The Oxford English Dictionary

This is the Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) in electronic form, on a CD-ROM disk 15 centimetres wide.

这就是在一张15厘米宽的只读光盘上的电子版牛津词典。

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One winter's morning in 1991 I loaded a guitar, a condensed edition of the Oxford English Dictionary and a Teach Yourself Russian course into an old Volkswagen, left the house near Edinburgh where I had been staying and drove to Kiev.

1991年冬天的一个早上，我把一把吉他、一本精炼版牛津英语字典和一本俄语自课本装进我的老大众汽车，离开爱丁堡的家，驶往基辅。

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in the oxford english dictionary, there are no fewer than one and a half columns devoted to "kiss".

在《牛津英语词典》中，“亲吻”这一条目不下一栏半。

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And this year it earned its place as the Oxford English Dictionary's 2013 Word Of The Year.

今年，自拍还被牛津英语字典列为2013年度词语。

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The term-which means picture ( e) and character ( moji) in Japanese-was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2013.

Emoji这个单词--在日语里意味着图像（e）和字符（moji）--于2013年被列入牛津英语词典。

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The title has been added, without fanfare, to official forms and databases and is under consideration by the Oxford English Dictionary for inclusion in its next edition.

没有敲锣打鼓的大肆宣扬，这个称呼就这么（默默地）新增了：牛津英语词典会考虑增添到下一版的官方版本和数据库当中。

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Most dictionaries, like the Oxford English Dictionary, have an online version.

大多数词典，像《牛津英语词典》，都有一个网络版本。

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This is the Oxford English Dictionary Online, one of the best online dictionaries.

这是牛津线上英语字典，目前最好的线上字典之一。

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Reference help, including the Oxford English Dictionary, is available at Dictionaries and Thesauri.

包括《牛津英语字典》，在内的参考帮助可以在字典与类属词典找到。

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the supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary

《牛津英语词典》补编

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, Daft meant "mild" or "meek" in Old English, whereas it means "foolish" today.

《牛津英语字典》显示，Daft在古英语中是“温和”与“温顺”的含义，而如今它却是“愚蠢”的意思。

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James Murray, first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

詹姆斯·穆雷，牛津英语字典的第一位编辑。

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Happiness in the "New Oxford English Dictionary" is the meaning of comfort, health and happy state.

幸福感在《新牛津英语词典》中的含义是舒适、健康和愉快的状态。

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And now the Oxford English Dictionary has codified this by using the Benedict Cumberbatch series as its example to define the new word, ship.

而现在牛津英语字典也把Benedict Cumberbatch的这部剧收录到字典里，作为ship新释义的例句。

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But in its own market, the Oxford English Dictionary CD is phenomenal value for money.

但是在自己的词典市场上, 花这些钱买牛津词典光盘却是非常值得的.

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...my pocket edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.

我的袖珍版《牛津英语词典》

《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

Her sacred text is the Oxford English Dictionary.

她的圣经是牛津英语辞典。

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Most words have to be around for 10 years before they will be considered for the Oxford English Dictionary, but JK Rowling's word "muggle"-which made its debut in Philosopher's Stone-was an exception.

多数新词都要过个十年才能被考虑收入牛津英语词典，然而JK罗琳在《哈利？波特与魔法石》首次造出的新词“麻瓜”却是个例外。

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Meaning "sexually attractive," this compound word is so widespread that it made it into the Oxford English Dictionary.

这个合成词的意思是“具有性吸引力”，因为应用很广泛还被收录进了《牛津英语辞典》。

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The latest 20-volume-plus Oxford English Dictionary will fit in your back pocket.

最新版二十余卷的牛津词典可以放入您的裤兜里。

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As the Oxford English Dictionary notes, 'In ancient Rome several festivals of Mars took place in March, presumably in preparation for the campaigning season, since Mars was a god of war.'

《牛津英语词典》上记载：“在古罗马时期，一些有关于马尔斯的节日都在三月举行，想必是为了战争时期做准备，因为马尔斯是一位战神。”

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This is the Oxford English Dictionary ( OED ) in electronic form, on CD-ROM disk 15 centimetres wide.

这就是在一张15厘米宽的只读光盘上的电子版牛津词典.

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The Second Edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for 171476 words in current use, and 47156 obsolete words.

长达20卷的《牛津英语词典》第二版中有171476个仍在使用的单词词条，还有47156个废弃单词词条。

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And even quotations from Professor Ian Gordon, The World of English words columnist, can be found in the Oxford English Dictionary by means of this computer search.

即使是从《英语世界》的词汇专栏作家伊安-戈登教授作品中引来的用语也能用计算机检索的方法在大牛津词典中找到。

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The Oxford English dictionary is the best authority on English words.

《牛津英语大词典》是关于英语文字的最高权威著作。

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1884-Edition one of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.

1884年的今天，牛津英语字典第一版出版。

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The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word as an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.

《牛津英语大字典》对bluff一词的解释是，试图哄骗某人相信自己有能力或将做某事的行为。

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The first reference to the term cited by the Oxford English Dictionary comes in 1975,

“愤怒管理”一词最早被引用是在1975年的《牛津英语词典》中。

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The Oxford English Dictionary dropped 'cassette player' from its concise edition in 2011.

2011年，《牛津简明英语词典》删除了“卡式录音机”这一词条。

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Yet in recent times it has become more of a lender than a borrower, says Philip Durkin, deputy chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, in an article for the BBC website.

然而，《牛津英语大辞典》副主编菲利普？杜尔金在一篇发表在BBC网站上的文章中表示，近些年来，英语已经由“舶来”转成“输出”。

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