11.America kept several words (such as burly, greenhorn, talented and scant) that had been largely dropped in Britain (although some have since been recovered), and words like lumber and lot soon acquired their specific American meanings.
美国保留了几个在英国基本上被丢弃的词(例如 burly、greenhorn、talented 和 scant)(尽管有些词后来被恢复),而 lumber 和 lot 等词很快获得了它们特定的美国含义。机翻