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Pre-Listening Vocabulary

verbing: the turning of a noun or adjective into a verb 名詞或形容詞變成動(dòng)詞的轉(zhuǎn)變

weird out: to make uncomfortable 使感到納悶; 使人感到納悶; 不自在

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coin: to give something a name 杜撰，創(chuàng)造(新詞，短語(yǔ)

The Word ‘Verb’ Is A Noun

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The Word ‘Verb’ Is A Noun

詞語(yǔ)“動(dòng)詞”是個(gè)名詞

The most common definition of a noun is a person, place, or thing. The “thing” part of this definition can mean a concept, an idea, or even a word, like the word “verb”. Sometimes nouns are turned into verbs through a process called “verbing” or “verbification”. Take the word “party” for example. It wasn’t that long ago when this word was mainly used as a noun.These days, to party is one of the most popular verbs out there! Nouns aren’t the only word forms that you can verbify. Adjectives can also be turned into verbs. Have you ever heard the adjective “weird” being used as a verb? To “weird someone out” means to make someone feel uncomfortable. Newly coined verbs often happen with popular technology or brands. For example, “google” is one of the most popular verbs around.

名詞最常見(jiàn)的定義是人、地點(diǎn)或事物。其中事物這部分可以是一個(gè)概念，一個(gè)想法，甚至是一個(gè)單詞，比如動(dòng)詞這個(gè)詞。有時(shí)名詞通過(guò)一個(gè)動(dòng)詞化的過(guò)程變成動(dòng)詞。以聚會(huì)這個(gè)詞為例。不久以前，這個(gè)詞主要用作名詞。現(xiàn)在，去聚會(huì)是最流行的動(dòng)詞之一了!名詞并不是唯一動(dòng)詞化的單詞形式。形容詞也可以變成動(dòng)詞。你有沒(méi)有聽(tīng)過(guò)形容詞“奇怪的”被用作動(dòng)詞，意思是讓某人感到不舒服。新創(chuàng)造的動(dòng)詞經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)在流行的技術(shù)或品牌中。例如，谷歌是目前最流行的動(dòng)詞之一。