甚至在他开始编纂字典之前，就有一些来自美国的单词和表达方法已经渗入了英国英语中，例如“独木舟”和“短柄小斧”。

Even before Webster had started to compile his dictionary, words and expressions from the America had already infiltrated the British language, for example "canoe" and "hatchet".

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一种美国水生植物，叶肾形或圆心形，佛焰苞具有短的柄或无柄；通常扎根在池塘和水沟的底部淤泥中。

American plant with roundish heart-shaped or kidney-shaped leaves; usually rooted in muddy bottoms of ponds and ditches.

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克拉克：安娜，我需要一些肯从我那里借走的东西，也就是我的短柄斧……还有一些垃圾袋。

Clark: Anna, I need a couple things that Ken borrowed, namely my hatchet... and some garbage bags.

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