网上字典，以收录字词、百科知识以及各种人物等类似于百科全书的网上查询工具。和普通的字典相比，它涉及的范围更广泛，领域更广阔，不受行业等因素的限制。网上字典因其方便实用快捷从而使其成为网友使用最多的工具字典。
“字典反映了最近几年英语单变化，”牛津大学出版社网上字典主任凯萨琳·索妮丝说告诉《时代杂志》。
"The dictionary reflects the way the language has changed over the last few years," Catherine Soanes, head of online dictionaries at Oxford University Press, tells TIME.
如果上面的三个步骤都不起作用，你可以查一下这个单词。你可以在字典里找到这个词——或者在书里，或者在网上。
If the three steps above don't work, you can look it up. You can find the word in a dictionary—either a book or online.
尽管该词最初起源于北美，但柯林斯字典称，目前该词在网上十分流行，而且在英国人日常口语中的使用频率也越来越高。
Though the word apparently originates from North America, Collins said it was now widely used on the Internet, and was increasingly seen in British spoken English.
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