OED

abbr.

1. 《牛津英语大词典》（最大的英语词典，1928年在英国初版）
   the Oxford English Dictionary (the largest dictionary of the English language, which was first published in Britain in 1928)

1. It is also worth noting that neither chicken nor egg have yet been revised in the ongoing creation of the third edition of the OED. Its possible that this question will be resolved when the entries are updated, but for now we cant be certain.
   因此在正在编撰的第三版的牛津英语词典中也没有必要对chicken和egg的含义进行修订。也许等到词典词目得到更新后这一问题会得到解决吧，但至少现在我们还不能确定。
2. The OED explained the decision extensively in an online statement and pointed out many of these noteworthy initialisms* are strongly associated with the language of electronic communications.
   牛津英语词典在一份网上声明中详尽地解释了这一决定，并且指出这些引人注意的缩写与网络沟通语言有着密不可分的联系。
3. The OED explains that shorthands such as LOL and OMG have gone beyond just saving space and acquired nuanced meanings of their own, with a bit more than simple abbreviation going on.
   牛津英语词典解释说诸如LOL或者OMG之类的缩写，它们的作用已经远远超过了节省空间，而且它们的意思已经有异于它们的原型，是比单纯的缩略语更多一些些。
4. As it turns out, the OED gives EL James a run for the money, offering up more than 80 different synonyms for grey.
   事实证明，《牛津词典》给予EL詹姆斯发达的资本提供了80多个灰的同义词。
5. This breaks at least one OED rule, namely that a new word needs to be current for ten years before consideration for inclusion, said the OED's chief editor John Simpson in a statement.
   《牛津英文词典》主编约翰-辛普森在声明中表示，这至少打破了《牛津英语词典》的一个老规矩，就是一个新词从出现到考虑是否要被收入词典，需要十年时间。
6. In this instance, listed alongside cheese, fish, and butter, it is clear that the egg is ( as the OED definition phrases it) an egg of a domestic fowl as an article of food.
   该句中egg与奶酪、鱼和黄油放在一起显然说明了egg（正如牛津英语词典里解释的那样）是指用来作为事物的家禽的蛋。
7. London smoke The OED observes, A fancy name for a dull shade of grey.
   伦敦烟灰色《牛津词典》注意到：阴暗灰色阴影的一个很潮的名字。
8. OED's next step is to seek out and work with manufacturers in China to produce the SolSource, said Frank.
   Frank表示，OED公司下一步计划是要力求和中国制造商合作生产SolSource产品。
9. The OED is the definitive work on the history and usage of English.
   牛津词典是英文历史及用法的权威著作。
10. One can easily imagine a Japanese surfer keeping the OED window permanently open to help him navigate an alien language.
    很容易想象，某个日本冲浪者得一直开着《牛津英语词典》的窗口才能在这门外语里航行。
11. Ingram says the OED staff discuss project ratings with operational staff when there are differences, but have the final judgment on ratings.
    Ingram说，在出现分歧时，业务评价局的人员会与贷款业务人员就项目评级进行讨论，但业务评价局人员对评级有最终判断权。
12. But it has been African-American slang since at least the 1960s, OED researchers found.
    而词典的研究人员发现，至少在20世纪60年代，这个词就在非洲裔美国人当中作为俚语使用。
13. Phat," for example, makes its debut in the OED today as a slang term meaning cool. "
    “以”“Phat”“为例，”“Phat”“直到今天才被《牛津英文词典》作为一个俚语收录进来，意思是”“很酷”“。”
14. In the spirit of the OED, we would agree that an enterprise was one or more individuals with a common set of goals.
    根据《牛津英语大辞典》中的定义，企业是一个人或者是具有共同目标的多个人。
15. The application of computer technology transforms the OED from a source of information to a source of pleasure and turns research tasks into a matter of minutes instead of months.
    计算机技术的应用也使牛津词典从资料库变成娱乐源，把长达数月的检索任务缩短为几分钟。
16. And he says OED is now carrying out impact reviews of projects, with a review of education projects in Ghana recently completed and work underway on health projects in Bangladesh.
    他说，业务评价局目前正在对项目进行影响考察，对加纳的教育项目考察最近刚结束，目前正在对孟加拉的卫生项目进行考察。
17. That the word acquired a new meaning is attributed to the fact that commenting and editing on Internet Web sites became faster, the OED's principal editor of new words, Graeme Diamond said.
    据《牛津英语大词典》新词主编格莱姆·戴蒙得介绍，的这个新含义主要是源于在互联网上进行评论和编辑的速度越来越快这一事实。
18. Cluster audit: OED audit of several operations together in one audit in order to analyze critical issues in a wider sector or country context.
    归并审计：世界银行业务评价局把几个项目放在一起进行审计，目的是在较广泛的部门或国家范围内分析关键性的问题。
19. When the OED was first released in electronic form on the CD-ROM disk, author Anthony Burgess called the electronic big oxford "one of the major technological events of the century".
    当牛津词典首次以光盘电子版发行时，作家安东尼伯吉斯把电子版大牛津词典称为“本世纪科技重大事件之一”。