韦氏词典公布2025年度词汇：Slop

近日，韦氏词典（Merriam-Webster）公布了2025年度词汇：Slop（低质内容）。去年，韦氏词典2024年度词汇为： Polarization（两极分化）。

此前，麦考瑞词典公布2025年度词汇：AI slop。

今天你练听力了吗？

🤔️小作业：

1. Which development best illustrates how AI-generated content can distort existing digital ecosystems?

A. Meta's decision to introduce a separate feed for AI videos

B. The viral spread of surreal AI-generated videos on social platforms

C. Spotify's removal of millions of AI-generated tracks after criticism

D. OpenAI's release of a new generative video application

无注释原文：

Merriam-Webster declares 'slop' its word of the year in nod to growth of AI

From: CNBC

Merriam-Webster declared “slop” its 2025 word of the year on Monday, a sign of growing wariness around artificial intelligence.

Slop is now defined as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence,” according to Merriam-Webster's dictionary. The word has previously been used primarily to connote a “product of little value” or “food waste fed to animals”

Mainstream social networks saw a flood of AI-generated content, including what 404 Media described as a “video of a bizarre creature turning into a spider, turning into a nightmare giraffe inside of a busy mall,” that the publication reported had been viewed more than 362 million times on Meta apps. 

In September, Meta launched Vibes, a separate feed for AI-generated videos. Days later, OpenAI released its Sora app. Those services, along with TikTok, YouTube and others, are increasingly rife with AI slop, which can often generate revenue with enough engagement.

Spotify said in September that it had to remove over 75 million AI-generated, “spammy tracks” from its service, and roll out formal policies to protect artists from AI impersonation and deception. The streaming company faced widespread criticism after The Velvet Sundown racked up 1 million monthly listeners on without initially making it clear they produced their songs with generative AI. The artist later clarified on its bio page that it's a “synthetic music project.”

According to CNBC's latest All-America Economic Survey, published Dec. 15, fewer respondents have been using AI platforms, such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini, in the last two to three months compared to the summer months.

Just 48% of those surveyed said they had used AI platforms recently, down from 53% in August.

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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：

Merriam-Webster declares 'slop' its word of the year in nod to growth of AI

From: CNBC

Merriam-Webster declared “slop” its 2025 word of the year on Monday, a sign of growing wariness around artificial intelligence.

周一，《韦氏词典》（Merriam-Webster）宣布2025年度词汇为“slop”，这标志着人们对人工智能的警惕性日益增强。

slop /slɒp/ 表示“稀软味差的食物；（尤指喂食动物的）泔水，剩饭菜”，英文解释为“food that is more liquid than it should be and is therefore unpleasant”如：Have you tried the slop that they call stew in the canteen? 你尝了食堂里他们称作炖菜的那个软塌塌的东西了吗?

“AI slop”用来形容那些由人工智能（特别是生成式AI）大规模、低成本、快速生产出来的，质量低下、内容空洞、缺乏灵魂的信息、图像、视频或文字作品。可以把它理解为“AI垃圾”或“AI泔水”。

作动词，slop /slɒp/ 表示“（使液体）晃荡；（使）溢出，溅出”，英文解释为“to cause a liquid to flow over the edge of a container through not taking care or making a rough movement”举个🌰：Careful, you've just slopped coffee all over the carpet! 小心，你刚才把咖啡溅得地毯上到处都是！

wariness /ˈweə.ri.nəs/ 表示“警惕”，英文解释为“the state or quality of being wary (= not completely trusting or certain)”举个🌰：They eyed each other with wariness and suspicion. 他们看着对方，眼里满是警惕和怀疑。

Slop is now defined as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence,” according to Merriam-Webster's dictionary. The word has previously been used primarily to connote a “product of little value” or “food waste fed to animals”

根据《韦氏词典》的解释，slop如今被定义为“通常由人工智能批量生成的低质量数字内容”。此前，这个词主要指“价值不高的产品”或“喂给动物的剩余食物”。

quantity /ˈkwɒn.tə.ti/ 表示“（尤指可测量或确定的）量，数量，分量”，英文解释为“the amount or number of something, especially that can be measured”举个🌰：We consumed vast quantities of food and drink that night. 那天晚上我们大吃大喝了一通。

connote /kəˈnəʊt/ 表示“意味；暗示；隐含”，英文解释为“to suggest a feeling, an idea, etc. as well as the main meaning”举个🌰：The term "LearnAndRecord" often connotes a sense of methodical discipline and progressive accumulation. LearnAndRecord这个词常给人一种系统性的坚持与持续积累的感觉。

Mainstream social networks saw a flood of AI-generated content, including what 404 Media described as a “video of a bizarre creature turning into a spider, turning into a nightmare giraffe inside of a busy mall,” that the publication reported had been viewed more than 362 million times on Meta apps.

主流社交平台涌现大量AI生成内容，例如404媒体报道的“繁忙商场里诡异生物变身蜘蛛、再化身为噩梦长颈鹿”视频，据报道该视频在Meta旗下应用的浏览量已超过3.62亿次。

bizarre /bɪˈzɑː/ 表示“怪异的；罕见的；异乎寻常的”，英文解释为“Something that is bizarre is very odd and strange.”举个🌰：The game was also notable for the bizarre behaviour of the team's manager. 这场比赛另一值得注意的地方是该队经理人异乎寻常的表现。

In September, Meta launched Vibes, a separate feed for AI-generated videos. Days later, OpenAI released its Sora app. Those services, along with TikTok, YouTube and others, are increasingly rife with AI slop, which can often generate revenue with enough engagement.

今年9月，Meta推出了专门展示AI生成视频的独立信息流Vibes。几天后，OpenAI发布了Sora应用。这些服务，加上TikTok、YouTube等平台，正不断充斥着低质量AI内容，而这些内容只要获得足够互动，往往就能带来收益。

feed作动词，表示“供给；供应；（尤指规律地或连续地）把…放进（机器或系统）”，英文解释为“to supply something to a person or thing, or put something into a machine or system, especially in a regular or continuous way”举个🌰：The vegetables are fed into the machine at this end. 蔬菜从这头放进机器里。

feed一词，作名词时，不知道你有没有听过“Feed流”或者“信息流”这样的说法，熟悉互联网行业的人可能会比较了解，指的就是持续向用户提供内容更新的信息流服务，比如朋友圈（Moments），微博，抖音的形式，你可以以时间线或者兴趣度一条一条地往下刷或者说阅读。可以看下Web feed或者News feed的英文解释：a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content.

📍《经济学人》（The Economist）一篇讲述战斗机AI飞行员的文章中提到：Ms Broadbent's team is also experimenting with novel ways to deliver information to a pilot, from a Twitter-like feed to an anthropomorphic avatar. 布罗德本特的团队也在测试用推特式消息流、拟人化形象等各种新鲜方式向飞行员发送信息。

表示“（常指坏事）普遍的；充斥/充满；猖獗的”，英文解释为“If you say that something, usually something bad, is rife in a place or that the place is rife with it, you mean that it is very common.”举个🌰：Los Angeles is rife with gossip about the stars' private lives. 洛杉矶盛传明星私生活的流言飞语。

🎬电影《大地惊雷》（True Grit）中的台词提到：Brief though his note was, it was rife with misspellings. 他的留言很简单 但全是错别字。

📺还是《生活大爆炸》（The Big Bang Theory），第2季中的台词：It was rife with historical inaccuracies. 到处充斥着历史。

Spotify said in September that it had to remove over 75 million AI-generated, “spammy tracks” from its service, and roll out formal policies to protect artists from AI impersonation and deception. The streaming company faced widespread criticism after The Velvet Sundown racked up 1 million monthly listeners on without initially making it clear they produced their songs with generative AI. The artist later clarified on its bio page that it's a “synthetic music project.”

Spotify在9月宣布，平台已移除超过7500万条AI生成的“垃圾曲目”，并出台正式规定防止艺人遭AI仿冒与欺骗。此前虚拟乐队The Velvet Sundown因未明确标注其歌曲由生成式AI制作，在月听众数突破百万后引发广泛争议。该乐队后来在主页澄清其为“合成音乐项目”。

spammy是一个非正式的英语形容词（口语常用），用来形容像垃圾信息（spam）一样的事物，通常带有令人反感、泛滥、低质或具有误导性的意味。

track /træk/ 作名词，表示“（录制在CD、唱片或磁带上的）一首歌曲；一首乐曲”，英文解释为“A track is one of the songs or pieces of music on a CD, record, or tape.”

也可表示“音轨，声道”，英文解释为“a part of a magnetic strip onto which sound can be recorded, with several tracks on one magnetic strip”举个🌰：I only like two of the ten tracks on this CD. 我只喜欢这张CD上的10首歌曲中的2首。

📍周末多睡2小时抑郁风险降低48%文中提到，作动词，1）表示“跟踪，追踪”，英文解释为“to follow a person or animal by looking for proof that they have been somewhere, or by using electronic equipment”

2）表示“追踪，记录…的进展”，英文解释为“to record the progress or development of something over a period”举个🌰：We continued tracking the plane on our radar. 我们继续用雷达追踪那架飞机。

🎬 电影《博物馆奇妙夜3》（Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb）中的台词提到：You're sort of set up to track my phone? You track my phone? 你装定位追踪我的手机？你竟然追踪我的手机？

impersonation /ɪmˌpɜː.sənˈeɪ.ʃən/ 1）表示“（尤指为逗人发笑）扮演，模仿”，英文解释为“the act of intentionally copying another person's characteristics, such as their behaviour, speech, appearance, or expressions, especially to make people laugh”举个🌰：He does a brilliant impersonation of Charles. 他出色地模仿了查尔斯。

2）表示“假冒他人”，英文解释为“the act of attempting to deceive someone by pretending that you are another person”举个🌰：He was charged with impersonation of a police officer. 他被指控冒充警察。

deception /dɪˈsep.ʃən/ 表示“欺骗；欺诈；隐瞒”，英文解释为“the act of hiding the truth, especially to get an advantage”举个🌰：He was found guilty of obtaining money by deception. 他骗取钱财的罪名被判成立。

表示“积累，大量获得（利润）；严重遭受（损失）；（体育中）多次赢得（比赛）”，英文解释为“If a business racks up profits, losses, or sales, it makes a lot of them. If a sportsman, sportswoman, or team racks up wins, they win a lot of games or races.”举个🌰：Lower rates mean that firms are more likely to rack up profits in the coming months. 更低的费率意味着各公司更有可能在未来的几个月里获得大量利润。

synthetic /sɪnˈθetɪk/ 表示“合成的，人造的”，英文解释为“Synthetic products are made from artificial substances, often copying a natural product.”如：synthetic fibres 人造纤维。

According to CNBC's latest All-America Economic Survey, published Dec. 15, fewer respondents have been using AI platforms, such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini, in the last two to three months compared to the summer months.

根据CNBC于12月15日发布的最新“全美经济调查”，与夏季相比，过去两到三个月里，使用ChatGPT、微软Copilot和谷歌Gemini等AI平台的受访者数量有所下降。

respondent /rɪˈspɒn.dənt/ 表示“回答者；答复者；应答者”，英文解释为“a person who answers a request for information”举个🌰：In a recent opinion poll, a majority of respondents were against nuclear weapons. 在最近的一次民意调查中，大多数调查对象表示反对发展核武器。

Just 48% of those surveyed said they had used AI platforms recently, down from 53% in August.

仅48%的受访者表示近期使用过AI平台，这一比例低于8月时的53%。

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