Sometimes gestures used in different languages have contrary meanings.

有些动作出现在不同语系里便有完全意义。

Monckton Milnes was a singular type, but his distant cousin, James Milnes Gaskell, was another, quite as marked, in an opposite sense.

蒙克顿·米内斯 (Monckton Milnes) 一个特类型， 但他远房表弟詹姆斯·米内斯·加斯克 (James Milnes Gaskell) 一个， 在意义上非常明显。

When you crack up, it can either mean you've had a bit of a mental break down, or the complete opposite, you've laughed really hard at something.

Crack up既可以表示精神崩溃，也可以表示完全意义，即因某事而放声大笑。

You might think that the opposite of short-tempered would be long-tempered, but in fact, there is no such word as long-tempered, at least as an opposite in meaning.

你可能会认为 short-tempered 义词 long-tempered，但事实上，没有 long-tempered 这个词，至少在意义上。