And notice that the word is extending its use.

还需注意，这个词的词义还在扩大。

Another area where the meaning of words can be easily misunderstood is apologising.

另一个容易误解词义的领域是道歉。

When a word like " gyat" goes from an African-American English pronunciation of " goddamn" to being used as a noun for " butt" in memes like the song, it's ultimately exaggerated in a way that makes a farce of its pronunciation and meaning.

就拿“gyat”这个词来说，它本是非裔美国人英语里“goddamn”的发音，却在那首歌之类的梗里，被代“臀部”的名词。这种用法终究是一种夸张，使其原本的发音和词义都沦为一场闹剧。

The short word at the end of the phrasal verb determines the meaning.

动词词组末尾的短词决定词义。

Homophones are quite simply words that sound exactly the same but have very different meanings.

同音词就是听起来完一样，但词义非一样的词。

But others are the result of drift.

但是其他单词则呈现出了词义的变迁。

Those meanings connect to the verbal meanings above. A " spin" is a fast turn.

这些意义与上面所说的动词词义相关，的是快速旋转。

What's unusual is to get the effect coming out as a word.

这个词的地方在于，你要用声音来传达词义。

But you've yet to be published on the subject of word sense disambiguation.

过我看你发表的论主主题是词义消歧。

If there's vocabulary in that sentence you don't understand, get a definition.

如果句子中有你理解的词汇，查一下词义。

Let me begin by talking about differences between the meanings and uses.

让我先说一下词义和用法的区别。

And today, yes, we are looking at syllable stress, the way that we can change the meaning of a word just by changing which syllable we stress inside of it.

今天，我们将学习音节重读，我们可以通过改变一个单词中的重读音节来改变它的词义。

'To wonder', means 'to think' or 'to ask yourself' but the meaning of the word isn't that important here; Diarmuid is just using the phrase to be polite.

‘To wonder’意思是“考虑”或者“问自己”。但是单词的词义在这里并没有什么重要的意思；Diarmuid用这个词只是礼貌之举。

A prefix is a small part of a word, usually just a couple of letters, that we put at the front of a base word to change its meaning.

前缀是单词的一小部分，通是几个字母组的，放在原词前能改变词义。

Just as important is converting what has been learned not only into foreign words (hard enough, given the ambiguities of meaning which all languages display, and the fact that some concepts are simply untranslatable) , but into foreign sentences.

同样重要的是，将信息转化为外语的句子，还仅仅是词（词已经够难了，每种语言在词义上都有歧义之处，更有些意义是根本无法翻译的）。

Read...a lot! Look for news stories, websites, magazines and books on subjects that you enjoy. While reading, try to guess the meanings of new words from their context. Then, you can check the meanings in a paper dictionary or online.

经阅读！找一些你喜欢的主题的新闻、网站、杂志和书籍。阅读时，试着从上下文猜测生词的意思。然后，你可以在纸质词典或网上查词义。

Wyoming's name came from the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, which got its name from a native word meaning 'at the big river flat.'

怀俄明州的名字来自于宾夕法尼亚的怀俄明山谷，它得名于“大河公寓”的土著词义。

OK, here it is: I will give you the words. Your job is to identify the meanings without searching the Internet.

好的，开始吧：我给你一些单词，你要做的是在上网的情况下识别词义。

So don't start worrying about verb tenses, word meanings or things like that in the middle of your speaking exam.

所以用担心口试中的动词时态、词义之类。

If you are unfamiliar with words or idioms, you guess at their meaning, using clues presented in the context.

如果熟悉某些单词或可语，你可以利用上下文出现的线索来猜测词义。