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2015-11-30 18:28    新东方

  “众筹”入选《牛津英语词典》新词列表

  《牛津英语词典》又收录新词啦~此次被收入的新词约500个,Sexting、Photobombing、Vaping、Crowdfunding等颇具新时代特色的单词,你知道它们的含义么?

  Around 500 new words and phrases have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, including several that provide an insight into 21st century hobbies, such as “sexting”, “photobombing” , “vaping” and “crowdfunding” .

  Other gems included in the latest version of the dictionary are “Enviropig” - the trademark for a genetically modified line of Yorkshire pigs with enhanced digestive capabilities - and “pharmacovigilance,” which denotes the practice of monitoring the effects of drugs after they have been licensed for use.

  马上学:Sexting即性短信,由Sex和Texting两个词组合而成,指用手机发送色情信息。

  Photobombing指the act of spoiling (a photograph) by unexpectedly appearing in the camera's field of view as the picture is taken, typically as a prank or practical joke,即“意外出现在他人的照片中并成功抢镜的行为”。

  Vape的意思是“电子烟;吸电子烟”,于去年8月份被牛津在线词典收录。它最初只是作为vapour 或者vaporize的缩写,有蒸汽或汽化的意思。

  Crowdfunding即“众筹”。

  Freegan是个复合词,由free(免费、自由)和vegan(素食主义者)合成。Freegans 指一群不购物(包括食物)、不开车、不买房,甚至不上班,尽可能不消耗资源,靠着极为有限的资源生活的人。

  此外,还有很多新词和科技有关:

  Perhaps unsurprisingly given the growth in technology, many of the new words we are adopting are closely related to innovations in tech and digital culture.

  Blu-ray, n. 蓝光光碟

  deep web互联网上那些不能被标准搜索引擎索引的非表面网络内容

  e-cig, n. 电子烟

  Enviropig, n. 环保猪,是一种双基因转殖猪

  netbook, n. 上网本

  pageview, n. 综合浏览量

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