趣味英语：《韦氏大词典》热门新词摘选

　　Mouse potato (网虫)跟couch potato(电视虫)走到一起；google正式成为一个动词；drama queen(小题大做、大惊小怪的人)终于得到关注。这些词语终于登堂入室，从通俗文化行列转入英语主流语言。近日，100个热门新词被收入 2006年新版的美国畅销词典《韦氏大词典》中。 现从中挑选出一些，献给各位读者。

　　empty suit- bad boss

　　坏老板

　　google-look for information on the Internet in a quick way

　　搜索(在互联网上快速查找信息)

　　himbo- attractive, vacuous male

　　徒有外表却无内涵的男人

　　mouse potato - someone who spends a great deal of time on the computer

　　电脑虫(跟couch potato<电视虫>有异曲同工之妙)

　　ring tone - the sound made by a cell phone to signal an incoming call

　　手机铃音

　　spyware - software that is installed in a computer without the user’s knowledge and transmits information about the user’s computer activities over the internet

　　间谍软件

　　avian influenza - a highly variable mild to fulminant influenza of birds that is caused by strains of the influenza A virus which may mutate and be transmitted to other vertebrates -- also called bird flu

　　禽流感

　　biodiesel - a fuel that is similar to diesel fuel and is derived from usually vegetable sources

　　生物

　　gastric bypass - surgical bypass operation that typically involves reducing the size of the stomach and reconnecting the smaller stomach to bypass the first portion of the small intestine so as to restrict food intake and reduce caloric absorption in cases of severe obesity

　　胃绕路手术(减小胃的容积，达到

　　soul patch - a small growth of beard under a man’s lower lip

　　男人下唇下面的一小撮胡子

　　supersize - the fast food industry phrase for extra large meals.

　　超级大餐

　　labelmate - a singer or musician who records for the same company as another

　　同属一唱片公司的艺人

　　wave pool - a large swimming pool equipped with a machine for producing waves

　　冲浪池

　　drama queen - a person given to often excessively emotional performances or reactions

　　小题大做、大惊小怪的人

　　unibrow - a single continuous brow resulting from the growing together of eyebrows

　　左右眉毛长在一起

　　manga - Japanese comic book or graphic novel

　　日本连环

　　Gigong - an ancient Chinese healing art involving meditation, controlled breathing, and movement exercises

　　气功

　　big-box - of, relating to, or being a large chain store having a boxlike structure

　　“大盒子”式的商店

　　agritourism

　　农业旅游

　　aquascape - a scenic view of a body of water; an area having a natural or constructed aquatic feature (as a pond or fountain)

　　水景

　　coqui - a small chiefly nocturnal arboreal frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) native to Puerto Rico that has a high-pitched call and has been introduced into Hawaii and southern Florida

　　科奎鹧鸪(生长在波多黎各一带，嗓音很尖，现已被引入至夏威夷和佛罗里达)

　　polyamory - the state or practice of having more than one open romantic relationship at a time

　　脚踏两只船

　　Sandwich Generation - a generation of people who are caring for their aging parents while supporting their own children

　　三明治一代 (上有老下有小的一代人）