Web Words Hit Dictionaries 網絡詞錄入字典
Web Words Hit Dictionaries 網絡詞錄入字典
英語學習點: New Words in the Dictionary 字典新詞
The web-savvy amongst you will know that just as a mouse is no longer only a rodent, a tweet isn't necessarily a noise made by a bird.
Hmm, I wonder if I can find quantitative easing...
Nearly a quarter of the new words added to the latest edition of the Chambers Dictionary come from internet culture, with the economic recession and climate change also contributing strongly.
The internet age's ability to reinvent old words with new meanings continues. The cloud, you may think, is the thing above your head which produces rain. It's not as simple as that any more.
We all know what pay is, right? And a wall is a wall – as in The Great Wall of... But what about a paywall? Can you work it out?
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Moving onto the economy, words such as quantitative easing and double-dip recession have become familiar to followers of current affairs.
Amongst the environmental terms now appearing in the dictionary you can find upcycle and precycle as well as carbon offsetting.
National treasure, neet, man flu, crowdsourcing and staycation are also officially recognised for the first time.
And there are some abbreviations made popular by email and social networking sites. When you're surprised you can write OMG (Oh my God) and if you really like someone, BFF (best friend forever) is the expression for you.
Glossary 詞匯表 (收聽發音, 請單擊英語單詞)
- web-savvy 擅長網絡的人，網絡行家
- tweet 推特
- The cloud 計算云，電腦云
- paywall 付費墻
- quantitative easing 量化寬松
- double-dip 雙底衰退
- upcycle 升級再造
- precycle 預回收
- carbon offsetting 炭抵消
- national treasure 國寶人物
- Neet ‘三無人員’(無教育，無職業，無培訓人員)
- man flu 男士小感冒
- crowdsourcing 眾包（企業利用互聯網將工作分配出去的商業模式）
- staycation 不出遠門在家度假
- OMG (Oh My God!) 我的天哪！
- BFF (best friend forever) 永恒摯友
