Britons are pulling on budgie smugglers to go wild swimming, discussing starter marriages at stupid o’clock and sipping craft beer while planning their next elimination diet.
英国人去野外游泳的时候会穿上“budgie smugglers”(指男士紧身泳裤),在“stupid o’clock”(指半夜三更或接近日出之时)讨论“starter marriages”(“新手婚姻”,指双方初婚、婚姻持续时间不到五年且没有子女的婚姻),在品味“craft beer”(“精酿啤酒”,概念源于美国,区别于大部分常见工业啤酒的小众啤酒)的同时规划他们的“elimination diet”计划(“食物排除疗法”,即将能导致产生不良反应的食物从饮食中剔除的疗法,一般持续时间从两周到八周不等)。
TBH, not everyone will be bovvered by all of the 1,000 new words added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in its latest quarterly update, which reveals current trends in the use of language .
“TBH”(老实说),并不是所有人都“bovver”(在意)《牛津词典》本季度更新的这1000个新词条,它们反映出了当下的语言应用趋势。
Entries include air-punching - the action of thrusting a clenched fist into the air in elation or triumph - and bovver - part of the catchphrase of comedian Catherine Tate’s teenage character Lauren.
词典里新增加的条目包括“air-punching”,指欢欣鼓舞或取得成就时握紧拳头挥向空中的动作;以及“bovver”,喜剧演员凯瑟琳•塔特饰演的青少年角色劳伦的经典台词。
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