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加油鴨!

“add oil”,是人們常掛在嘴邊的詞語“加油”的英文直譯。 如今,這樣的中式英語(Chinglish)已被《牛津英語詞典 (Oxford English Dictionary) 》所承認,並在最近壹次發布的壹批新詞新義更新中,將“add oil”列入其中。

exclamation

表示 (因吃驚、害怕、喜悅等而發出的) “ 呼喊,驚叫 ”,英文解釋為“ something you say or shout suddenly because of surprise, fear, pleasure, etc. ”, 舉個?:

an exclamation of delight

高興的大叫

versatility

名詞,表示“用途廣泛,萬用,多才多藝”,英文解釋為“the quality of being versatile (= able to change easily or to be used for different purposes)”,其形容詞形式為: versatile 同樣表示“多才多藝的;有多種用途的,多功能的,萬用的” ,舉個?:

Never before has computing been so versatile .

計算機技術從未像現在這樣用途廣泛。

outlet

outlet/outlets壹詞經常出現 。 media outlet/ news outlets 都可以表示媒體/新聞機構;

outlet本身可以表示“零售網點;經銷點;專賣店”,如:

a fast-food outlet 快餐店

a retail outlet 零售店

此外,也可以指“廉價經銷店,〔尤指銷售某公司或某類型產品的〕折扣店”,英文解釋為“a shop that sells things for less than the usual price, especially things from a particular company or things of a particular type”

而我們日常生活中常見的“奧特萊斯”商場就是outlets的音譯,指的就是品牌直銷購物中心。

pen

妳可能還不知道pen可以作動詞?此處就是表示“寫, 撰寫 ”,英文解釋為“ If someone pens a letter, article, or book, they write it. ”, 舉個?:

I really intended to pen this letter to you early this morning.

我本來真的打算今天壹大早就給妳寫這封信的。

此外,作為動詞,pen還可以表示“ 關 (人或動物) ” ,英文解釋為“ If people or animals are penned somewhere or are penned up, they are forced to remain in a very small area.” ,舉個?:

The cattle were penned for the night.

這頭牛晚上被關了起來。

而作名詞也有“ 〔圍養家畜的〕欄,圈,棚 ”,如:a sheep pen 羊圈

column

此處表示“ 〔報紙或雜誌的〕專欄(文章) ”,英文解釋為“ an article on a particular subject or by a particular writer that appears regularly in a newspaper or magazine ”, 舉個?:

He writes a weekly column for ‘The Economist’.

他每周為《經濟學人》寫壹篇專欄文章。

它還有什麽意思呢?可以表示:

· “支柱,柱,圓柱”: a tall solid upright stone post used to support a building or as a decoration.

· “ 〔數字或單詞的〕列 ”:a line of numbers or words written under each other that goes down a page (與“行” row 相對)

· “ 〔報紙或書頁上的〕欄 ”:one of two or more areas of print that go down the page of a newspaper or book and that are separated from each other by a narrow space(如:Page 5, column 2 第5頁第2欄)

· nothingburger: Something that is or turns out to be insignificant or lacking in substance.

例句: a seemingly endless series of nothingburger speeches

後面的新詞就偷懶下不查了,

有興趣的童鞋可以自己Google啦,

周末愉快!

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