牛津英语词典调查发现,该词早在1820年就已用作名词,当时拼写方式是“twirk”,意为“快速扭转的动作”或“抽搐”。之后于1848年,该词又作动词使用。而现行拼法“twerk”则于1901年普及。
Miss Cyrus, 22, caused a furore when she performed the move on stage at an awards ceremony in 2013 wearing very little clothing.
2013年,22岁的塞勒斯参加颁奖典礼时穿着暴露。她一曲热舞,瞬间轰动。
Twerk is one of 500 new entries in the OED. Others include 'twitterati', describing users of social networking site Twitter, e-cigarette, the devices containing a nicotine-based liquid that is vaporized and inhaled, and FLOTUS, the acronym for First Lady of the United States which is now Michelle Obama's official twitter username.
“电臀舞”是新入选牛津词典的500个词条之一。其它词条包括:“twitterati” The Oxford English Dictionary records the meaning and development of the English language. For a word to qualify, it must have been in popular use for at least 10 years in both novels and newspapers.
牛津英语词典记录了英语词汇的初始含义及其发展后的含义。一个词汇要想入选牛津词典,就必须得在至少十年内的小说及报纸中“频频露面”。
Commenting on twerking, Fiona McPherson, senior editor of Oxford English Dictionary, said: 'We are confident that it is the same origins as the dance. There has been constant use up into the present day to mean that same thing.
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