Brexit may mean Brexit to Theresa May, but the Oxford English Dictionary has come to the aid of those who wish for a less opaque definition. The word is among 1,500 new words added to the dictionary this week.
Brexit一词也许只有在特里莎·梅眼里是“脱欧”的意思,对于许多人来说,该词的定义仍然模糊不清。近日《牛津英语词典》帮助大家释义解惑。本周,包括Brexit在内,《牛津英语词典》共收录了1500个新词。
Fiona McPherson, senior editor on the OED said:" the word had been one of the fastest to move from coinage to definition and listing".
词典高级编辑菲奥纳•麦克弗森称:“许多词语由新词快速上升为一种定义,并被列入词典,而Brexit就是其中速度最快的之一”。
YouTubers, defined as frequent user of the video-sharing website YouTube, especially someone who produces and appears in videos on the site is included in the dictionary for the first time.
YouTubers(油管人)首次被纳入词典,指频繁使用视频分享网站YouTube(油管)的用户,特别是自己制作视频并且出镜的人们。
Singer Beyonce had a hand in the listing of Bama, originally a 1920s abbreviation of the US state of Alabama. It evolved to become slang for a person from the rural American south, but was reclaimed this year by the singer in Formation, a track from her latest album Lemonade.
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