必学词汇：牛津在线词典5月新词新义

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1、ThelatestquarterlyupdatetoOxfordDictionariesseesawiderangeofwords,definitions,andsensesaddedtothedictionary.Hereisaselectionofsomeofthenewwordsandsensesfromthisquarter’supdate:牛津在线词典最新季度的更新收录了涵盖各个方面的单词、定义和含义。下面选取了一些本季度的新词新义：shipShipwasoriginallyanabbreviationofrelationshi

2、p,andreferstoaromanticrelationshipbetweentwocharactersinafictionalseries–oftenonethatissupportedbyfansratherthandepictedintheseriesitself.Ship起初是单词relationship（关系）的缩写，用来指电视剧中两个虚构角色之间的恋情——而且通常是粉丝们所支持的，而不是剧集本身所描写的那对。Youmightfindtheserelationshipsportrayedinfanfictionoronlin

3、ediscussion;thosewhohaveaparticularinterestinaparticularshipareknownasshippers,whichisanotherwordenteringOxfordDictionariesOnlineinthisupdate.这类恋情往往是通过粉丝写的同人小说或者网络讨论描绘出来的。那些粉某一特定ship的人会自称shipper——这个单词也同样在这次更新中入驻了牛津在线词典。Supportforoneoftheserelationshipsisdescribedwiththeve

4、rbship–forexample,'IwillalwaysshipSherlockandMolly'.Ship作动词时可以表达对某种感情的支持，比如：“我会永远ship夏洛克和茉莉。”（英剧《神探夏洛克》中的台词）thingThingisfarfromanewword,butanewsensehasdevelopedoverrecentyears.thing并不是一个新词，只是近年来这个词又被赋予了新义。Describingsomethingasathingisnowusedinformallytoindicatethatsomethi

5、ngisanestablishedorgenuinephenomenonorpractice–oftenregisteringsurpriseorincredulity.现在，现在用thing来描述某事物，是用来表示这种现象或行为是确定的、真实存在的，是一种非正式的说法——通常用于表达惊奇或是不可思议的事物。Forexample:'helookslikehe'swearingboxersunderneathhistrunks(isthatathing?).比如：“他看起来好像在泳裤下面还穿了平角裤——真的是这样吗（isthatathing

6、）?”bikeableSeveralwordsfromtheworldofcyclingareincludedintheMayupdate.Theadjectivebikeableisusedtodescribeanenvironmentwhichissuitableorsafeforcyclists–whetherthatbeacitycentrewhichhascyclelanesoraterrainwhichwon'tendangerlifeandlimb.在五月的更新里，收录了几个出自单车运动领域的单词。其中，形容词bikeabl

7、e用来描述某环境是“适于自行车骑行的”——可能是置有自行车道的市中心，也可能是一段不会危及人身安全的地形。sportive&granfondoTheothercycling-relatedwordswhichhaveenteredOxfordDictionariesonlinerefertovarioustypesoflong-distancecyclingevents.Sportive(anabbreviationofcyclosportive)isalong-distanceroadcyclingeventinwhichalargen

8、umberofcyclistsrideamarkedroute,andisalsoknownasagranfondo–aterm,fromItalian,whichisalsoincluded