America's first dictionary — Noah Webster's a Compendious dictionary of the English Language — was published 200 years ago and also introduced a crop of fresh words that have now become familiar.

美国第一部词典——诺亚·韦伯斯特先生的《简明英语词典》于200年前出版，当时收入其中的一批新词如今已为大家十分熟悉了。

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The definitive dictionary of the English language, the Oxford English dictionary, may well never see the light of day again, only the light of a monitor.

英语权威字典牛津英语辞典可能再无出头之日，只能呆在显示屏幕中了。

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It has nothing to do with enquiry, but it's one of the most frequent English phrases which has never been in a language learner's dictionary before: it is now.

这与询问无关，但是它是最频繁的英语短语之一，之前从未语言学习者的字典中出现：它使现在的。

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The epic idea of the Oxford English Dictionary--to find every word in the English language--was typical of the Victorian era, a time when dazzling inventions and seemingly impossible projects were pursued.

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Out of it a new lexicon was born: the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1969.

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Even now, Sheffield University's Centre for English Cultural Tradition and Language, home of the three editors of this dictionary, is recording a newly dying trade, mining.

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