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《牛津英语词典》季度更新,“抢镜”入围

《牛津英语词典》季度更新,“抢镜”入围

爱思英语编者按:在《牛津英语词典》最近的季度更新中,有五百多个单词和词组被添入,其中包括了“抢镜”(Photobombing)、“众筹”(crowdfunding)、“推特红人”(twitterati)等热词,它们大多与科技和流行文化有关,反映了英语的与时俱进。

1.meh /咩/
感叹词:随便,呵呵
int.expressing indifference or a lack of enthusiasm.

2.twerk/特沃尔克/
名词:电臀舞,高频扭动屁股的舞姿
v.to dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner, using thrusting movements of the bottom and hips while in a low, squatting stance.

3.stagette/斯达捷特/
名词:婚前新娘和闺蜜的狂欢
n.a party given for a woman about to be married (known elsewhere as a bachelorette party or hen night).

4.mahala/马哈拉/
形容词:免费的
adj. for nothing, gratis.

5.freegan/福瑞干/
名词:(为环保)吃丢弃的食物的人
n.a person who eats discarded food, typically collected from the refuse of shops or restaurants, for ethical or ecological reasons.

6.twitterati/推特啊弟/
名词:推特红人
n.The Tweet elite, whose feeds attract thousands of followers and whose 140-character spews capture the attention of the rapt who doggedly monitor them.

7.Sexting /塞克斯停/
名词:发送色情短信
Sex Texting.

8.Photobombing/否头棒冰/
名词:成功抢镜的行为(见图中大表姐)
n.the act of spoiling (a photograph) by unexpectedly appearing in the camera'sfield of view as the picture is taken, typically as a prank or practical joke.

9.Crowdfunding/可绕得方顶/
名词:众筹
n.The act of fundraising by using the Internet or a similar network to solicit funds from a large pool of potential donors.

10.autotune /奥拖吞/
名词:电音修饰人声(听听T-pain的音乐或者Cher的believe,你就知道这个词是怎么回事了)
n.a software package that automatically manipulates a recording of a vocal track until it is in tune regardless of whether or not the original performance was in tune

11.webisode/歪必搜得/
名词:网络剧
n.an episode of a television show that is available online for viewing or download.

12、dog whistle/刀哥 未搜/
名词:看似无伤大雅实则对特定群体不善的言语
n.The use of terms that seem innocuous but are intended to convey a hidden and potentially controversial message to a particular audience.

13.vape/薇帕/
动词:吸电子烟
v.To inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette, most commonly an electronic cigarette.

14.shipping/些品/
名词:萌CP,凑CP
n.A term used to describe fan fictions that take previously created characters and put them as a pair.

15.FOMO/否某/
名词:社交控
n.Fear of Missing Out

16.choss/翘丝/
名词:[攀岩用语引申]烂东西
n.Low quality or useless. A rock climbing term.

17.dhaba
名词:印度、巴基斯坦的街边饭店
n.Dhaba is the name given to roadside restaurants in India and Pakistan.

18.FLOTUS/付楼特丝/
名词:美国第一夫人
n.First Lady of the United States.

19.SCOTUS/斯购特斯/
名词:美国最高法院
n.Supreme Court of the United States.

20.Enviropig/因歪肉皮哥/
名词:环保猪,是一种双基因转殖猪
n.A genetically modified Yorkshire pig that produces phytase in its salivary glands and can thus digest plant phosphorus more efficiently than ordinary pigsn.

21.nanosized/纳诺塞斯德/
形容词:纳米级
adj. Having a size measured in nanometers.

22.on-trend/昂川的/
形容词/副词:潮, 流行
adj.and adv.Having characteristics which conform to current fashion trends.

23.old-earth
名词:母亲(不是老地球哦)
n.The mother. A person's mother. The elder wise woman of the family.

24.lede/里德/
名词:文章的开头
n.Paragraph in literature is the opening paragraph of an article, essay, news story or book chapter.

25.wuss /唔丝/
名词:胆小鬼
n.A person regarded as weak, ineffectual, or overly fearful.

26.howay/吼喂/
感叹词:[俚语]快点儿!
int. Slang meaning 'come on', 'hurry up' and so on.

27.deep web
名词:网络中用传统搜索引擎找不到的东西
n.The part of the World Wide Web not accessible through conventional search engines.

28.retweet/瑞推特/
动词:转发推特
v.To repost or forward another user's message on the social networking website Twitter.

29.JavaScript/加瓦斯葵泼特/
名词:JAVA语言
n.An interpreted computer programming language

30.hyperlocal/嗨坡喽扣/
名词:网络城市
n.Related to a very small area, smaller than normally considered local.

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