美国文化口语秀(文本+MP3) 第275期:2015牛津年度十大新词

今年牛津收录了哪些新单词？从emoji, 到lumbersexual, 快听节目学习这些热词吧。

The Oxford Word of the Year: 牛津年度热词
It's just as important as text itself:它和文字一样重要
It's been around since the 90's: emoji这个词90年代就有了
The reason emoji was selected: emoji这个词当选的原因
Loanword/borrowed word:外来词（从外语输入本国语言的词）
The usage of emoji has gone up a lot this year: 表情符号本身的使用频率大幅增长
Selection committee: 评选委员会
They chose emoji because it has replaced the use of text itself: 他们选择emoji因为表情符号的使用已经开始取代文字本身
Happy face: 笑脸
Sad face:苦脸
Face with tears of joy: 泪中带笑的表情符号
Subtlety: 精妙之处
Interpret: 解释、理解

除了emoji, 以下这些新词、热词也进入了牛津的榜单：
The Oxford Shortlist 其它上榜词汇
Lumbersexual (noun): a person who is sexy in a rugged lumberjack way. 伐木工性感范儿。形容不修边幅却性感的男人。
例句: Daniel Craig is a lumbersexual.
Rugged:不修边幅的
Metrosexual: 几年前的热词，形容爱打扮、精致的花样美男。
Lumberjack: 伐木工
Bushy beard: 大胡子
2. They (noun): describes a person of unspecified sex. 形容一个性别不容易分辨的人，看上去既像男的，又像女的。为了避免冒犯他/她，就可以用'they'来形容这个人。注意，这个词这里是形容单数、一个人。
例句: Is that a man or a woman? I don't know. It's a they.
3. Brexit (noun): Britain possiblly exits the European Union. 英国可能退出欧盟。
例句: Should Britian make a Brexit?
4. Sharing economy (noun): an economic system in which assets or services are shared between individuals, either for free or for a fee, typically by means of the internet. 共享经济。
另外有个常用的类似概念：the Uberization of the economy (优步模式经济)
5. Refugee (noun): a person who is forced to leave their country to escape war, persecution or natural disasters 难民。
媒体常提refugee crisis: 难民危机
6. Ad blocker (noun): A piece of software that prevents advertisements from appearing on a web page. 广告过滤软件。
7. The dark web (noun): the part of the internet only accessible by a special piece of software. 暗网。
8. On fleek (adjective): extremely good, attractive or stylish. 潮、有范儿。
例句: You're looking on fleek today.