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老外来了:英语“词典”推荐!既能学英语,又能读段子!用它!

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主播:Selah | 翩翩

音乐:Feel the Need

之前节目,给大家推荐过非常好用的词典,比如Merriam-Webster(韦氏词典)。但这些词典的专业性很强,用起来难免会觉得boring。今天,给大家推荐一个有趣又轻松的词典——HipDict


1.What is HipDict HipDict 嬉皮词典,了解一下

HipDict

Hip: hip指时尚的

Dict: short for dictionary dictionary的缩写


1.HipDict这部词典特别在哪?

What is special about it?

It has pictures.

It puts words in a very readable(可读的) way.

The definitions are easy to understand and very relatable(能引起人的共鸣).

It takes normal words and writes other definitions for them.

用普通单词来解释,并且给出的定义与常规不同。

这些定义很funny,有的甚至很sarcastic,非常relatable。人们甚至觉得,该词典给出的解释,比词本身的含义更好,true to real life(更贴切)。

*sarcastic /sɑ:rˈkæstɪk/ adj.挖苦的,讽刺的

*relatable adj.有共鸣的

2.HipDict有多受欢迎?

It has 2.7 million followers.270万的粉丝。

3)这部词典编辑是谁?

The account is a “crowdsourced” dictionary.

*crowdsourced:群策群力的

Crowd is the source for the dictionary. 诸多网友是这个词典的编辑,是词义贡献者。

Baidu baike is a crowdsourced website. 百度百科是一个群策群力的网站。

4)为什么人们喜欢它?

It is sarcastic and relatable.(解释有讽刺性,能让人产生共鸣。)

You feel like there is a shared feeling, or way to understand the world.你会找到情感互通的感觉。


接下来,就给大家选HipDict12个词来解释一下。

开始之前,这些表示好笑的词,请先收下,以免一会儿词穷。

funny 搞笑的

hilarious /hɪˈleriəs/ 滑稽的

entertaining有趣的

relatable有共鸣的


2.Some words from HipDict  搞笑HipDict词汇分享

Zodiac sign: an excuse for people to justify their shitty behavior.

星座:人们为他们的糟糕行为辩护的借口。

*justify /ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ/ v. 证明……有理

*shitty/ˈʃɪti/ adj.较差的;糟糕的


Starbucks: a place where people show off their laptops.

星巴克:一个人们炫耀笔记本电脑的地方。

*show off 炫耀


2020: a kinda bad year for me but a really good year for my dog who did not have to be alone for a single second.

2020:对我来说,是有点糟糕的一年,但对我的狗来说,却是非常好的一年,因为它不需要独自待着。

因为新冠疫情,有隔离(quarantine),所以家里的狗狗就有人陪了。


2021: Season 2 of 2020.

2021:疫情还在持续,所以,20212020的第二季。


English teachers: people who put more thoughts into a novel than the original author ever did.

语文老师:过度解读小说的人,可能会让original author(原著作者)学到新的东西。

*original author:原著作者


Weekend: time goes by so quickly even though I’m doing nothing all day.

周末:什么都没做,时间就那么过去了。

那什么是week呢?

Selah机智地给出了“week”的定义:

Weektime goes by so slowly even though I’m doing everything

翩翩老师通过声音给“week”下了定义:

Mon...day... , Tues...day... , Wednes...day.... , ..., Friday, Sat. , Sun.


Poor: when you have too much month at the end of your money.

贫穷:钱花完了,但日子还长。

* at the ends of... :在……的最后


Birthday: you only have one. The rest are just anniversaries.

生日:你只有一个,后面的只是纪念日

* anniversary /ˌænɪˈvɜ:rsəri/:纪念日

 

I haven’t started it either: the most encouraging words you’ll hear as a student.

我也还没开始呢:学生时代听到的最有安慰的话。

尤其是the day before school starts(开学前一天),听到同学这么说,真是莫大的安慰。


Adulthood: wanting to sleep all day and then delaying going to sleep all night.

成人期:一整天想睡觉,但晚上却又迟迟不入睡。


You are what you eat: bullshit. I don’t remember eating anxiety and back pain.

你就是你吃的东西:胡说。我不记得吃过焦虑和背痛啊。


In a minute: I’m going to take another 15 minutes.

马上:再等15分钟。

 

These are so funny, hilarious, entertaining, relatable.

这些单词那么有趣,我们怎么样才能使用这个词典呢?

它是Instagram上的一个page,你输入HipDict,就能找到了。(但首先你得先翻个墙)


请留言告诉我们:

你喜欢这个HipDict吗?



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