2005年NPR美国国家公共电台十二月-The Word of the Year? 'Infosnacking'

"Infosnacking" is the 2005 word of the year. It's chosen by the editors of Webster's New World College Dictionary.

They define "infosnacking" as those stolen moments at work at which we sneak¹ time to handle personal e-mail, Google sports scores, old friends or shop online.

"Podcast" was the word chosen by editors of the New Oxford² American Dictionary. The "Podcast" is audio that can be downloaded onto a computer or an iPod and enjoy whenever you want. I do believe we offer a few at the NPR website.

Now finishing just behind "infosnacking" in the poll of Webster's editors was the word "portafuel", which refers to hand snacks, that are considered marginally more healthy than fast food.

And the expression "perfect storm", which after this year's hurricanes jumped from meteorology and George Clooney's lips into the common usage.

Webster's cautions that winning word of the year does not guarantee a word eventual³ inclusion in their dictionary. Past word winners include "e-" to precede anything that transpires⁴ over the Internet. And "senior moment", which, uh...I just can't remember right now.

1 sneak   

vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行

参考例句：

• He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
• I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。

2 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

3 eventual   

adj.最后的，结局的，最终的

参考例句：

• Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
• Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。

4 transpires   

（事实，秘密等）被人知道( transpire的第三人称单数 )； 泄露； 显露； 发生

参考例句：

• Let's wait and see what transpires. 我们等着瞧会发生什么事吧。
• This new machine sometimes transpires a lot of hot vapor. 这部机器有时排出大量的热气。