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One of the greatest contributions to the first Oxford English Dictionary was also one of its most unusual. In 1879, Oxford University in England asked Prof. James Murray to serve as editor for what was to be the most ambitious dictionary in the history of the English language. It would incl...
retailers make projections and try to prepare for new trends, and they of course try to "stay ahead", but what I don't think they do, for if they did surely actions would be so different, is consider the importance of fostering customer...
Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself according to the Oxford online dictionary. People usually take selfies with a smart phone(智能手机) and send them to a social media website. The word was first used in 2002. In the past 12 months its frequency (出现频率) in the English ...
In June, the Oxford English Dictionary, or OED, added about 1,000 words and new definitions to its website. The changes are to help users understand a(n) 【1】 of terms, some dating back many centuries. The additions include words such as “brencheese”, “deathshildy” and “hip-pop...
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8.Each summer.the Oxford English Dictionary.or OED. new words.Generally.the words are used (62)in everyday speech for many years before they have a chance to be added to the dictionary.However.with the popularity of media sites such as Facebook and Tw
英语翻译Who coined the term personal computer?The Oxford English Dictionary says Byte magazine used it first,in its May 1976 issue.But Yale Law School librarian Fred Shapiro decided to do some digging on his own--with help from JSTOR,an online el
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