《牛津英语词典》分析了包含80多亿个词汇的网络资讯，发现冠状病毒和Covid-19（2019年新冠肺炎的缩写）现在主导着全球的讨论。去年12月，“英国脱欧”、“弹劾”、“气候”等词汇占据了资讯头条，而到了今年1月，“冠状病毒”与“丛林大火”、“考拉”、“伊拉克”、“蝗虫”、“暗杀”等时事词汇一起被大量使用。今年3月，《牛津英语词典》列出的20个最关键词汇中的每一个单词都与冠状病毒有关。

“In January, the words mainly relate to naming and describing the virus: coronavirus, SARS, virus, human-to-human, respiratory, flu-like,” said the OED in an analysis. “By March, the keywords reflect the social impact of the virus, and issues surrounding the medical response: social distancing, self-isolation and self-quarantine, lockdown, non-essential (as in non-essential travel), and postpone are all especially frequent, as are PPE and ventilator.”

《牛津英语词典》在分析中写道：“1月的高频词主要与病毒的命名和描述有关：冠状病毒、非典、病毒、人传人、呼吸系统、流感样。到了3月，这些关键词反映了新冠病毒的社会影响，以及医疗应对相关问题：保持社交距离、自我隔离、封锁、非必要的（如非必要的旅行）、推迟、个人防护用品和呼吸机等词汇的使用都特别频繁。”

The OED’s lexicographers have noticed a rise in the use of specialist medical terms and new acronyms, such as WFH and PPE. The first noted usage of working from home was in 1995, but Paton notes that “the abbreviation was known to very few before it became a way of life for so many of us”. The abbreviation PPE, for personal protective equipment, dates back to 1977 but was “formerly probably restricted to healthcare and emergency professionals”.

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