Peter Sokolowski, editor-at-large for Merriam Webster, believes people are drawn to the dictionary for intellectual comfort—that cathartic moment when you find a definition that perfectly articulates something you have been wanting to expr

There were a lot of surprises to come out of 2016, but "xenophobia" being named Dictionary.com's Word of the Year is not one of them.  2016年意外连连，但“仇外情绪”被评为Dictionary.com年度词汇却在预料之中。 When you consider the rhetori

Brexit (noun): The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union Dude food (noun): Junk food such as hot dogs or burgers, which are considered particularly appealing to men Hygge (noun): A concept, originating in Denmark, of cr

Oxford Dictionaries has declared "post-truth" as its 2016 international word of the year, reflecting what it called a "highly-charged" political 12 months.  《牛津词典》宣布post-truth（后真相）为2016年度词汇，这个词反应了这一年政治领域“