It is the ultimate sign of our obsession with technology: the 'word' of the year chosen by Oxford Dictionaries is not a word at all – but this picture of a yellow smiley face.
牛靜詞典所選的年度“詞”根本就不是詞匯，而是這個(gè)黃色的笑臉?lè)?hào)圖像，這標(biāo)志著我們對(duì)科技的癡迷達(dá)到了極致。

The image, one of a range of icons called 'emoji' used to express emotions in text messages or online, was picked as the word or expression that best captured the ethos, mood and preoccupations of 2015.
這一圖像是一系列被稱為”顏文字”的圖標(biāo)之一，用以短信和網(wǎng)上信息交流時(shí)表達(dá)情感。此番被選作為詞匯表達(dá)方式充分體現(xiàn)了2015年的風(fēng)尚、興致及關(guān)注焦點(diǎn)。

Known as 'face with tears of joy', it was the most widely used emoji this year. The judges said emoji 'embody a core aspect of living in a digital world that is visually driven, emotionally expressive and obsessively immediate'.
這一表情笑臉即“喜極而泣”，是今年最廣為應(yīng)用的表情。評(píng)審稱顏文字“代表了數(shù)碼世界的核心，即受視覺(jué)驅(qū)動(dòng)、情感豐富表現(xiàn)力強(qiáng)、分分鐘要求單刀直入”。

Casper Grathwohl, president of Oxford Dictionaries, said: 'You can see how traditional alphabet scripts have been struggling to meet the rapid-fire, visually focused demands of 21st century communication.
牛津詞典主席卡斯帕·格拉斯沃說(shuō)道：“你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)，傳統(tǒng)文字書(shū)寫(xiě)已經(jīng)很難適應(yīng)21世紀(jì)快速交流、直擊視覺(jué)的要求了。

'It's not surprising that a pictographic script like emoji has stepped in to fill those gaps - it's flexible, immediate, and infuses tone beautifully. As a result emoji are becoming an increasingly rich form of communication, one that transcends linguistic borders.“
“也難怪這一形象生動(dòng)的顏文字應(yīng)運(yùn)而生填補(bǔ)了空白，靈活機(jī)動(dòng)、直截了當(dāng)、與語(yǔ)氣完美融合。于是，顏文字在交流中越發(fā)豐富，超越了語(yǔ)言學(xué)的界限?！?/div>

Mr Grathwohl said 'face with tears of joy' captured a sense of 'playfulness and intimacy that embodies emoji culture itself'. He added: 'Emoji culture has become so popular that individual characters have developed their own trends and stories.
格拉斯沃稱”喜極而泣“的笑臉”抓住了‘詼諧和親昵’的特征，這本身就代表了顏文字文化。他補(bǔ)充說(shuō)，“顏文字已如此風(fēng)靡，文字個(gè)體已經(jīng)形成了自己的流行風(fēng)尚和歷史故事?！?

小編吐槽：牛津詞典這次可玩大了！你雖然解釋的振振有詞，但是這TM就不是一個(gè)詞?。?！眾多外國(guó)網(wǎng)友紛紛發(fā)言，評(píng)論區(qū)已經(jīng)炸了——

@Scotty 2 Hotty

This symbol depicts crying with laughter... not tears of joy!
這個(gè)符號(hào)明明是笑中含淚……哪里是喜極而泣！

@BJ1974

It's not a word; you can't speak it.
這不是一個(gè)單詞啊！你怎么發(fā)音?。。?/div>

@acquiesce

Soon we will regress to using pictures instead of words like ancient Egyptians.?
我們馬上就要和古埃及人一樣，倒退成不用文字交流而是靠圖畫(huà)了！

作家們這樣表達(dá)他們的憤怒

牛津詞典公布了年度熱詞，每一個(gè)人是開(kāi)森的——是個(gè)顏文字啊顏文字?。。∵€不是個(gè)啥好的顏文字！

除了笑哭還有哪些顏文字？它們的含義你都知道嗎？
↓掃下方二維碼直達(dá)小游戲！顏文字含義大闖關(guān)！

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