Theweb-savvyamongst you will know that just as a mouse is no longer only a rodent, atweetisn't necessarily a noise made by a bird.
Nearly a quarter of the new words added to the latest edition of the Chambers Dictionary come from internet culture, with the economic recession and">and">and">and">and">and">and">and climate change also contributing strongly.
The internet age's ability to reinvent old words with new meanings continues.The cloud, you may think, is the thing above your head which produces rain. It's not as simple as that any more.
We all know what pay is, right? And a wall is a wall – as in The Great Wall of... But what about apaywall? Can you work it out?
Moving onto the economy, words such asquantitative easingand">and">and">anddouble-diprecession have become familiar to followers of current affairs.
Amongst the environmental terms now appearing in the dictionary you can findupcycleand">and">and">andprecycleas well ascarbon offsetting.
National treasure, neet, man flu, crowdsourcingand">and">and">andstaycationare also officially recognised for the first time.
And there are some abbreviations made popular by email and">and">and">and social networking sites. When you're surprised you can writeOMG(Oh my God) and">and">and">and if you really like someone,BFF(best friend forever) is the expression for you.
第二页:中英双语
The web-savvy amongst you will know that just as a mouse is no longer only a rodent, a tweet isn't necessarily a noise made by a bird.
熟谙网络的你一定知道,就像mouse已不再只是一种啮齿目动物,tweet也不一定是鸟叫声。
Nearly a quarter of the new words added to the latest edition of the Chambers Dictionary come from internet culture, with the economic recession and">and">and">and">and">and">and">and climate change also contributing strongly.
钱伯斯词典最新版近四分之一的新词都来自网络文化,其中经济衰退和气温变化有关的词最多。
The internet age's ability to reinvent old words with new meanings continues. The cloud, you may think, is the thing above your head which produces rain. It's not as simple as that any more.
网络时代给旧词赋以新意的能力一直不衰,你可能以为cloud是头顶那片能造雨的东西,但现在已不那么简单了。
We all know what pay is, right? And a wall is a wall – as in The Great Wall of... But what about a paywall? Can you work it out?
我们都知道pay是什么意思,wall是"墙",就像The Great wall(长城)......但是你知道paywall是什么吗?
Moving onto the economy, words such as quantitative easing and">and">and">and double-dip recession have become familiar to followers of current affairs.
经济方面,像quantitative easing(量化宽松)和double-dip recession(双底衰退)已为跟踪时事者熟稔。
Amongst the environmental terms now appearing in the dictionary you can find upcycle and">and">and">and precycle as well as carbon offsetting.
环境方面,如今在词典里,你能看到诸如upcycle(升级再造),precycle(预回收)以及carbon offsetting(炭抵消)这样的新词。
National treasure, neet, man flu, crowdsourcing and">and">and">and staycation are also officially recognised for the first time.
诸如像National treasure(国宝人物), neet(‘三无人员’), man flu(男士小感冒), crowdsourcing(众包) and">and">and">and staycation(不出远门在家度假)这样的词也首次被收录词典中。
And there are some abbreviations made popular by email and">and">and">and social networking sites. When you're surprised you can write OMG (Oh my God) and">and">and">and if you really like someone, BFF (best friend forever) is the expression for you.
电子邮件和社交网络令一些缩写流行起来,吃惊时可以用OMG(“我的天哪!”),喜欢某人的话,BFF(永恒挚友)是个很有用的表达。