词典网站Dictionary.com公布2025年度词汇：67

近日，词典网站Dictionary.com公布了2025年度词汇：67（"six seven"）。

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1. What can be inferred about Dictionary.com's attitude toward the term “6-7”?

A. They view it as damaging to linguistic standards

B. They find it meaningless and therefore unworthy of recognition

C. They acknowledge its nonsensical nature but still regard it as culturally significant

D. They selected it purely due to high search numbers without deeper reflection

无注释原文：

Dictionary.com Reveals the 2025 Word of the Year — and It's Not Really a Word?

From: PEOPLE

Dictionary.com has revealed its word — or rather, numbers — of the year for 2025.

The website announced on Tuesday, Oct. 28, that its official Word of the Year is 6-7, a word derived from the song "Doot Doot (6 7)" by Skrilla that features the recurring lyric, “6-7.” 

“If you're the parent of a school-aged child, you might be feeling a familiar vexation at the sight of these two formerly innocuous numerals,” they said.

“If you're a member of Gen Alpha, however, maybe you're smirking at the thought of adults once again struggling to make sense of your notoriously slippery slang," the website added.

According to Dictionary.com, 6-7 “is a viral, ambiguous slang term” that is “largely nonsensical.” The website suggests that “some argue it means 'so-so,' or 'maybe this, maybe that,' especially when paired with a hand gesture where both palms face up and move alternately up and down.”

Others use 6-7 “as a way to respond to questions or as a result of seeing the numbers '67' in consecutive order in the wild, such as on a math problem or within a phone number," the website said.

They added, “Because of its murky and shifting usage, it's an example of brainrot slang and is intended to be nonsensical and playfully absurd.”

Searches for 6-7 rose in a “dramatic” fashion in the summer of 2025, increasing more than sixfold since June, according to Dictionary.com's announcement. At this point, “the surge shows no signs of stopping.” 

To select the Word of the Year, Dictionary.com's lexicographers analyzed various data points — including social media trends, search engine results and more — “to identify words that made an impact on our conversations, online and in the real world.”

“The Word of the Year isn't just about popular usage; it reveals the stories we tell about ourselves and how we've changed over the year,” Dictionary.com said.

Though seemingly “impossible to define,” the website said 6-7 “shows the speed at which a new word can rocket around the world as a rising generation enters the global conversation.”

“It's meaningless, ubiquitous, and nonsensical. In other words, it has all the hallmarks of brainrot,” they said. Still, they added, “it remains meaningful to the people who use it because of the connection it fosters."

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Dictionary.com Reveals the 2025 Word of the Year — and It's Not Really a Word?

From: PEOPLE

Dictionary.com has revealed its word — or rather, numbers — of the year for 2025.

Dictionary.com公布了其2025年的年度词汇——更准确地说，是年度数字。

reveal /rɪˈviːl/ 1）表示“揭露；泄露；透露”，英文解释为“to make known or show something that is surprising or that was previously secret”举个🌰：He was jailed for revealing secrets to the Russians. 他因为向俄国人泄密而被监禁。

2）表示“使显露；展现；显示”，英文解释为“to allow something to be seen that, until then, had been hidden”举个🌰：A gap in the clouds revealed the Atlantic far below. 从云缝中可以看到远在下方的大西洋。

The website announced on Tuesday, Oct. 28, that its official Word of the Year is 6-7, a word derived from the song "Doot Doot (6 7)" by Skrilla that features the recurring lyric, “6-7.”

该网站于10月28日星期二宣布，其官方年度词汇是6-7，这个词来源于Skrilla的歌曲《Doot Doot (6 7)》，其歌词中多次重复这两个数字。

derive /dɪˈraɪv/ 表示“从…中得到，从…中获得”，英文解释为“to get something from something else”举个🌰：She derives great pleasure from playing the violin. 拉小提琴能让她获得极大的乐趣。

📺英剧《唐顿庄园》（Downton Abbey）中的台词提到：Lord Gillingham thought Lady Mary might derive benefit from it. 吉利安姆子爵觉得玛丽小姐去参加一下有好处。

📍《经济学人》（The Economist）一篇讲述2020年诺贝尔经济学奖的文章中提到：Mr Milgrom (whose doctoral thesis was supervised by Mr Wilson) derived a number of important lessons from his analyses. 米尔格罗姆（威尔逊是他的博士论文导师）通过分析得出了许多重要经验。

表示“反复出现的；再次发生的；重新产生的”，英文解释为“happening many times, or happening again”举个🌰：The father-daughter relationship is a recurring theme in her novels. 父女关系是她小说中一再出现的主题。

lyric /ˈlɪrɪk/ 通常复数，表示“歌词”，英文解释为“the words of a song, especially a pop song”

“If you're the parent of a school-aged child, you might be feeling a familiar vexation at the sight of these two formerly innocuous numerals,” they said.

该网站指出：“如果你家有上学的孩子，看到这两个原本不起眼的数字时，或许会涌起那种再熟悉不过的烦恼。”

vexation /vekˈseɪ.ʃən/ 表示“烦恼；苦恼”，英文解释为“worry or anger”举个🌰：After several unsuccessful attempts to start his car, he swore in vexation. 几次发动汽车都没有打着火，他气得骂了起来。

innocuous /ɪˈnɒk.ju.əs/ 表示“无害的；无恶意的；无意冒犯的”，英文解释为“completely harmless (= causing no harm)；not intended to offend or upset anyone”举个🌰：Some mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact poisonous. 有些蘑菇貌似无害，但实际上有毒。

numeral /ˈnjuː.mə.rəl/ 表示“数字”，英文解释为“a symbol that represents a number”

“If you're a member of Gen Alpha, however, maybe you're smirking at the thought of adults once again struggling to make sense of your notoriously slippery slang," the website added.

该网站补充道：“不过，如果你属于α世代，想到大人们再一次被你们这些怎么都解释不清的俚语整得一头雾水，或许此刻正忍不住偷笑。”

阿尔法世代指的是2010年至2024年之间出生的一代人。他们是继Z世代之后的新一代，也是21世纪出生的第一个完全在21世纪成长的世代。“阿尔法”是希腊字母的第一个字母（α），象征着这是一个全新的开始。该群体是数字时代的原生代，成长全程伴随移动互联网、人工智能等技术发展，对线上学习、社交媒体及智能设备应用习以为常。

smirk /smɝːk/ 也是既可以作动词，又可以作动词，表示“假笑；傻笑；得意地笑”，英文解释为“to smile in this way”举个🌰：（动词）He smirked his way through the interview. 整个面试过程中他都在得意地笑。（名词）"Maybe your husband does things that you don't know about," he said with a smirk. “你丈夫也许在做些你不知道的事情。”他诡秘地笑着说。

📺美剧《绝望的主妇》（Desperate Housewives）第7季20集中的台词提到：Don't smirk.The key to discipline is consistency. 别得意。教规矩的关键就是持之以恒。

副词词性 notoriously 众所周知地，声名狼藉地；形容词性：notorious 表示“臭名昭著的，声名狼藉的”，英文解释为“famous or well-known for something bad”，如：a notorious computer hacker 声名狼藉的电脑黑客。

slippery /ˈslɪp.ər.i/ 1）表示“湿滑的，容易打滑的”，英文解释为“If something is slippery, it is wet or smooth so that it slides easily or causes something to slide.”如：slippery soap 湿滑的肥皂。

2）表示“狡猾的，滑头的”，英文解释为“Someone who is slippery cannot be trusted.”举个🌰：He's as slippery as an eel - you can never get a straight answer out of him. 他非常滑头——你永远无法从他嘴里得到直率的回答。

slang /slæŋ/ 1）作名词，表示“俚语”，英文解释为“very informal language that is usually spoken rather than written, used especially by particular groups of people”如：a slang expression 一句俚语。

2）作动词，表示“谩骂”，英文解释为“to attack with angry, uncontrolled language”举个🌰：The players started slanging each other in the middle of the game. 比赛到中局阶段时，球员们开始互相谩骂。

According to Dictionary.com, 6-7 “is a viral, ambiguous slang term” that is “largely nonsensical.” The website suggests that “some argue it means 'so-so,' or 'maybe this, maybe that,' especially when paired with a hand gesture where both palms face up and move alternately up and down.”

该网站表示，“6-7”是一个爆红的、含义模糊的俚语，大体上没有明确意义。有些人认为它表示“就那样吧”或“也许是这样，也许是那样”，配上双手掌心朝上、交替上下晃动的动作，意思更明显。

viral /ˈvaɪ.rəl/ 表示“（通过网络在个体之间迅速）病毒式的（传播）”，英文解释为“used to describe something that quickly becomes very popular or well known by being published on the internet or sent from person to person by email, phone, etc.”举个🌰：Here's a list of the top ten viral videos this week. 以下是本周十大病毒式传播的视频。

📍常用短语 go viral，字面意思就是“像病毒一样传播、扩散”，引申为“走红，十分流行，疯狂传播”，比如朋友圈xxx刷屏了，也可以说go viral. 📍名词形式virality.

ambiguous /æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs/ 表示“含糊不清的；引起歧义的，模棱两可的；不明确的”，英文解释为“having or expressing more than one possible meaning, sometimes intentionally”举个🌰：Her reply to my question was somewhat ambiguous. 她对我的提问回答得有些含糊不清。

nonsensical /ˌnɒnˈsen.sɪ.kəl/ 表示“愚蠢的；荒谬的”，英文解释为“silly or stupid”举个🌰：It's nonsensical to blame all the world's troubles on one man. 把世界上所有的麻烦都归咎于一个人是很荒谬的。

Others use 6-7 “as a way to respond to questions or as a result of seeing the numbers '67' in consecutive order in the wild, such as on a math problem or within a phone number," the website said.

网站补充称，也有人用“6-7”来回答问题，或者每当在生活中看到连在一起的“67”出现——比如数学题或电话号码里——就会顺口说出来。

consecutive /kənˈsek.jə.tɪv/ 表示“连续的，连贯的，不间断的”，英文解释为“Consecutive events, numbers, etc. follow one after another without an interruption.”举个🌰：This is the fifth consecutive weekend that I've spent working. 这是我连续第五个周末加班。

📍《经济学人》（The Economist）一篇讲述绿色风投的文章中提到：Last year taxpayer-funded green-energy R&D around the world rose for the third consecutive year, to a record $25.4bn, accroding to the IEA. 根据国际能源署的数据，去年全球受政府资助的绿色能源研发连续第三年增长，达到创纪录的254亿美元。

They added, “Because of its murky and shifting usage, it's an example of brainrot slang and is intended to be nonsensical and playfully absurd.”

他们还说，正因为这种用法模糊、变化多端，它才被称为脑腐式俚语——故意毫无逻辑、荒诞搞怪，就是要让人哭笑不得。

murky /ˈmɜː.ki/ 1）表示“黑暗的；不清楚的；肮脏的”，英文解释为“dark and dirty or difficult to see through”举个🌰：The river was brown and murky after the storm. 暴风雨过后，河水变成了褐色，浑浊不清。

2）表示“（形势）复杂难懂的，不明朗的”，英文解释为“used to describe a situation that is complicated and unpleasant, and about which many facts are not clear”举个🌰：He became involved in the murky world of international drug-dealing. 他卷入了阴暗复杂的跨国贩毒生意中。

2024牛津年度词汇：Brain rot，Brain rot指一个人精神或智力状态的恶化或退化，特指由于过度浏览那些无聊或低质量的内容（尤指现在的网络内容）而出现的状态。

Searches for 6-7 rose in a “dramatic” fashion in the summer of 2025, increasing more than sixfold since June, according to Dictionary.com's announcement. At this point, “the surge shows no signs of stopping.”

Dictionary.com公告称，“6-7”在2025年夏季的搜索量呈爆炸式增长，较6月飙升六倍以上，而且目前看来，这股热潮丝毫没有减退迹象。

surge /sɜːdʒ/ 1）作动词，表示“急剧上升；飞涨；剧增”，英文解释为“If something surges, it increases suddenly and greatly, after being steady or developing only slowly.”举个🌰：The company's profits have surged. 公司的利润激增。

2）表示“涌动，蜂拥向前”，英文解释为“to move quickly and powerfully”举个🌰：An angry crowd surged through the gates of the president's palace. 愤怒的人群涌进了总统府的大门。

3）作名词，表示“剧增”，英文解释为“A surge is a sudden large increase in something that has previously been steady, or has only increased or developed slowly.”举个🌰：An unexpected surge in electrical power caused the computer to crash. 突然出现的电压剧增导致电脑死机。

🎬电影《雷神2：黑暗世界》（Thor: The Dark World）中的台词提到：But she will not survive the amount of energy surging within her. 但她体内涌动的能量太大 她撑不住的。

To select the Word of the Year, Dictionary.com's lexicographers analyzed various data points — including social media trends, search engine results and more — “to identify words that made an impact on our conversations, online and in the real world.”

为了评选年度词汇，Dictionary.com的词典编纂人员分析了各种数据指标——包括社交媒体趋势、搜索引擎结果等——“以找出那些在我们的对话中、在线上和现实世界产生影响的词语。”

lexicographer /ˌleksɪˈkɒɡrəfə(r)/ 表示“词典编纂者”，英文解释为“a person who writes and edits dictionaries”

“The Word of the Year isn't just about popular usage; it reveals the stories we tell about ourselves and how we've changed over the year,” Dictionary.com said.

Dictionary.com指出，“年度词汇不仅关乎使用频率，它更折射出我们的集体心声，记录了这一年来我们的改变轨迹。”

Though seemingly “impossible to define,” the website said 6-7 “shows the speed at which a new word can rocket around the world as a rising generation enters the global conversation.”

该网站称，虽然“6-7”看似无法精确定义，但它说明了一个事实：当新世代加入全球话语体系时，新词汇可以以惊人速度风靡全世界。

“It's meaningless, ubiquitous, and nonsensical. In other words, it has all the hallmarks of brainrot,” they said. Still, they added, “it remains meaningful to the people who use it because of the connection it fosters."

该网站指出，这个词既无意义、又泛滥，还荒诞离谱，可以说是典型的脑腐式词汇。但该网站也强调，对用它的人来说，它依然有意义，因为它建立了人与人之间的联系。”

ubiquitous /juːˈbɪk.wɪ.təs/表示“无所不在的”，英文解释为“If you describe something or someone as ubiquitous, you mean that they seem to be everywhere.”举个🌰：Coffee shops are ubiquitous these days. 如今好像到处都是咖啡馆。

意思相近的形容词：

📍pervasive表示“到处存在的，到处弥漫着的，遍布的”，英文解释为“Something, especially something bad, that is pervasive is present or felt throughout a place or thing.”如：the pervasive influence of mobile phones in daily life 手机在日常生活中无处不在的影响。

📍omnipresent /ˌɒm.nɪˈprez.ənt/ 表示“无所不在的，遍及各处的”，英文解释为“present or having an effect everywhere at the same time”举个🌰：The singer became an omnipresent icon of style and beauty. 这位歌手成了一个时尚与美丽的符号，无所不在。

hallmark /ˈhɔːl.mɑːk/ 表示“特征，特点”，英文解释为“a typical characteristic or feature of a person or thing”举个🌰：Simplicity is a hallmark of this design. 简洁是该设计的一个特点。

📍《经济学人》（The Economist）一篇讲述联合利华老板的文章中提到：In the past the hallmark of a good boss was a strategic mind. 以前，一个好老板的标志是战略思维。

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