主播：Selah | 翩翩音乐：Feel the Need之前节目，给大家推荐过非常好用的词典，比如Merriam-Webster（韦氏词典）。但这些词典的专业性很强，用起来难免会觉得boring。今天，给大家推荐一个有趣又轻松的词典——HipDict。1.What is HipDict？ HipDict 嬉皮词典，了解一下HipDict：Hip: hip指时尚的Dict: short for dictionary 是dictionary的缩写 1.HipDict这部“词典”特别在哪？What is special about it?It has pictures.It puts words in a very readable（可读的） way.The definitions are easy to understand and very relatable（能引起人的共鸣）.It takes normal words and writes other definitions for them.用普通单词来解释，并且给出的定义与常规不同。这些定义很funny，有的甚至很sarcastic，非常relatable。人们甚至觉得，该词典给出的解释，比词本身的含义更好，true to real life（更贴切）。*sarcastic /sɑ:rˈkæstɪk/ adj.挖苦的，讽刺的*relatable adj.有共鸣的 2.HipDict有多受欢迎？It has 2.7 million followers.有270万的粉丝。3）这部“词典”编辑是谁？The account is a “crowdsourced” dictionary.*crowdsourced:群策群力的Crowd is the source for the dictionary. 诸多网友是这个词典的编辑，是词义贡献者。Baidu baike is a crowdsourced website. 百度百科是一个群策群力的网站。4）为什么人们喜欢它？It is sarcastic and relatable.（解释有讽刺性，能让人产生共鸣。）You feel like there is a shared feeling, or way to understand the world.你会找到情感互通的感觉。接下来，就给大家选HipDict里12个词来解释一下。开始之前，这些表示“好笑”的词，请先收下，以免一会儿词穷。funny 搞笑的hilarious /hɪˈleriəs/ 滑稽的entertaining有趣的relatable有共鸣的2.Some words from HipDict 搞笑HipDict词汇分享Zodiac sign: an excuse for people to justify their shitty behavior.星座：人们为他们的糟糕行为辩护的借口。*justify /ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ/ v. 证明……有理*shitty/ˈʃɪti/ adj.较差的；糟糕的Starbucks: a place where people show off their laptops.星巴克：一个人们炫耀笔记本电脑的地方。*show off 炫耀2020: a kinda bad year for me but a really good year for my dog who did not have to be alone for a single second.2020：对我来说，是有点糟糕的一年，但对我的狗来说，却是非常好的一年，因为它不需要独自待着。因为新冠疫情，有隔离（quarantine），所以家里的狗狗就有人陪了。2021: Season 2 of 2020.2021：疫情还在持续，所以，2021是2020的第二季。English teachers: people who put more thoughts into a novel than the original author ever did.语文老师：过度解读小说的人，可能会让original author（原著作者）学到新的东西。*original author：原著作者Weekend: time goes by so quickly even though I’m doing nothing all day.周末：什么都没做，时间就那么过去了。那什么是week呢？Selah机智地给出了“week”的定义：Week：time goes by so slowly even though I’m doing everything翩翩老师通过声音给“week”下了定义：Mon...day... , Tues...day... , Wednes...day.... , ..., Friday, Sat. , Sun.Poor: when you have too much month at the end of your money.贫穷：钱花完了，但日子还长。* at the ends of... ：在……的最后Birthday: you only have one. The rest are just anniversaries.生日：你只有一个，后面的只是纪念日* anniversary /ˌænɪˈvɜ:rsəri/：纪念日 I haven’t started it either: the most encouraging words you’ll hear as a student.我也还没开始呢：学生时代听到的最有安慰的话。尤其是the day before school starts（开学前一天），听到同学这么说，真是莫大的安慰。Adulthood: wanting to sleep all day and then delaying going to sleep all night.成人期：一整天想睡觉，但晚上却又迟迟不入睡。You are what you eat: bullshit. I don’t remember eating anxiety and back pain.你就是你吃的东西：胡说。我不记得吃过焦虑和背痛啊。In a minute: I’m going to take another 15 minutes.马上：再等15分钟。 These are so funny, hilarious, entertaining, relatable.这些单词那么有趣，我们怎么样才能使用这个词典呢？它是Instagram上的一个page，你输入HipDict，就能找到了。（但首先你得先翻个墙）请留言告诉我们：你喜欢这个HipDict吗？

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