2011年，《牛津简明英语词典》删除了“卡式录音机”这一词条。如今看来，此举似乎为时过早。
The Oxford English Dictionary dropped 'cassette player' from its concise edition in 2011. It now seems this may have been premature.
从1911年的时尚世界里涌现出来的词语展示，自亨利·福勒和乔治·福勒兄弟在根西岛的住所编撰第一版牛津简明英语词典以来，世界发生了多大的变化。
Words from the fashion world of 1911 show how much the world has changed since brothers Henry and George Fowler compiled their first edition in their Guernsey cottage.
很奇怪，《简明牛津英语词典》中关于galoshes的词源解释似乎和布鲁尔氏大词典一致，却有悖于《牛津英语词典》（牛津大学出版社版本），不同意galoshes源自Gauls的提法。
Strangely, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology seems to agree with Brewer’s and not with the OED—it’s fellow Oxford University Press publication, in blaming galoshes on the Gauls.
很奇怪，《简明牛津英语词典》中关于galoshes的词源解释似乎和布鲁尔氏大词典一致，却有悖于《牛津英语词典》（牛津大学出版社版本），不同意galoshes源自Gauls的提法。
Strangely, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology seems to agree with Brewer’s and not with the OED—it’s fellow Oxford University Press publication, in blaming galoshes on the Gauls.
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