主播:Selah | 翩翩
音樂:Feel the Need
之前節(jié)目,給大家推薦過非常好用的詞典,比如Merriam-Webster(韋氏詞典)。但這些詞典的專業(yè)性很強,用起來難免會覺得boring。今天,給大家推薦一個有趣又輕松的詞典——HipDict。
1.What is HipDict? HipDict 嬉皮詞典,了解一下
HipDict:
Hip: hip指時尚的
Dict: short for dictionary 是dictionary的縮寫
1.HipDict這部“詞典”特別在哪?
What is special about it?
It has pictures.
It puts words in a very readable(可讀的) way.
The definitions are easy to understand and very relatable(能引起人的共鳴).
It takes normal words and writes other definitions for them.
用普通單詞來解釋,并且給出的定義與常規(guī)不同。
這些定義很funny,有的甚至很sarcastic,非常relatable。人們甚至覺得,該詞典給出的解釋,比詞本身的含義更好,true to real life(更貼切)。
*sarcastic /sɑ:r?kæst?k/ adj.挖苦的,諷刺的
*relatable adj.有共鳴的
2.HipDict有多受歡迎?
It has 2.7 million followers.有270萬的粉絲。
3)這部“詞典”編輯是誰?
The account is a “crowdsourced” dictionary.
*crowdsourced:群策群力的
Crowd is the source for the dictionary. 諸多網(wǎng)友是這個詞典的編輯,是詞義貢獻者。
Baidu baike is a crowdsourced website. 百度百科是一個群策群力的網(wǎng)站。
4)為什么人們喜歡它?
It is sarcastic and relatable.(解釋有諷刺性,能讓人產(chǎn)生共鳴。)
You feel like there is a shared feeling, or way to understand the world.你會找到情感互通的感覺。
接下來,就給大家選HipDict里12個詞來解釋一下。
開始之前,這些表示“好笑”的詞,請先收下,以免一會兒詞窮。
funny 搞笑的
hilarious /h??leri?s/ 滑稽的
entertaining有趣的
relatable有共鳴的
2.Some words from HipDict 搞笑HipDict詞匯分享
Zodiac sign: an excuse for people to justify their shitty behavior.
星座:人們?yōu)樗麄兊脑愀庑袨檗q護的借口。
*justify /?d??st?fa?/ v. 證明……有理
*shitty/???ti/ adj.較差的;糟糕的
Starbucks: a place where people show off their laptops.
星巴克:一個人們炫耀筆記本電腦的地方。
*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:對我來說,是有點糟糕的一年,但對我的狗來說,卻是非常好的一年,因為它不需要獨自待著。
因為新冠疫情,有隔離(quarantine),所以家里的狗狗就有人陪了。
2021: Season 2 of 2020.
2021:疫情還在持續(xù),所以,2021是2020的第二季。
English teachers: people who put more thoughts into a novel than the original author ever did.
語文老師:過度解讀小說的人,可能會讓original author(原著作者)學到新的東西。
*original author:原著作者
Weekend: time goes by so quickly even though I’m doing nothing all day.
周末:什么都沒做,時間就那么過去了。
那什么是week呢?
Selah機智地給出了“week”的定義:
Week:time goes by so slowly even though I’m doing everything
翩翩老師通過聲音給“week”下了定義:
Mon...day... , Tues...day... , Wednes...day.... , ..., Friday, Sat. , Sun.
Poor: when you have too much month at the end of your money.
貧窮:錢花完了,但日子還長。
* at the ends of... :在……的最后
Birthday: you only have one. The rest are just anniversaries.
生日:你只有一個,后面的只是紀念日
* anniversary /?æn??v?:rs?ri/:紀念日
I haven’t started it either: the most encouraging words you’ll hear as a student.
我也還沒開始呢:學生時代聽到的最有安慰的話。
尤其是the day before school starts(開學前一天),聽到同學這么說,真是莫大的安慰。
Adulthood: wanting to sleep all day and then delaying going to sleep all night.
成人期:一整天想睡覺,但晚上卻又遲遲不入睡。
You are what you eat: bullshit. I don’t remember eating anxiety and back pain.
你就是你吃的東西:胡說。我不記得吃過焦慮和背痛啊。
In a minute: I’m going to take another 15 minutes.
馬上:再等15分鐘。
These are so funny, hilarious, entertaining, relatable.
這些單詞那么有趣,我們怎么樣才能使用這個詞典呢?
它是Instagram上的一個page,你輸入HipDict,就能找到了。(但首先你得先翻個墻)
請留言告訴我們:
你喜歡這個HipDict嗎?