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英语新闻听写 莎士比亚:找不到合适词汇?那就发明一个!

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Shakespeare Created A Language Revolution

莎士比亚:找不到合适词汇?那就发明一个!

During his time as a writer, Shakespeare created over 1,700 new words and phrases.

在莎士比亚的写作生涯中,他共创作出1700多个单词和短语。

He had much more freedom than present day writers.

与当今的作家相比,莎翁愈显自由奔放。

If he couldn’t think of a word, he would simply make one up.

若是找不出合适的词汇,那就即兴发明一个。

His most common technique was meshing1 two words together, like eyeball, moonbeam, or madcap.

最常见的手法就是将两个单词组合到一起,例如,眼球(eyeball)、月光(moonbeam)还有鲁莽(madcap)。

Literature experts have estimated2 that Shakespeare had 24,000 words in his own personal vocabulary.

文学专家粗略估计,莎翁个人的语言词汇量高达24000多个。


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