7大网络英语新词学起来

7大网络英语新词学起来

1.

screen-rage

怒喷屏幕

Definition: to talk back, yell or curse at a digital screen.

定义：对着电子屏幕回骂、大喊或咒骂。

Example sentence: …I got screen-rage when I read his text message.‟

例句：“我看到他的短信后怒喷屏幕。”

Who hasn‟t talked back to their computer or their sma rtphone? Screen-rage is something almost everyone has experienced. Though …rage-quit‟ was recently added to , screen-rage‟s chances look less than stellar. So far, there‟s only one example of the word in the Oxford English Corpus – from 2006.

谁没试过对着电脑和手机回骂呢？怒喷屏幕几乎是每个人都做过的事。“怒退”不久前才被收入牛津在线词典，不过“怒喷屏幕”加入的可能似乎并不大。自2006年到现在，这个词在牛津英语语料库里只出现过一次。

2.

moblivious

盯着手机不留心

Definition: staring at your phone whilst walking or driving and oblivious of your surroundings.

定义：走路或开车时盯着手机，没有注意周围的情况。

Example sent ence: …Staring intently at her phone, she was completely moblivious to what was going on.‟

例句：“她专注地盯着手机，完全没有留意正在发生什么事。”

Moblivious is another term from the sphere of technology that quite a few people might be able to relate to. While certainly a handy and topical word, its chances of getting included in the dictionary are slim.

Moblivious又是一个科技领域来的词，而且跟许多人都有联系。这个词确实很方便实用，也很贴近时下的生活，但它可没多少机会被收入到牛津词典中。

3.

bourbon o‟clock

波旁点

Definition: an appropriate time of day for starting to drink bourbon.

定义：一天中开始喝波旁威士忌的恰当时间

Example sentence: …Bourbon o‟clock just got better.‟

例句：“波旁点已经变得更好了。”

This suggestion was clearly inspired by our recent addition of wine o‟clock and beer o‟clock to . Though bourbon may be the drink of choice for some people, the term bourbon o‟clock isn‟t anywhere close to the popularity of the other two, yet, and will not be added to the dictionary in the foreseeable future.

这个提议明显是受到了“红酒点”和“啤酒点”的启发，它们最近被收入到牛津在线词典上了。虽然有些人喝酒时会选择波旁威士忌，但“波旁点”还远没有另外两个“点”流行，短期内它都不会被加入到牛津在线词典里了。

4.

globalian

全球人

Definition: a member of the globe.

定义：属于全球的一员

Example sentence: …As a globalian, she felt it was her duty to stand up for other people‟s human rights.‟

例句：“身为一个全球人，她觉得自己有责任为他人的人权挺身而出。”

The reason for this coinage was quite a noble one: “If people start feeling proud to tell that they are globalian, territorial boundaries will fade away from their mind and inter-state conflict may reduce.” While certainly an admirable stance, the word‟s chances of success do not look good.

这个词被造出来的理由十分崇高：“如果人们开始自豪地称自己为全球人，领土的分界就会从他们的思想中褪去，国家之间的冲突就会减少。”虽然态度可嘉，但这个词成功加入词典的几率不容乐观。

5.

sarcaustic

又讽刺又刻薄

Definition: sarcastic and caustic.

定义：语带讽刺，尖酸刻薄。

Example sentence: …I think they‟re being sarcaustic.‟

例句：“我觉得他们说话又讽刺又刻薄。”

Portmanteaus are always popular among the word coiners that contact us. This is one of them. We could find two occurrences of the word in our corpus, but that‟s sadly not nearly enough to make it into the dictionary.