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。
What is HipDict? HipDict 嬉皮词典,了解一下
HipDict:
Hip: hip指时尚的
Dict: short for dictionary 是dictionary的缩写
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
HipDict有多受欢迎?
It has 2.7 million followers. 有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HipDict里12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,2021是2020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:
Week:time 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?