Dictionary.com新增數(shù)百新單詞

Dictionary.com新增了數(shù)百個(gè)定義2017年的新詞匯，包括“alt-right”、“teachable moment”以及“slay”和“dabbing”等。

該在線詞典每年都會(huì)從用戶在網(wǎng)站上查找的內(nèi)容中，挑選出新詞條。今年，這些詞條涉及政治、食品、以及和大麻相關(guān)的俚語等。

Dictionary.com CEO利茲?麥克米蘭在一份聲明中表示：“用戶希望我們的網(wǎng)站能夠釋義他們所看到、聽到和讀到的單詞。在當(dāng)今高度政治化的世界，幫助用戶剖析在這一時(shí)期的政治話語中聽到的單詞是我們義不容辭的事情。”

在2016年美國大選期間，“Alt-right”的熱度突然升高，目前Dictionary.com對(duì)這個(gè)詞的定義是一種“包括支持白人民族主義和反猶太主義等極端右翼意識(shí)形態(tài)的部分保守主義者”的政治運(yùn)動(dòng)。網(wǎng)站對(duì)“clicktivism”的定義為“利用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)，組織和宣傳政治或社會(huì)事業(yè)與運(yùn)動(dòng)。”

Dictionary.com還定義了與大麻相關(guān)的俚語，包括去年美國多個(gè)州就娛樂用大麻合法化舉行公投之后出現(xiàn)的“420”和“kush”。

在音樂方面，受碧昂斯的啟發(fā)，網(wǎng)站增加了動(dòng)詞“slay”，意思是“強(qiáng)烈地打動(dòng)或壓垮某人”。（Dictionary.com上還有這個(gè)詞的原始定義：“暴力殺害”。）

Dictionary.com還詳細(xì)解釋了最近因?yàn)槲F(tuán)體Migos而流行起來的一個(gè)詞--“dabbing”：“一種舞蹈動(dòng)作，舞者將一只胳膊彎曲放在胸部位置，鼻子放在肘部，另一只胳膊向外伸出到肩部位置或高于肩部，常被作為體育運(yùn)動(dòng)或其他競賽的慶祝姿勢(shì)。”（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

譯者：劉進(jìn)龍/汪皓

From “alt-right” and “teachable moment” to “slay” and “dabbing,” Dictionary.com has added hundreds of new words that define 2017.

The online dictionary picks its additions each year based on what users are searching on the site. This year, those words ranged from politics and food to marijuana and slang.

“Our users turn to us to define the words they see, hear, and read — and in today’s highly politicized world, we play a necessary role in helping users dissect the meaning of words heard in this period of political discourse,” said Dictionary.com CEO Liz McMillan in a statement.

"Alt-right,” which saw a spike in interest during the 2016 election, is now defined on Dictionary.com as a political movement “composed of a segment of conservatives who support extreme right-wing ideologies, including white nationalism and anti-Semitism.” The website also defined "clicktivism" as the “use of the Internet to organize and promote political or social cause and movements.”

Dictionary.com also defined marijuana-related slang terms including “420” and “kush," following referendums on the recreational legalization of the drug in several states last year.

In music, Beyoncé served as inspiration for the addition of “slay,” a verb that means “to strongly impress or overwhelm someone." (Dictionary.com also still includes the word's original definition: "to kill by violence.")

And Dictionary.com now offers a detailed definition of “dabbing,” popularized recently by the rap group Migos: “the act of performing a dance move that involves posing with one’s nose in the crook of a bent elbow at chest level while extending the other arm to the side at or above shoulder level, often as a celebratory posture in sports or other competitions.”