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  • abbr.《牛津英语大词典》（最大的英语词典，初版于 1928 年在英国发行）
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《牛津英语大词典》（最大的英语词典，初版于 1928 年在英国发行）the Oxford English Dictionary (the largest dictionary of the English language, which was first published in Britain in 1928)

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The OED tells me that this word comes from ancient Greek where Nemesis was a goddess.
《牛津英语词典》（OED）告诉我说，这个单词来自古希腊语，Nemesis是指复仇女神。
《 niú jīn yīng yǔ cí diǎn 》 ( OED ) gào su wǒ shuō , zhè ge dān cí lái zì gǔ xī là yǔ , Nemesis shì zhǐ fù chóu nǚ shén 。
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But despite its global reputation, the OED has never made a profit and continues to cost several million pounds a year in research.
尽管牛津英文词典享誉全球，但是这本书并未给出版社赢利，并且每年还要花几百万镑来做调查研究。
jǐn guǎn niú jīn yīng wén cí diǎn xiǎng yù quán qiú , dàn shì zhè běn shū bìng wèi gěi chū bǎn shè yíng lì , bìng qiě měi nián hái yào huā jǐ bǎi wàn bàng lái zuò diào chá yán jiū 。
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It was pointed out in particular by John Simpson, the OED's Chief Editor as the first word he ever worked on when he joined the OED in 1976.
《词典》的总编约翰·辛普森特别提到了它，因为queen是他在1976年加入词典编辑部时第一个探究的单词。
《 cí diǎn 》 de zǒng biān yuē hàn · xīn pǔ sēn tè bié tí dào le tā , yīn wèi queen shì tā zài yī jiǔ qī liù nián jiā rù cí diǎn biān jí bù shí dì yī gè tàn jiū de dān cí 。
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You can tell that this particular entry in the OED has not been updated too recently.
你可以看到，最近一版的OED中，这个词条仍旧没有更新。
nǐ kě yǐ kàn dào , zuì jìn yī bǎn de OED zhōng , zhè ge cí tiáo réng jiù méi yǒu gēng xīn 。
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Wells predicted that the OED would be bursting with a quarter of a million words defined.
威尔斯预测说，OED将会给多达25万个单词下定义。
wēi ěr sī yù cè shuō , OED jiāng huì gěi duō dá èr shí wǔ wàn gè dān cí xià dìng yì 。
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It means to do some sort of damage and the OED claims it's from Afro-American origins.
它的意思是造成一定破坏，OED称其出自美国黑人英语。
tā de yì si shì zào chéng yí dìng pò huài , OED chēng qí chū zì měi guó hēi rén yīng yǔ 。
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Well, to be truthful, none of my sources go down that path, so what's the OED telling me.
坦白讲，我手头没有哪条线索是追溯到这条路上去的。那么OED怎么说呢？
tǎn bái jiǎng , wǒ shǒu tóu méi yǒu nǎ tiáo xiàn suǒ shì zhuī sù dào zhè tiáo lù shang qù de 。 nà me OED zěn me shuō ne ?
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For each significant computerized system, it may be helpful to prepare or oed schematic drawing of the attendant hardware.
对于每个重要的计算机化系统，准备好相关硬件的示意图可能会有所帮助。更详细。
duì yú měi gè zhòng yào de jì suàn jī huà xì tǒng , zhǔn bèi hǎo xiāng guān yìng jiàn de shì yì tú kě néng huì yǒu suǒ bāng zhù 。 gèng xiáng xì 。
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The OED is a little speculative in its etymology but it certainly has more information for goal than for many other words.
尽管OED对goal的词根有一定推测成分，但它就这个词提供的信息肯定比不少其他单词丰富多了。
jǐn guǎn OED duì goal de cí gēn yǒu yí dìng tuī cè chéng fèn , dàn tā jiù zhè ge cí tí gōng de xìn xī kěn dìng bǐ bù shǎo qí tā dān cí fēng fù duō le 。
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Though the "soaked bread" etymology appears in a few sources the OED simply says it's from Spanish.
尽管“泡汤面包”的词根在《牛津词典》里出现过几次，但它仅仅写到这个词来自西班牙语。
jǐn guǎn " pào tāng miàn bāo " de cí gēn zài 《 niú jīn cí diǎn 》 lǐ chū xiàn guò jǐ cì , dàn tā jǐn jǐn xiě dào zhè ge cí lái zì xī bān yá yǔ 。
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