an unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles

he passed away in 1888 and the oxford english dictionary traces the first time such poetry being called a limerick to 1896.

他于1888年去世，而《牛津英语词典》称这种诗歌第一次被称为「limerick」是在1896年。

oxford english dictionary may never be published again

牛津英语辞典可能不会再版

the oxford english dictionary will never appear in print again, its owners have announced. it was first published 126 years ago and is respected the world over.

《牛津英语（论坛）大词典》在126年前首次出版，如今在全世界范围内受到尊敬。

according to the oxford english dictionary trainspotting is the hobby of hanging around beside railway lines and taking careful note of the details of the trains that go by.

根据《牛津英语词典》(oed)的说法，猜火车（trainspotting）是指一种在铁轨边晃蕩、仔细记下来往列车细节的爱好。

to get the deeper truth we need to burrow deeper into the hobbit hole and the oxford english dictionary is the place to do that.

为了获得进一步的事实，我们需要更加深入地挖进霍比特人的洞穴，而《牛津英语词典》正是一个挖掘之处。

the name entered the oxford english dictionary after just two years and the toy is a permanent exhibit in new york「s museum of modern art.

「魔方」的英文单词，也在两年后被收入了牛津英语词典，而且这款玩具更是成为纽约现代艺术博物馆的永久展品。

the oxford english dictionary tells me that the parent word was heriberga in old high german and that this word breaks down as heri meaning 「army」 and berga meaning 「shelter.」

《牛津英语词典》提到他的母词是《古高地德语》里记录的heriberga，这个词可以分开来，heri 代表「army（军队）」，berga代表「shelter（庇护所）」。

the oxford english dictionary dates the first citation in the year when william shakespeare was three years old, that’s 1567.

《牛 津英语词 典 》将它的第一条引语追溯到了1567年，也就是威廉·莎士比亚年仅三岁的时候。

i have recently written to the oxford english dictionary asking them to correct their draft definition.

我已经写信给了牛津英文字典，要求他们更正草案中有关地球工程的定义。

just as the oxford english dictionary became the definitive word on words through the efforts of volunteers, the open directory follows in its footsteps to become the definitive catalog of the web.

就像牛津英文字典通过志愿者的努力成为权威的工具一样，opendirectory跟随着它的脚步也成为了权威的互联网分类目录。

the oxford english dictionary shows that the word has been around since 1377. at first it seemed to be a wooden shoe, perhaps one that had a wooden sole but leather uppers.

根据《牛津英语词典》显示，galoshes一词大概最早出现在1377年，起初，galoshes指一种木鞋，可能就是那种木头鞋底、皮革鞋面的鞋子，因此《牛津英语词典》将galoshes分解为表示木头和鞋子的两个希腊词根。

the oxford english dictionary entry for ketchup hasn」t yet been updated for the third edition and has as its most recent citation an item dated 1874.

牛津英语词典中ketchup的词条还没有更新至第三版，其中最近的一条引述可追溯到1874年。

according to the oxford english dictionary a glossary is a collection of glosses, so urbandictionary got that backwards.

根据牛津英语词典的解释，glossary(术语表)意为gloss（术语，集注等）的集合。由此，看来urbandictionary在这有所退步了。

the oxford english dictionary (oed) announced the addition of several acronyms to its dictionary, adding some interesting trivia behind the origins of these internet-associated expressions.

牛津英语大词典（oed）宣布收入若干条网络缩略语，同时为这些来源于网络的词汇加上了有趣的解释。

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。

the oxford english dictionary refers to two guys— pliny and nicander—in its etymology for the word magnet.

磁铁这个词，牛津英语词典上标明说pliny和nicander这两个词是它的词源。

tbh , not everyone will be bovvered by all of the 1,000 new words added to the oxford english dictionary (oed) in its latest quarterly update, which reveals current trends in the use of language.

在最近的季度更新里，牛津英语词典收录了1000个新词。老实说，不是每个人都会在意这些新词，但它们反映了当前语言运用的趋势。