Mouse potato （网虫）跟couch potato（电视虫）走到一起；google正式成为一个动词；drama queen（小题大做、大惊小怪的人）终于得到关注。这些词语终于登堂入室，从通俗文化行列转入英语主流语言。近日，100个热门新词被收入 2006年新版的美国畅销词典《韦氏大词典》中。 现从中挑选出一些，献给LT的读者。

empty suit- bad boss
坏老板

google-look for information on the Internet in a quick way
搜索（在互联网上快速查找信息）

himbo- attractive, vacuous male
徒有外表却无内涵的男人

mouse potato - someone who spends a great deal of time on the computer
电脑虫（跟couch potato<电视虫>有异曲同工之妙）

ring tone - the sound made by a cell phone to signal an incoming call
手机铃音

spyware - software that is installed in a computer without the user's knowledge and transmits information about the user's computer activities over the internet
间谍软件

avian influenza - a highly variable mild to fulminant influenza of birds that is caused by strains of the influenza A virus which may mutate and be transmitted to other vertebrates -- also called bird flu

 

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