几个月前,没有人知道blursday是什么意思,而quarantini这个词会让人以为拼写错误,像这样伴随新冠疫情产生的新词还有很多。来看看BBC专家对这些新词的解读。 - 1 - Blursday: when all the days blur into one another and you’re not sure if it’s Sunday or Thursday 模糊日:日子都过混了,搞不清是周日还是周四 - 2 - Quarantinini: what started off as a concoction of Vitamin D, orange juice and vodka for an immune-building drink, is now just any cocktail you drink during lockdown - 3 - Loxit: the exiting from lockdown and its rules - 4 - Lockstalgia: we may look back fondly upon the time of lockdown and save up stories to tell our grandchildren - 6 - Covidiot: someone who is behaving irresponsibly or flouting government instructions in the face of the virus - 7 - Doomscrolling: scrolling through social media and seeing a continuous stream of doom and gloom - 8 - Quaran-stream: binge-watching several TV series and/or movies while in lockdown - 9 - Coronalusional: suffering from disordered thinking as a result of, or during, the COVID-19 crisis - 10 - Spendemic: the increase in online shopping while confined during the coronavirus - 11 - Zumped: ‘dumped’ by a partner via video link [Zoom] or online - 12 - Maskhole: someone refusing to wear a mask despite notices being in place 英文来源:BBC
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