这本词典的想法来自1857年在英国的一次重要会议。22年后，牛津大学邀请詹姆斯·穆雷担任其新词典的编辑。

The idea for this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857. Twenty-two years later, Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editor of its new dictionary.

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以至于“iPod整合”几乎成了每家汽车制造商的焦点以及汽车词典的重要部分。

So much so that “iPod integration” became a focus for almost every automaker and an important part of the car lexicon.

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22年前，我有幸创造了两个现已被收进词典的词并提出了一个已被证明是有用和受欢迎的概念。

Twenty-two years ago, I was fortunate to coin two words that have found their way into the dictionaries, and to develop a concept that has proven useful and popular.

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Take the example of "plastic" again: "Oh, gee, that's a strange word," we say, so we go to the OED , we see it meant something different then, our problem is solved, and we continue.

再拿“塑料“来举例：,我们说，“哦，那是个生词“,所以我们去查牛津大学英语词典，我们发现它有些不同的意思，问题解决了，我们继续下去。

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When you copy a dictionary, for example.

比方说当你复制一个代码词典的时候。

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