时间:2019-02-21 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


英语课

If you're studying a foreign language, you'll know that learning vocabulary can often be a painstaking 1 process. After all, there are thousands upon thousands of words, expressions and idioms to learn.


But sometimes, new words appear that can confound even native speakers. Each year, a new set of neologisms is added to the dictionary, reflecting the changing tastes and habits of a nation.


Members of the public were invited to submit new words and phrases to the Collins online dictionary, around 80 of which were chosen to appear in the new edition. They range from slang 2 or colloquial 3 terms, to words describing food, technology or scientific ideas.


For example, a young person might describe something as 'totes amazeballs'; a phrase which has evolved from "totally amazing" and has been popularized by characters in teenage reality programmes. If you're happy about a situation, perhaps you might be 'made up'; if not, you may end up telling someone to 'jog on,' or go away.


Some of the words added may be a little more familiar. 'Facebook' is one of the world’s biggest social media websites, so it’s not surprising that it has made it into the dictionary. Similarly, terms such as 'SMS' and 'Twitterer' reflect the ever-advancing technological 4 age in which we live.


Maybe you know a 'bridezilla', a play on words to describe a woman whose behaviour in planning her wedding is intolerable. If you're health conscious, you might be filling your supermarket trolley 5 with superfoods.


Sometimes, learning a language can be tough and, with new words being added all the time, don't panic if you find that you've forgotten the name of something. Now, you can safely call it an oojamaflip, instead.


Quiz 测验


What noun in the article means 'new words'?


Neologisms


How many new words were added to the Collins online dictionary?


Around 80


Is the following statement true, false or not given? "The phrase ‘totes amazeballs' refers to football."


False. 'Totes amazeballs' is a slang term which means "totally amazing".


If you are stressed when planning a wedding, what might you be called?


Bridezilla


Which two terms in the article refer to social media?


'Facebook' and 'Twitterer'


Glossary 6 词汇表


vocabulary 词汇


painstaking 艰苦的


expressions 表达


idioms 成语


native speakers 说母语的人


neologisms 新词


phrases 短语


slang 俚语


colloquial 通俗的,口语的


totes amazeballs (totally amazing) 完全太棒了


evolved 进化


made up (新词)满意,高兴


jog on (新词)走开


SMS 短信


bridezilla 难缠新娘


play on words 玩字面游戏


superfoods 超级食品


oojamaflip (something whose name you cannot remember) 记不清名称的物品/那个什么,什么来着?



adj.苦干的;艰苦的,费力的,刻苦的
  • She is not very clever but she is painstaking.她并不很聪明,但肯下苦功夫。
  • Through years of our painstaking efforts,we have at last achieved what we have today.大家经过多少年的努力,才取得今天的成绩。
n.俚语,行话;vt.使用俚语,辱骂;vi.辱骂
  • The phrase is labelled as slang in the dictionary.这个短语在这本字典里被注为俚语。
  • Slang often goes in and out of fashion quickly.俚语往往很快风行起来又很快不再风行了。
adj.口语的,会话的
  • It's hard to understand the colloquial idioms of a foreign language.外语里的口头习语很难懂。
  • They have little acquaintance with colloquial English. 他们对英语会话几乎一窍不通。
adj.技术的;工艺的
  • A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
  • Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今, 随着科技进步,生活节奏不断增快。
n.手推车,台车;无轨电车;有轨电车
  • The waiter had brought the sweet trolley.侍者已经推来了甜食推车。
  • In a library,books are moved on a trolley.在图书馆,书籍是放在台车上搬动的。
n.注释词表;术语汇编
  • The text is supplemented by an adequate glossary.正文附有一个详细的词汇表。
  • For convenience,we have also provided a glossary in an appendix.为了方便,我们在附录中也提供了术语表。
学英语单词
absolute zero temperature
addition of failure rates
Aldreth
anorexy
arsonous
arthonia tumidula
backstep welding
basic subroutine reference
bearded seal
Bible-clerk
Bifrost
biochemical degradation
Birch Hills
black clip
bleaching agent I for wool
boom cut
buried wire
businesses-to-businesses
Caltra
carvan
catechol-oxydase
char combustion
cluster fly
communifaking
constant value conrol
cordyceps sinensis (berk) sacc
depaves
divisibleness
Djerba, I.de
exophthalmos-producing
external definition symbol
frankl
frequency response testing
gelled patterning and gilding
hazeless
hexamethyl
hole semi-conductor
human T-cell leukemia virus
hump day
iatrogenic impotence
inclination angle of an orbit
information processing systems
internal beam current
kernel of multi-microprocessor operating system
Kira-gawa
latern (ring)
liquid-saturation curve
long keeping
luster of wood
mailbox name
malleable cast-iron
manganese(iv) hydroxide
mareogram
mask pitch
mesh division
metellis
Middenmeer
mucilago tragacanthae
myeloparalysis
Newaygo County
not know if one is coming or going
nuristans
osyter bed
Pacahuaras, R.
paganised
palette(s)
panentheist
pantomycin
peck and hale
photoefficiency of photocathode
photreceptors
piosity
preamble clause
prioritisings
Purnea
relative growth method
repeating circle
retromandibular
scroll bone
second level interrupt
securities market line
separate body and frame
simke
Sinnamary
spectrohelioscope
squamose structure
St Andrews's cross
starded
sulcus infrapalpebralis
tatkal
team project
tetrachordos
tige
unloaded spring
unsightliest
urodelian
Valdemembra, R.
vehicle actuated signal
wature
wihtig
wild purslanes
with a yawn