时间:2019-03-05 作者:英语课 分类:美国文化脱口秀


英语课

   一年快要过去了,少不了各种总结。今天,我们就给大家总结推荐今年10大热门、实用的英语新词!


  关键词:
  New words: 新词
  Buzzwords: 热词
  Round up: 盘点
  Current affairs: 时事、时政类热词
  #1. Clicktivist: 键盘侠
  Clicktivist (click+activist 1): 键盘侠
  Clicktivism: 键盘侠现象
  Click: 点击
  Activist: 热血青年
  Mouse: 鼠标
  Social movements: 社会运动
  怎么用?
  Clicktivists are only active online. They don't really put themsleves out there: 键盘侠在网上很活跃,但没有实际行动
  #2. Trumpism: 特朗普主义
  Trumpism (Trump 2+ism): 特朗普主义
  ism后缀表示一种主义,比如:
  Communism:共产主义
  Socialism: 社会主义
  怎么用?
  Trumpism refers to the ideas and beliefs that Donald Trump stands for: 特朗普主义就是特朗普代表的理念和思想
  Many Americans firmly believe in Trumpism: 很多美国人非常相信特朗普理念
  还有一个相关的新词:
  Trumptize: 特朗普化
  ize也是一个常用后缀,表示一种过程,比如:
  Globalize: 全球化
  #3. Merica: 美国有个新名字
  Merica: America, 美国
  It's more of a sarcastic 3 usage. But many Americans do use it: 这是一个比较嘲讽的用法,但是很多美国人是会这么说
  This word is also in the Oxford 4 Dictionary now: 这个词今年也被收入了牛津词典
  怎么用?
  Merica is the greatest country in the world: 米国是世界上最伟大的国家
  *注意发音*
  不是m?r?k?, 是m?rk?
  *注意使用*
  You should always use "America" in most situations: 大家说“美国”,基本上还是应该用America
  Merica is only for joking and being sarcastic: Merica只能用在开玩笑、讽刺的情况下
  Fashion & lifestyle: 时尚、生活方式类新词
  *这些词都是portmanteaus*
  两个词组成的混成词。大家还记得我们以前做过节目说这些“破馒头”词吗?
  #4. Femleisure: 温柔休闲风
  Femleisure (feminine+leisure): 有女人味儿的运动休闲风
  Feminine: 温柔、女人味儿
  Leisure: 休闲
  怎么用?
  Many Instagram celebrities 5 like Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner have the femleisure style: 美国很多Instagram网红,比如Gigi, Kendall都是这种温柔休闲风
  想到去年两个很红的时尚风格,同样也是portmanteau(混成词):
  Athleisure (athletic+leisure): 运动休闲风
  Normcore (normal+core): 简单基础风
  #5. Yogacise:瑜伽锻炼
  Yogacise (yoga+exercise): 瑜伽运动法
  Yoga with more physical exercise routines: 融入较大力度动作的瑜伽
  怎么用?
  I'm super into yogacising: 我特别喜欢瑜伽锻炼
  10个超实用的英语新词
  #6. Wext:边走边微信
  Wext (walk+text): 边走路、边发微信、看手机
  怎么用?
  We're all guilty of wexting: 人人都有这个问题
  I'm always annoyed when people wext and run into me: 我最怕被边走边看手机的人撞到
  #7. Adorkable:有魅力的书呆子
  Adorkable (adorable+dork): 有魅力的书呆子
  Adorable: 可爱的、有吸引力的
  Dork: 书呆子,近义词nerd
  Adorable can describe kids: adorable可以形容可爱的小孩
  But it's also used to describe someone you are attracted to: 但也能形容你觉得某人很有吸引力
  Chemistry: 化学反应
  Dork is the new hot: 书呆子风很流行
  You can use "adorkable" on both men and women: 这个词用来形容男生、女生都可以
  怎么用?
  Do you find Mark Zuckerberg adorkable? 你觉得扎克伯格帅吗?
  Acronyms 6: 缩写类
  #8. YOLO:人生苦短,抓住现在
  YOLO (You only live once): 人生只有一次
  It's an attitude towards life: 形容一种人生态度
  People used to say the Latin phrase "carpe diem". Now, they say "YOLO": 以前,大家会说拉丁语“carpe diem", 现在年轻人都说“YOLO"
  怎么用?
  When you do something crazy or exciting and post on social media, you can write "YOLO": 你做一些比较疯狂或者特别的事情,发朋友圈,可以写“YOLO"
  Bungee jumping: 蹦极跳
  #9. FOMO:错过恐惧症
  FOMO (fear of missing out):恐怕自己会错过
  怎么用?
  Our culture is so FOMO now. People always want to get a piece of the newest trends: 现在就是跟风文化,大家都要追最新的潮流
  Housing prices are always going up. Gotta buy it now. FOMO: 房子的价格永远在涨,一定要早点买, FOMO
  反义词:
  JOMO (joy of missing out):不跟风很快乐
  #10. OTP:模范情侣/夫妻
  OTP (One true pair): 一对真爱
  Many millennials in America love using OTP when talking about a couple: 美国很多90后谈到一对恋人时,特别爱用OTP这个词
  怎么用?
  The Obamas are the ultimate OTP: 奥巴马和太太绝对是一对OTP

n.活动分子,积极分子
  • He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
  • He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
adj.讥讽的,讽刺的,嘲弄的
  • I squashed him with a sarcastic remark.我说了一句讽刺的话把他给镇住了。
  • She poked fun at people's shortcomings with sarcastic remarks.她冷嘲热讽地拿别人的缺点开玩笑。
n.牛津(英国城市)
  • At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
  • This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。
n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉
  • He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
  • a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
n.首字母缩略词( acronym的名词复数 )
  • Scratch the subject of defence and acronyms, abbreviations, and buzzwords fly out. 话题触及国防,缩合字,缩写字和行话就满天飞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Some acronyms as scientific terminology are used as a lexical item. 一些科学术语缩写用作词汇项目。 来自互联网
学英语单词
(of a silkworm) molt to go through the chrysalis state
amethystanthus japonicus nakai
Ampcoloy
antipodism
arsentsumebite
asymmetric conductivity
autogyro rotor
bacterial calls
ballet british colombia
bioocclusion
biotropic
birth control measure
carried-out
Caryophyllineae
cell granulations
chimney exit diameter
chresard
closer-in
consultation committee
coolant distribution unit
cryptands
Cupressus sempervirens
daylight robberies
direct-geared
dito
domestic staff
electronic band
exceptional performance
eye-blinks
fixture for boring machine
flood-level rim
formrs
green machine
hisds
homatropine eye drops
i could have wept
Iepê
igloo
imagistically
intropressions
isooctyl alcohol
joint and several obligation
laser raman photoacoustic spectrometry
lebanese pounds
line terminator
love beat
main spar
mapmakings
mat-forming
mecke
media check
meta-anthracite
methylmetal-crylates
mixed tumor of submaxillary gland
monarchia
moss locust
muckamuck
Muhamut
musculoligamentous
nitrocellulose varnish
nonstratified crown
Norheimsund
onagers
online monitoring
ooxanthines
order Spirochaetales
oxoglutaric
particulars of goods
pestiferously
postheparin
potato beans
power supply main
precipitron
press agencies
PsLogList
refolds
relieving oppression and masses
rere-county
residence half
restimulates
self-directing missile
single-spindle lathe
slab amplifiers
sode ash
soft-pedalleds
sphericities
static MOS inverter
stratified sand
stringifying
subsonic ejection seat
swallowers
systems analysis and design
target.com
the means of production
tourism area
true folding
uncastigated
uniform heat flux
vestibule floor
visual relief map
width of ruled area