OED

美 [??? i: 'di:] 　英 [??? i: 'di:]

• abbr.《牛津英語大詞典》（最大的英語詞典，初版于 1928 年在英國發(fā)行）
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)牛津英語詞典(Oxford English Dictionary)；牛津英語大辭典；牛津英語字典

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

abbr.

1. (=Oxyethylene Docosanol)羥乙基二十二碳烷醇

英英解釋

abbr.

1. (=Oxyethylene Docosanol)

例句

This seems to be the most up to date research on the subject since it appears in the OED online as posted in draft September 2004.

以上似乎是對相關(guān)主題的最新研究成果，因為它在2004年9月才被發(fā)布到《牛津英語詞典》的在線版本上。

Ms. McPherson said the OED requires 'evidence of a word's usage over a 10-year period, before considering it for inclusion' in its editions.

麥克弗森說，《牛津英語詞典》在考慮收入一個新詞匯前，要求該詞的使用時間超過十年。

The OED tells me that this word comes from ancient Greek where Nemesis was a goddess.

《牛津英語詞典》（OED）告訴我說，這個單詞來自古希臘語，Nemesis是指復(fù)仇女神。

But despite its global reputation, the OED has never made a profit and continues to cost several million pounds a year in research.

盡管牛津英文詞典享譽全球，但是這本書并未給出版社贏利，并且每年還要花幾百萬鎊來做調(diào)查研究。

It was pointed out in particular by John Simpson, the OED's Chief Editor as the first word he ever worked on when he joined the OED in 1976.

《詞典》的總編約翰·辛普森特別提到了它，因為queen是他在1976年加入詞典編輯部時第一個探究的單詞。

You can tell that this particular entry in the OED has not been updated too recently.

你可以看到，最近一版的OED中，這個詞條仍舊沒有更新。

Wells predicted that the OED would be bursting with a quarter of a million words defined.

威爾斯預(yù)測說，OED將會給多達(dá)25萬個單詞下定義。

It means to do some sort of damage and the OED claims it's from Afro-American origins.

它的意思是造成一定破壞，OED稱其出自美國黑人英語。

Well, to be truthful, none of my sources go down that path, so what's the OED telling me.

坦白講，我手頭沒有哪條線索是追溯到這條路上去的。那么OED怎么說呢？

For each significant computerized system, it may be helpful to prepare or oed schematic drawing of the attendant hardware.

對于每個重要的計算機化系統(tǒng)，準(zhǔn)備好相關(guān)硬件的示意圖可能會有所幫助。更詳細(xì)。

The OED is a little speculative in its etymology but it certainly has more information for goal than for many other words.

盡管OED對goal的詞根有一定推測成分，但它就這個詞提供的信息肯定比不少其他單詞豐富多了。

Though the "soaked bread" etymology appears in a few sources the OED simply says it's from Spanish.

盡管“泡湯面包”的詞根在《牛津詞典》里出現(xiàn)過幾次，但它僅僅寫到這個詞來自西班牙語。

I see that the entrys in the OED second and draft third edition are a little different.

我在OED第二版和第三版草稿上看到其條目略有不同。

The board of the OED decided they would throw a party for these hard working volunteers and give them a little thank you memento.

OED編纂委員會決定為辛苦工作的志愿者舉辦一個派對，并送上紀(jì)念品以示感謝。

This was six years after the Philological Society of London got Oxford University started working on what eventually became the OED.

1879年，也就是演講前6年，倫敦哲學(xué)協(xié)會著手一詞典的事。字典后來成為OED（牛津英語大詞典）。

Compare that to the definition from the Oxford Dictionary of English. It says "suggesting something supernatural; unearthly. "

相比之下，《牛津英語詞典》（OED）的定義是：“表示某物如超自然一般；離奇怪異?！?/jz>

The source of the word dapper is "Flemish or another Low German dialect" according to the OED.

根據(jù)牛津英語字典，該單詞的出處是源自“佛蘭德語或是中古低地的德語方言”。

But since that time, as reported in an OED newsletter, the word has been found in a 19th century folklore journal.

不過在此之后，據(jù)《牛津英語詞典》時事通訊報道，這一單詞已在19世紀(jì)的一本民俗雜志中找到。

As the watchdog organization, Gregory Ingram stresses OED's independence from Bank management.

作為監(jiān)督機構(gòu)，GregoryIngram強調(diào)了業(yè)務(wù)評價局對世行管理層的獨立性。

The entry is one of several controversial phrases among 45, 436 new definitions in the latest online edition of the OED.

這次收錄的心形符號是牛津在線詞典最新收錄的45,436個新詞條中比較受爭議的一個。

One is the OED version, another is heroin injection, which would make sense in connection with the book and the movie.

第一個是OED的定義，另一個是指注射海洛因，與剛才提到的小說和電影有一定關(guān)系。

Love it or loathe it, "lol" is now a legitimate word in our lexicon, says Graeme Diamond, the OED's principal editor for new words.

《牛津英語詞典》主編格萊梅?戴蒙德（GraemeDiamond）說，愛也好，恨也罷，lol現(xiàn)在已是我們詞典里的一個合法單詞。

The Oxford English Dictionary entry for flatter admits that its etymology is "doubtful" but suggests that flatter may be related to flat.

《牛津英語詞典》（OED）的flatter詞條則坦白寫道，它的詞源“成疑”，但或許與flat（扁平的）有關(guān)。

The internet slang term "LOL" (laughing out loud) has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, to the mild dismay of language purists.

網(wǎng)絡(luò)俚語LOL（laughingoutloud，“大聲地笑”）已被收入《牛津英語詞典》（OED），這使語言純正癖者感到氣餒。

A 2007 OED draft addition to the entry on anathema gives as the current definition "loathsome" and "repugnant. "

2007版的牛津英語詞典草版關(guān)于anathema此條的現(xiàn)行定義是“令人憎恨的”和“討厭的”

As with most French words mess actually goes back to Latin and the OED even takes it back further to Indo-European.

真如大多數(shù)法語單詞一樣，mess實際上可以追溯到拉丁語，《牛津英語詞典》甚至更進(jìn)一步追溯至印歐語。

There were other areas of the world as well called the pale; the OED mentions Calais in northern France.

世界上也有其他地方被稱為pale。OED提到了法國北部的加來（Calais）。

Still, the other etymological sources I checked seemed to agree with the OED.

即便如此，我查閱的其他資料似乎與OED吻合。

The reason we think that something unusual is weird is because it had earlier meant "supernatural" as the Oxford Dictionary puts it.

我們把某個不尋常的東西叫成weird是因為，它早先的意思是“超自然”，正如OED所寫的那樣。

The first citations in the Oxford English Dictionary for the entry for "goodbye" are from Shakespeare.

《牛津英語詞典》（OED）里關(guān)于goodbye最早的引用出自莎士比亞的作品。

Although the OED is not a narrative, not scripture, not poetry, it is, nonetheless, transportive.

雖然OED不是敘事故事，不是經(jīng)文，不是詩歌，但是它確實是飽含情感的。

Perhaps the "rustic sport" the OED refers to was a running-race.

或許OED所指的鄉(xiāng)下運動是賽跑。

My 1973 OED describes "elite" (third sense) as "the choice part or flower (of society or any body of persons)" .

我那1973年的牛津英語詞典（第三個釋義）把“精英”解釋為“（社會或人們身體的任何部位的）所選部分或精華”。

Ingram says the OED staff discuss project ratings with operational staff when there are differences, but have the final judgment on ratings.

Ingram說，在出現(xiàn)分歧時，業(yè)務(wù)評價局的人員會與貸款業(yè)務(wù)人員就項目評級進(jìn)行討論，但業(yè)務(wù)評價局人員對評級有最終判斷權(quán)。

Now, 150 years after the first idea, the OED is available at the touch of a computer key.

時至今日，離最初的想法150年后，只要手指在電腦上輕點一個鍵就可以使用《牛津英語詞典》。

Except of course for the Oxford English Dictionary.

當(dāng)然，牛津英語詞典（OED）除外。

The OED, as a historical lexicon, keeps on growing.

OED作為一部歷史性英語語文詞典，一直在增添新詞條。

OED says the answer to that question is "yes" for 73-74% of all Bank projects it reviewed over the year 2003.

業(yè)務(wù)評價局認(rèn)為2003年檢查的世行項目中有73-74%對這個問題的回答是肯定的。

I find in the Oxford English Dictionary that there are ten words pale spelled pale.

我在《牛津英語詞典》（OED）中看到十個含有pale的短語。

The OED's first citation for tremendous in the "extraordinarily great" sense is from the English poet Robert Southey.

牛津英語詞典索引中，“tremendous”首次解釋為“非常好”的含義則是源自英國詩人羅伯特.索錫。