时间:2019-02-21 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


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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
acid-test ratio
ahigh
arc suppressing coil
as crooked as a dog's hind leg
asswhore
automatic stabilizer
avoiding chord
azzones
ballsbridge
Bergatreute
biocapacity
bleached paddy soil
buckling criteria
Cimanuk, Sungai
closed grating
coefficient of utilization of useful capacity
colloidal fuel
colpeurynter introducing forceps
commodity producer
conductive band
convolation
cordons sanitaires
cross sell
dessicator
dicky-seat
Dmitrovsk-Orlovskiy
dominant laterality
double squirrelcage motor
ecological system
elevator apron
epimera
erysipelas gangraenosum
eschewal
Football's a game of two halves
forfending
formula plan
froben
genus limnobiums
glucoscilliphaeoside
Hall's anchor
hip line
homer a. thompsons
hydraulic-machinery
ignition-switch
input-output interface system
instantaneous center/centre of rotation
intrumental
isothymol
keyboard input
klepto
liver coccidiosis
log well
maritime law institute
mass-energy
mincer and bowl cutter
mode of transducer
Montils
multiethnic education
no-claim
nonresponses
one-hundred-dollar
passive infrared rangefinder
pedaling
permissible limit of vibration
personal contact
phospholipidomics
Photinia chingiana
phylum chaetognathas
Piggott
pinnatifid
posumbu
prosperoes
pseudotriton ruber
pyramid method of hull construction
pyrenophora japonica ito et kuribayashi
Ranella
reaming bit
rhyacophila formosana
ringal
screen house
searls
Semple treatment
sexidentate ligand
Sheykino
silicon impregnation
Soltvadkert
spermatorrheas
subspectra
syndesm-
Thal Des.
thixotropic hardening
thorup
three-membered
twin tail
two-track recorder
vacuum-gauge
Vallen
very low frequency band radiated field system
Vila da Maganja
vision signal
Wairio
wind measuring device