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100熱門新詞入選最新《韋氏大詞典》
Mouse potatoes joined couch potatoes, google officially became a verb and drama queens finally found the limelight when they crossed over from popular culture to mainstream English language. The mouse potato (who spends as much time on the computer as his/her 1990s counterpart did on the couch), the himbo (attractive, vacuous -- and male) and the excessively emotional drama queen were among 100 new words added to the 2006 update of America's best-selling dictionary, the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary. The Internet search engine Google also found its way into the dictionary for the first time as a verb, meaning to find information quickly on the world wide web. New words and phrases from the fields of science, technology, pop culture and industry are chosen each year by Merriam-Webster's team of editors after months of poring over books, magazines and even food labels. "They are not tracking verbal language. They are looking for evidence that words have become assimilated into the written English language," said Arthur Bicknell, senior publicist with Merriam-Webster. "Unfortunately with slang words by the time it has become assimilated it probably isn't cool anymore." Bicknell said. Other words making their debut this year were soul patch (a small growth of beard under a man's lower lip), unibrow (two eyebrows joining together) and supersize -- the fast food industry phrase for extra large meals. The technology world contributed ringtones (changeable incoming cellphone call signals) and spyware (software installed in a computer to surreptiously track a user's activities) while biodiesel and avian influenza came from the world of science. America's first dictionary -- Noah Webster's A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language -- was published 200 years ago and also introduced a crop of fresh words that have now become familiar. Those "new" words in 1806 included slang, surf, psychology and, naturally, Americanize. Mouse potato(網(wǎng)蟲)跟couch potato(電視蟲)走到一起;google正式成為一個(gè)動(dòng)詞;drama queen(小題大做、大驚小怪的人)終于得到關(guān)注。這些詞語終于登堂入室,從通俗文化行列轉(zhuǎn)入英語主流語言。 Mouse potato(“網(wǎng)蟲”,像20世紀(jì)90年代的電視迷一樣迷戀電腦的人)、himbo(徒有外表卻無內(nèi)涵的男人)、過分情緒化的drama queen等100個(gè)新詞被收入2006年新版的美國暢銷詞典《韋氏大詞典》中。 互聯(lián)網(wǎng)搜索引擎Google也首次作為動(dòng)詞入選詞典,意思是"在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上快速查找信息"。 每年,《韋氏大詞典》的編委都要花上幾個(gè)月的時(shí)間在書、雜志、甚至食品標(biāo)簽中搜羅,選出科學(xué)、技術(shù)、通俗文化及工業(yè)領(lǐng)域的一些新詞和短語收入詞典。 《韋氏大詞典》高級(jí)推介人亞瑟·比克內(nèi)爾說:“編輯們搜羅的目標(biāo)不是口頭語言,他們找的是那些已被用于書面語的詞匯,而且要有實(shí)例為證?!?比克內(nèi)爾說:“不幸的是,那些已被書面語吸收的俚語可能就不再那么'酷'了。” 今年入選詞典的新詞還有soul patch(男人下唇上長(zhǎng)的一小撮胡子)、unibow(左右眉毛長(zhǎng)在一起)和supersize(超大型快餐)。 技術(shù)領(lǐng)域的新詞有ringtone(手機(jī)鈴音)和spyware(安
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如何挑選適合自己的英語詞典
常用的詞條及最簡(jiǎn)明的釋義,而且其中的例句也比較淺顯易懂,非常適合初學(xué)者使用。所以還是建議初學(xué)者選擇適合自己的“初階”詞典。如果覺得在閱讀中會(huì)遇到查不到的詞,那還可以選購一本小開本的閱讀型詞典,體積小、收詞量大,僅供查閱意思時(shí)用,非常方便。比如《外研社最新簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》或《朗文十萬詞詞典》,都是不錯(cuò)的選擇。 3、選擇英語詞典要考慮的因詞典素有哪些? 好的英語詞典是良師益友,在選擇時(shí)主要應(yīng)注意以下幾點(diǎn): 一看出版社,應(yīng)選擇知名的、在此領(lǐng)域有專長(zhǎng)的出版社,這是質(zhì)量的保證。 二看詞典的服務(wù)目的,是供學(xué)習(xí)使用,還是僅供閱讀時(shí)參考。詞典一般都有封底文字的宣傳,以及使用說明和體例說明
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【英語干貨】翻譯人常用的十大權(quán)威詞典
目中還包括諺語、短語動(dòng)詞、名人名言與常見表達(dá)等。 六 WordSimilarity 詞匯對(duì)比網(wǎng)站。列出一個(gè)單詞的三十個(gè)近義詞與最相關(guān)單詞,并將這些詞匯按照相關(guān)度排序;也能夠比較兩個(gè)同語言詞匯的相似度。支持?jǐn)?shù)十種語言。 七 Glosbe 多語種在線詞典 Glosbe 是一部由語言愛好者社區(qū)編輯與修訂的多語在線詞典。與傳統(tǒng)在線詞典不同,Glosbe 提供數(shù)十種語言的釋義查詢。該網(wǎng)站的詞條是以翻譯記憶庫的形式存儲(chǔ)的,因此能夠?qū)崿F(xiàn)部分翻譯功能。 八 Linguee Linguee 集詞典與例句搜索引擎于一體,除了釋義之外,還會(huì)給出在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上搜索到的例句及其機(jī)翻結(jié)果,以及 Linguee 上目標(biāo)語言最詞熱門的搜索詞匯。 九 OneLook 單詞和詞組搜索引擎;可一次性查詢單詞或詞組在數(shù)十種分類詞典中的含義,并支特通配符網(wǎng)址等模糊檢索。 十 Online Etymology Dictionary 在線詞源學(xué)詞典,介紹所查詞匯的來源、原始形態(tài)、相關(guān)詞匯,以及在英語中出現(xiàn)的最早時(shí)間。 來源:本文轉(zhuǎn)自譯匠
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詞典的英文
詞典的英文: dictionary參考例句: Of or relating to lexicography or a lexicon. 詞典的屬于或關(guān)于詞典編撰的或詞典的 A thesaurus is something like a dictionary. 類語詞典與普通詞典相仿。 This dictionary is a best seller. 這部詞典是暢銷書. Update a dictionary,file,law 修訂詞典、檔案、法律 Refer to a dictionary,an expert 查詞典、詢問專家 Word entry (詞典中的)詞條 First
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記詞根背單詞:Spher-
考托福,考GRE,想多背幾個(gè)單詞?一起跟著【韋氏詞根詞典】巧用詞根記單詞吧。Vocabulary Builder每天都會(huì)為大家?guī)硪粋€(gè)詞根或者詞綴,每天學(xué)習(xí)一點(diǎn)點(diǎn),長(zhǎng)期就是長(zhǎng)足的進(jìn)步!
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案頭詞典的英文
案頭詞典的英文: desk dictionarydesk是什么意思: n. 書桌;辦公桌;柜臺(tái);編輯部;講道臺(tái) adj. 書桌的,辦公桌的;桌上用的,臺(tái)式的;坐辦公桌的 There was a stain of ink left on the desk. 桌上留有墨水的污點(diǎn)。 To veneer a pine desk with mahogany. 用桃花心木薄板鑲在松木桌上。 The official stamp is on the desk. 公章在書桌上。 A vase was set on the desk. 花瓶被放置在桌上。 There is a bookcase
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專業(yè)詞典的英文怎么說
專業(yè)詞典的英文: terminological dictionary Professional Dictionary Special Dictionaries Specialized Dictionaryterminological是什么意思: a. 用辭的,術(shù)語學(xué)的 This choice of terminology is admittedly a bit awkward. 大家公認(rèn)術(shù)語的這種選法有些不合理。 Oceanographic terminology--Physical oceanography GB/T15920-1995海洋學(xué)術(shù)語物理海洋學(xué) The particularly
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醫(yī)學(xué)詞典用英文怎么說
醫(yī)學(xué)詞典的英文: medical dictionarymedical是什么意思: adj. 醫(yī)學(xué)的;內(nèi)科的;醫(yī)藥的 n. 體格檢查;醫(yī)生 all original medical receipts and medical reports for medical claims 所有醫(yī)療收據(jù)和報(bào)告之正本 The effect of the medication was opposite to that intended. 這種藥物的反應(yīng)和預(yù)期的正相反 a licensed medical practitioner. 有資格的醫(yī)生開業(yè)者。 He is a medical practitioner.
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英英詞典用英文怎么說
英英詞典的英文: English-English Dictionaryenglish是什么意思: n. 英語;英格蘭人 adj. 英格蘭的;英格蘭人的;英國的;英國人的;英語的 A degree in English does not qualify you to teach English. 你的英語程度教書不夠格。 John tutored the child in English. 約翰輔導(dǎo)那孩子學(xué)英語。 His knowledge of English is fair. 他的英語水平尚可。 Her English is indifferent. 她的英文很一般
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