The computer acts as a word processor where the text of a speech can be input at any time.

计算机起着文字处理器的作用，一篇讲话的文本可随时输入。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

We call our music 'postmodern' for the want of a better word.

由于没有更合适的词来表达，我们把我们的音乐称作“后现代风格”。

《牛津词典》

The word 'holiday' is a corruption of 'holy day'.

单词holiday是holy day的变体。

《牛津词典》

He read it quickly. Then he put it in his pocket and ran out of the room without saying a word.

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By the way, in what I'm saying, I oversimplify by supposing that the basic unit of language is a word.

因为我想说的是，我们现在是把语言的基本单位简单化了。

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It is an electron beam. In the 1890s, the latter part of the 19th century a very fashionable word was "ray."

那是个电子束，在十九世纪九十年代，就是19世纪末,一个很时髦的词汇-“光线“

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The F-word and the A-word are often nominated for the list, but Pink says offensive words aren't considered.

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The problem is that the word compromise, once a ten-letter word, has become a four-letter word among many of the more extreme Republicans who have entered the House of Representatives and the Senate over the past few elections.

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We cannot accomplish this by sniping at one another about our weight, our hair color, our aggressive posture, or the fact that we used a curse word in the Board meeting or said a cross word to a team member.

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