日期：2015-03-16 Togethering refers to vacationing with one's extended family or friends. 家族度假指的是和本家族的亲戚或朋友一起去度假。 Example: Mike plans to go togethering with his big family. 麦克计划和他的大家庭成员一起去度假。... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-03-16 Crowdworker is a person who provides a small amount of labor, usually for little or no pay, as part of a larger crowdsourced project. 众包工人是为众包工程提供少量劳动的个人，他们只拿到一点点薪水甚至没有薪水。 Example: The group offers a number of op... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-03-16 A 37-degree woman is every man's dream woman. It is a type of woman who is well-educated, well-paid, good-natured and good-looking and who is adored by every man. As 37 degrees Celsius is the human body temperature, her company makes people feel ple... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-03-16 Lowflation refers to a persistently low level of inflation, particularly one that threatens a countrys economic prosperity. 低通胀指的是持续保持较低的通胀水平，低通胀往往会威胁到一个国家的经济繁荣。 Example: If the current lowflation goes on for lon... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-02-25 Panic Saturday or Super Saturday is the last Saturday before Christmas, a major day of revenue for American retailers, marking the end of the shopping season they and many customers believe begins on Black Friday. 恐慌星期六或超级星期六是圣诞节前最... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-02-25 Infobesity refers to a new disease caused by excessive consumption of information. 信息肥胖症指的是信息消费过量导致的一种新病症。 Nowadays newspapers, magazines, television and the Internet are producing far more information than we can absorb, whic... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-02-25 Grandma fooler is a gift from someone that isn't name-brand or quite what you were expecting. The name is due to the fact that usually, grandmas are not up to speed on what is popular. This is usually not good, but sometimes, it turns out ok. 坑奶礼... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-02-25 Rocketing refers to spending a great deal of money on a few important items while spending only an average amount or less on everything else. 火箭式消费指的是在几件重要的东西上花费许多钱，而在其他东西上花费不多或很少。 Some people will spend lots of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-02-25 Statuscation is a new word coined to characterize the now commonplace activity of sharing your holiday plans on social networks. The idea is that by communicating your plans to others, from the point you book through to unpacking your suitcase when... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-02-25 Stealth bag is a bag or purse designed to disguise its cost, wearer, or contents. It could be an expensive purse made by a lesser-known artisan, but it could be just a plastic shopping bag from a local store. 隐形包包就是目的在于掩盖其价格、使用者或... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-02-25 Weisure (work + leisure) refers to free time spent doing work or work-related tasks. Weisure time is fitting fun around work, rather than fitting work around fun. Its kind of like eating lunch at your desk. 工闲（英文weisure就是work+leisuire）指的是... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-02-25 The newly coined term pre-cation refers to a holiday taken by a new employee on joining a company. In complete contrast to the conventional scenario of a new recruit not daring to request time off until they've learnt the ropes and proved themselves... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-02-25 A fatberg is a congealed lump of fat, sanitary items, wet wipes, and similar items found in sewer systems, which do not break down like toilet paper. 肥球是在下水道系统中发现的凝结的脂肪块，卫生用品，湿纸巾等类似物品。这些物品无法像厕纸那样被分解。... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-02-25 UK Treasury chief George Osborne has introduced a new 25% tax on foreign companies profits derived from economic activity in the UK. He singled out tech companies as particular abusers of the system. Though he didn't name names, the British press qu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-02-25 The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. The technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. 番茄工作法是上世纪80年代... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-02-15 Shirtfront has been named Australia's 2014 word of the year, the Australian National University announced on Wednesday on behalf of the Australian National Dictionary Center. 澳大利亚国立大学周三代表澳大利亚国家辞典中心宣布shirtfront当选澳大利亚2014... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-02-15 Cinemad is a commercial played before a movie. 电影映前广告就是在电影上映前播放的商业广告。 These days moviegoers get previews of coming attractions, which is actually cinemad, but entertaining enough to get a pass. 现在去影院看电影的人在电影播放前... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-02-15 All of our worst nightmares have been realized. The term duck face has gained the legitimacy that can only be awarded by an entry into OxfordDictionaries.com, meaning that frenemie of yours that keeps quacking it up for the camera can continue to do... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-02-15 Mom cave is an area of a house that a woman can decorate to her tastes and be alone to pursue her own projects and interests. Mom cave is also called woman cave. 妈咪洞穴是一个女人在家里留出的一块可以按自己的喜好装饰的小天地，在这个洞穴里她可以安静... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-02-15 Clicks-and-mortar describes a business model that combines online e-commerce with physical retail outlets. 线上线下相结合指的是将网店和实体零售店相结合的一种经营模式。 With the 'click-and-mortar' grocers, stores that have both a local presence and o... 阅读全文>>