Oxfords Word of the Year IsToxic The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year istoxic. 牛津词典的年度词汇是toxic。 The British publisher defines the adjective toxic as poisonous. The word first appeared in English in the 1650s. It came from th

发表于:2018-11-27 / 阅读(345) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

Forget the dreaming spires and the bicycles, the reason I've come to Oxford is leather bound with meaning. The Oxford English Dictionary has turned over a new leaf, having undergone a digital makeover. The second edition of the full version or twenty

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 访谈录2010

许多英语初学者都埋头于背单词和语法,不过想要真正学好英语,写作是最重要的。当初学者在练习写作的时候,不仅可以锻炼写作技巧,还能让自己的词汇、语法、阅读都得到大幅提高。 接

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(24) / 评论(0) 分类 英语学习方法

权威的《牛津英语词典》最近更新的网络版词库中,网球运动贡献了80多个新词和短语。爱运动的你,一起来看看吧。 superbrat: players prone to on-court outbursts 超级小子:指在场上容易暴怒发脾气的

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

Oxford Dictionaries suspended its #OneWordMap most-hated words project. An update to the blog post describing the feature stated: We regret to inform users that due to severe misuse we have had to remove this feature from our website. 牛津字典暂停

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(37) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

10. accommodate 容纳,使适应 不难发现这个词的拼写难度在于有两个辅音c和m上,人们在拼写时总是习惯漏掉其中一个,最常见的错误形式就是将它写成accomodate,每10亿个单词里会出现3369例。和

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

牛津词典:5步搞定英文创意写作! 1. Know your audience 了解你的读者 An important point to start with: you are writing for your readers, not for yourself. Familiarize yourself with your expected audience. The readers of a poetry ma

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(24) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

如果你做的某件事取得了成功,你会用什么手势来表示胜利?表示victory的剪刀手吗?这好像还不足以表达你的兴奋之情。那么,就一起来挥拳庆祝吧。 这种庆祝方式在英文中叫air punch,字面意

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(30) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

post-truth adjective 后真相(形容词) Relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief. 意指一些特定状况,在那些情况下客观

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

As 2014 draws to a close, its time to look back and see which words have been significant throughout the past twelve months, and to announce the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year. Without further ado, we can exclusively reveal that the Oxford Dict

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

If youre hangry and some manspreading rando is riling you up,these snackable definitions should help, mkay? 要是你正饿怒呢,一个奇葩又在地铁上大爷式占座把你惹毛了,这些快餐词说不定能帮上一点忙,你说是吧?

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(38) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

A new gender neutral title 'Mx' is to join the honorifics 'Mr, Mrs, Miss and Ms' on driving licences and other official documents, the first change to officially recognised titles in decades. 一个新中性性别称呼Mx将要加入先生(Mr),夫人

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

到了年底,各类年度词汇评选都开始宣布结果。此前,我们报道过,Brexit(英国脱欧)被选为柯林斯词典的2016年度词汇。昨日,牛津词典宣布其2016年度词汇为post-truth(后真相),单独发布的英美年

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

不知不觉2018年已经走入了尾声,你知道今年最热门的英语词是什么吗,今天的节目Jenny和Adam就来聊聊年度热词。 Buzzwords 每年年末,各大词典官方都会选出一个最具代表的热词: Buzzwords: 流行

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 美国文化脱口秀

语言会随着人类的生活方式的改变不断的进化,网络时代,尤是如此。很多新词在不经意间就诞生了,纵然不少人会对它们嗤之以鼻,但不能否认的是,很多新词的使用人数和频率逐步增长,

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'Twerking', the provocative dance move made popular by Miley Cyrus, has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. 被麦莉赛勒斯带火的挑逗性舞姿电臀舞一词被收录进牛津英语词典。 Despite its more frequent use in recent ye

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