eg. Finally,the escaped criminal was cornered．那名逃犯最终走投无路了.
17．distance：名词,距离；当动词用,是指冷淡、疏远或与某人保持距离.
eg. It is difficult for him to distance himself from her
对他来说,疏远、冷淡她是很困难的.
18．book：名词,书本；当动词用,是指预订飞机座位、机票、旅馆房间等.
eg. Yesterday he booked a flight to Nanjing．昨天他预定了到南京的机票.
19．house：名词,房屋；当动词用,是指供给住所.
eg. The farmer has housed the horse in the barn．农夫把他的马圈在马厩里.
20．radio：名词,收音机；当动词用,是指用无线电发送讯息,广播,发报.
eg. Every ship is required to radio its position．
要求每一条船用无线电报告各自所在位置.
21．dog：名词,狗；当动词用,是指尾随某人,困扰某人或某事.
eg. He was dogged wherever he went．他不管到哪里,总被人尾随.
22．fare：名词,票价；当动词用,是指过活、进展.
eg. How did you fare in your exam考得怎样？
23．father：名词,父亲；当动词用,是指为人父.
eg. Hopefully,Mr．Chen is going to father a child soon．
希望陈先生很快能够当上爸爸.