柯林斯词典公布2025年度词汇：Vibe coding

近日，柯林斯词典（Collins Dictionary）公布了2025年度词汇：Vibe coding（氛围编程）。

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B. Dismissive and skeptical

C. Optimistic and forward-looking

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无注释原文：

'Vibe coding' beats 'clanker' to be Collins dictionary's word of the year

From: The Guardian

“Vibe coding”, an emerging software development that turns natural language into computer code using artificial intelligence, has been named Collins dictionary's word of the year for 2025.

Lexicographers at Collins monitor the 24bn-word Collins Corpus, which draws from a range of media sources, including social media, to create the annual list of new and notable words that reflect our ever-evolving language.

They chose vibe coding as word of the year after observing a huge increase in usage since its first appearance in February.

The term was coined by Andrej Karpathy, the former director of AI at Tesla and a founding engineer at OpenAI, to describe how artificial intelligence can enable someone to create a new app while being able to “forget that the code even exists”.

Other words on the list include “biohacking”, defined as the activity of altering the natural processes of your body in an attempt to improve health and longevity.

Another is “clanker”, a derogatory term for computers, robots or sources of AI, which was popularised by Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The word went viral on social media and is often used to express people's frustrations with, and distrust of, AI chatbots and platforms.

Also a term of disapproval, the word “glaze” has gained traction this year, meaning to praise or flatter someone excessively or undeservedly.

Another is “aura farming” – described as the deliberate cultivation of a distinctive and charismatic persona – essentially the art of looking cool.

The term was popular with gamers but reached a much larger audience this year after the widely shared “boat kid” video that started a dance trend popular with celebrities including the American football player Travis Kelce.

The owners of the biggest global technology companies, informally known as tech bros, were nicknamed the “broligarchy” after their high-profile attendance at Donald Trump's inauguration, with the word also earning a place on the list.

A rise in the use of the term “Henry”, an acronym for “high earner, not rich yet” was also named by Collins.

And “coolcation”, a holiday in a place with a cool climate, along with “taskmasking”, the act of giving a false impression that one is being productive in the workplace, make it on to the list.

“Micro-retirement”, described as a break between periods of employment in order to pursue personal interests, also features.

Alex Beecroft, the managing director of Collins, said: “The selection of vibe coding as Collins' word of the year perfectly captures how language is evolving alongside technology. It signals a major shift in software development, where AI is making coding more accessible.

“The seamless integration of human creativity and machine intelligence demonstrates how natural language is fundamentally changing our interaction with computers.”

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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：

'Vibe coding' beats 'clanker' to be Collins dictionary's word of the year

From: The Guardian

“Vibe coding”, an emerging software development that turns natural language into computer code using artificial intelligence, has been named Collins dictionary's word of the year for 2025.

《柯林斯词典》将“Vibe coding”评为2025年度词汇，“Vibe coding”指的是一种利用人工智能（AI）将自然语言转换为计算机代码的新兴软件开发方式。

vibe /vaɪb/ 表示“（某地、某种局面或某支曲子的）气氛，氛围”，英文解释为“the mood of a place, situation, person, etc. and the way that they make you feel”举个🌰：The music has a soothing vibe. 这种音乐能让人放松。

📍早在GPT-5来了文中就提到，Vibe Coding（氛围编程）是今年很火的一个概念，指的就是编程纯通过AI来完成，开发者通过描述需求（而非手动编写代码）下达指令让AI工具（大语言模型）自动生成、调试或优化代码。其核心理念是“通过感觉（vibes）编程”，即开发者专注于创意和逻辑设计，而将技术细节交给AI处理。

Lexicographers at Collins monitor the 24bn-word Collins Corpus, which draws from a range of media sources, including social media, to create the annual list of new and notable words that reflect our ever-evolving language.

《柯林斯词典》的词典编纂者们持续监测包含240亿词汇的柯林斯语料库，该语料库从多种媒体来源（包括社交媒体）收集数据，用以每年评选反映语言变化的新兴与热门词汇清单。

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

corpus /ˈkɔːpəs/ 表示“语料库”，英文解释为“a collection of written or spoken material stored on a computer and used to find out how language is used”

They chose vibe coding as word of the year after observing a huge increase in usage since its first appearance in February.

他们之所以选择“vibe coding”为年度词汇，是因为自2月首次出现以来，该术语的使用频率大幅上升。

The term was coined by Andrej Karpathy, the former director of AI at Tesla and a founding engineer at OpenAI, to describe how artificial intelligence can enable someone to create a new app while being able to “forget that the code even exists”.

这术语由特斯拉前AI总监、OpenAI创始工程师之一安德烈·卡尔帕西（Andrej Karpathy）创造，用来形容AI如何让人们在开发新应用时“几乎忘记代码的存在”。

在凡尔赛文学是什么梗？文中，提到了网友构造了凡尔赛文学这个说法 Chinese netizens coined the term “Versailles literature”，其中coin作动词，熟词僻义，表示“创造（新词语）”，英文解释为“to invent a new word or phrase that other people then begin to use”举个🌰：He coined the term "LearnAndRecord". 他创造了LearnAndRecord这一说法。

📍coinage作名词，表示“新造的词（语）；新词语的创造”，英文解释为“(the inventing of) a new word or phrase in a language”

Other words on the list include “biohacking”, defined as the activity of altering the natural processes of your body in an attempt to improve health and longevity.

年度词汇榜单还包括“biohacking”（生物黑客），指的是通过调整身体自然机能来改善健康与延年益寿的行为。

表示“（使）改变，更改，改动”，英文解释为“to become different; to make sb/sth different”举个🌰： We've had to alter some of our plans. 我们不得不对一些计划作了改动。

🎬电影《大侦探福尔摩斯》（Sherlock Holmes）中的台词提到：that will alter the very course of the world. 足以改变世界的力量。

longevity /lɒnˈdʒev.ə.ti/ 表示“长寿，长命，持久”，英文解释为“living for a long time”举个🌰：To what do you attribute your longevity? 你的长寿归功于哪些因素？

Another is “clanker”, a derogatory term for computers, robots or sources of AI, which was popularised by Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The word went viral on social media and is often used to express people's frustrations with, and distrust of, AI chatbots and platforms.

另一个词是“clanker”。这个源于《星球大战：克隆人战争》的词汇，是人们对计算机、机器人及各类AI的贬称。该词在社交媒体上爆火，常被用来宣泄对AI聊天机器人和平台的不满与不信任。

derogatory /dɪˈrɒɡətərɪ/ 表示“诋毁的，贬损的，贬低的”，英文解释为“showing strong disapproval and not showing respect”举个🌰：He made some derogatory comment/remark about her appearance. 他对她的相貌贬低了一番。

英式 popularise 美式 popularize /ˈpɒp.jə.lə.raɪz/ 1）表示“宣传，推广；使大众化；使普及”，英文解释为“to make something become popular； to make something known and understood by ordinary people”举个🌰：It was Pavarotti in the 1980s who really popularized opera. 帕瓦罗蒂在20世纪80年代真正推动了歌剧的大众化。Television has an important role to play in popularizing new scientific ideas. 电视在普及科学新知识方面发挥着重要的作用。

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.

Also a term of disapproval, the word “glaze” has gained traction this year, meaning to praise or flatter someone excessively or undeservedly.

同样带有贬义的还有“glaze”一词，今年开始流行起来，意指对他人过度或虚假的恭维。

glaze /ɡleɪz/ 1）表示“给…上釉；给…上光；使光滑，使光亮”，英文解释为“to make a surface shiny by putting a liquid substance onto it and leaving it or heating it until it dries”举个🌰：Glaze the pastry with beaten egg. 往油酥面团里和入打匀的鸡蛋，使其滑亮。

2）表示“（眼神）变呆滞，发呆”，英文解释为“If your eyes glaze or glaze over, they stay still and stop showing any emotion because you are bored or tired or have stopped listening.”举个🌰：Among the audience, eyes glazed over and a few heads started to nod. 听众目光变得呆滞无神，一些人则开始打盹。

3）表示“过分或不当地赞美、奉承（某人）”，英文解释为“to praise or flatter (someone) excessively or undeservedly”

traction /ˈtræk.ʃən/ 1）表示“拖拉，牵引；牵引力”，英文解释为“the pulling of a heavy load over a surface, or the power used in this”

2）表示“（观点或产品等）变得流行（或被接受）”，英文解释为“the fact of an idea, product, etc. becoming popular or being accepted”举个🌰：In our digital age, it takes less time for new words and phrases to gain traction than it did in the past. 在当前数码时代，新词或词组流行起来要过去快得多。

flatter /ˈflæt.ər/ 表示“奉承；讨好”，英文解释为“to praise someone in order to make them feel attractive or important, sometimes in a way that is not sincere”举个🌰：I knew he was only flattering me because he wanted to borrow some money. 我知道他只是在讨好我，因为他想借些钱。

undeservedly /ˌʌndɪˈzɜː.vɪd.li/ 表示“不应该地，无端地”，英文解释为“in a way that is not right or that someone does not deserve”举个🌰：No book has been more undeservedly neglected by critics. 没有一本书比这本更不应该被评论家们忽视。

Another is “aura farming” – described as the deliberate cultivation of a distinctive and charismatic persona – essentially the art of looking cool.

还有一个入选的热词是“aura farming”，指有意识地打造独特、迷人的个性或形象，即“营造酷感”的艺术。

charismatic /ˌkær.ɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ 表示“充满个人魅力的”，英文解释为“used to describe a person who has charisma”举个🌰：With her striking looks and charismatic personality, she was noticed far and wide. 她以出众的相貌和富有魅力的个性闻名遐迩。

persona /pəˈsəʊ.nə/ 表示“（同本人真实品格不一致的）表面形象，表象人格”，英文解释为“the particular type of character that a person seems to have and that is often different from their real or private character”举个🌰：He had a shy, retiring side to his personality that was completely at odds with his public persona. 他性格里有害羞内向的一面，这和他的公众形象极不相符。

The term was popular with gamers but reached a much larger audience this year after the widely shared “boat kid” video that started a dance trend popular with celebrities including the American football player Travis Kelce.

该词最初流行于游戏圈，但因“船上少年”舞蹈视频爆红网络，美式橄榄球员特拉维斯·凯尔西（Travis Kelce）等众多明星都参与其中，从而传播至更广泛的群体。

The owners of the biggest global technology companies, informally known as tech bros, were nicknamed the “broligarchy” after their high-profile attendance at Donald Trump's inauguration, with the word also earning a place on the list.

全球大型科技公司老板们——被非正式地称为“tech bros”（科技兄弟）——因高调出席唐纳德·特朗普的就职典礼而被戏称为“broligarchy”（兄弟寡头），该词也榜上有名。

nickname /ˈnɪk.neɪm/ 可以作名词，也可以作动词，表示“给…起绰号”，英文解释为“to give a nickname to sb/sth”举个🌰：LR was nicknamed ‘Lu Rou’. LR外号叫“卤肉”。

inauguration /ɪˌnɔː.ɡjəˈreɪ.ʃən/ 1）表示“就职典礼”，英文解释为“An inauguration is the process of swearing a person into office and thus making that person the incumbent. Such an inauguration commonly occurs through a formal ceremony or special event.”

2）表示“正式启用”，英文解释为“the act of something officially starting to be used”举个🌰：In 1900 Paris saw the inauguration of the Metro. 1900年，巴黎迎来了地铁的开通。

3）表示“（新时代的）开创；（新风尚、新活动等的）开始”，英文解释为“the beginning of a new period, style, or activity”举个🌰：It was the inauguration of a new era in American life. 这是美国生活新时代的开始。

📍形容词性：inaugural表示“就职的，就任的（演讲）”（An inaugural speech is the first speech someone gives when starting an important new job.）另外，inaugural也有“首次的，初始的”的含义（An inaugural event is the first in a series of planned events.）

A rise in the use of the term “Henry”, an acronym for “high earner, not rich yet” was also named by Collins.

《柯林斯词典》还注意到“Henry”一词使用频率上升，它是“high earner, not rich yet”（高收入但尚未致富者）的缩写。

acronym /ˈæk.rə.nɪm/表示“首字母缩拼词，首字母组合词，首字母缩略词”，英文解释为“an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something, pronounced as a word”举个🌰：AIDS is an acronym for "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome". AIDS （艾滋病）是Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome（获得性免疫缺损综合征）的首字母缩拼词。

📍词根“acro-”意味着“高处，尖端”，而“-nym”意味着“名字”，所以“acronym”指的是由几个词的首字母组成的词。

📍acronym和initialism都是由首字母缩写形成的词，但它们之间有一个主要的区别：Acronym（首字母缩略词）：可以作为一个单词来发音。例如：NASA（National Aeronautics and Space Administration，美国国家航空航天局），它读作 /ˈnæsə/，像一个单词一样。而Initialism（字母缩略词）：同样由一系列单词的首字母组成，但每个字母都单独发音，而不是合成一个单词的发音。例如：FBI（Federal Bureau of Investigation，美国联邦调查局），它读作 /ˌɛfˈbiːˈaɪ/，每个字母分开发音。

📍简而言之，如果你将缩写作为一个单词来发音，那么它是一个acronym；如果你逐个字母发音，那么它是一个initialism。

And “coolcation”, a holiday in a place with a cool climate, along with “taskmasking”, the act of giving a false impression that one is being productive in the workplace, make it on to the list.

“Coolcation”，指到气候凉爽的地方度假，以及“taskmasking”，意为在工作场所假装自己很忙的行为，也进入榜单。

“Micro-retirement”, described as a break between periods of employment in order to pursue personal interests, also features.

“微退休”（micro-retirement）这一概念描述人们在职业生涯中短暂休假、追求个人兴趣的生活方式，同样入选。

Alex Beecroft, the managing director of Collins, said: “The selection of vibe coding as Collins' word of the year perfectly captures how language is evolving alongside technology. It signals a major shift in software development, where AI is making coding more accessible.

《柯林斯词典》总经理亚历克斯·比克罗夫特（Alex Beecroft）表示：“选择‘vibe coding’作为年度词汇，完美体现了语言与科技的共同演进。它标志着软件开发的一次重大转变，人工智能让编程变得更为普及。”

“The seamless integration of human creativity and machine intelligence demonstrates how natural language is fundamentally changing our interaction with computers.”

“人类创造力与机器智能的无缝融合，展现出自然语言正在从根本上改变我们与计算机的交互方式。”

integration /ˌɪn.tɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/ 表示“整合，融合”，英文解释为“the action or process of combining two or more things in an effective way”举个🌰：He creates a seamless integration of contemporary and historic images. 他完成了当代和历史图像的无缝整合。

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