The Merriam Webster Unabridged Dictionary is the only source that I found that points further back than Latin in its etymology.
在我所能找到的资料里，只有《未删节版韦氏词典》能指出该单词在拉丁语之前的词源。
While the New Oxford American Dictionary or Merriam Webster says Satan or the Devil, the OED says that Lucifer is a word misused to mean devil.
新牛津美语词典与韦氏大词典给出的解释都是撒旦或恶魔（Devil），而OED则写道，Lucifer这个词被“误用为”恶魔之意。
He quotes the second Merriam Webster definition of homeland: "a state or area set aside to be a state for a people of a particular national, cultural, or racial origin."
他引用了韦氏词典对homeland的第二种定义：为具有特定国家、文化和种族起源的人群划拨的一个国家或地区。
The Oxford English Dictionarystill says this is an erroneous use but Merriam-Webster accepts the false-singular as a word as early as 1926.
牛津英语辞典仍然称这是一种错误的用法，但是韦氏辞典却自1926年开始接受这种错误的单数形式为一个新单词。
Perhaps it's because even Webster's Dictionary defines a hobby as "a pursuit outside one's regular occupation" (Merriam-Webster Online).
可能是因为，即使在韦氏词典上，对业余爱好的定义也是“在正规工作之外的追求”。
There is a more mundane derivative noted by Merriam-Webster: sublimate, which is the transition directly from solid to gas.
韦氏词典使用了更为现实的衍生意：升华，从固体到气体的直接转换。
Perhaps it's becauseeven Webster's Dictionary defines a hobby as "a pursuit outside one'sregular occupation" (Merriam-Webster Online).
可能是因为，即使在韦氏词典上，对业余爱好的定义也是“在正规工作之外的追求”。
Both Merriam-Webster and the OED say they were used for pirating, which fits with the “hunt” and “chase” theme.
《韦氏词典》与《牛津英语词典》都说，此类船曾经被用来进行海盗活动，这与“猎捕”和“追逐”的主要意思也是符合的。
But often these rules don't bear up under scrutiny; Merriam-Webster tends to cite great writers who break this or that "rule".
然而很多时候这些规则细看之下便不再撑得住了。梅里亚姆·韦伯斯特倾向于去引用那些打破了这条或那条“规则”的伟大作家。
It's not until five years later that Merriam-Webster declares the word their word of the year.
直到五年后，这个词才被维氏词典宣布为其年度词语。
The primary definition in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary says, "The discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation."
排在第一位的是韦氏(Merriam-Webster)网上词典 3中的解释，“一门关于判断什么是好什么是坏，以及道德义务和道德责任的学科”。
This is correct understanding: Oxford and Merriam-Webster dictionaries as well as English synonym Dictionary include 'governance' as a remote synonym to 'management'.
该理解没错：牛津字典和Merriam韦氏字典以及英语同义词字典都把“治理”放在“管理”的近义词中。
After Simon Cowell, the acid-tongued host of the television show "American Idol," called one singer "insipid," Merriam-Webster noticed a dramatic spike in the number of lookups for the word.
美国“名嘴”西蒙·考埃尔在主持《美国偶像》真人秀节目中评价一名歌手表现“平淡(insipid)”，之后，韦氏网站上这个词的查询率迅速上升。
And I see that Merriam-Webster relates this old Greek word to another old Greek word glochin - or glochis meaning "a projecting point" which I guess fits with sticking out your tongue.
我也参考了韦氏词典，其中把这一古老希腊词语跟别的希腊语——“glochin”或“glochis”联系了起来，这两个词的意思为“一个伸出来的点”，我想这也跟“伸出舌头”恰好相符了。
The noun, formally defined as a "firm adherence to a code" and "incorruptibility," has always been a popular one on the company's Web site, said Merriam-Webster President John Morse.
韦氏公司的总裁约翰·摩尔斯说，integrity在字典中的解释是“坚守准则；清政廉洁”，这个词在网络版辞典中一直很受瞩目。
Merriam-Webster goes further to say that muska is a diminuitive of mus, mouse.
韦氏大字典进一步解释道，muska是mus的一种简称，意为老鼠。
A quick look in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary provides four different definitions of virtualization's root word, virtual.
快速浏览Merriam - Webster在线词典中虚拟化词根virtual的4个不同定义。
"In a way, the popularity of pragmatic is reminiscent of 2005, when integrity was the most frequently looked-up word," said John M. Morse, President and Publisher of Merriam-Webster.
在某种程度上，‘务实的’一词的流行是对2005年的回忆，当时查找得最频繁的词是‘正直’（integrity）。
SPRINGFIELD, MASS., December 20, 2010 –Merriam-Webster Inc., America's leading language reference publisher, has announced the Top Ten Words of the Year for 2010.
【马萨诸塞州斯普林菲尔德2010年12月20日讯】出版大名鼎鼎的《韦氏词典》的美国梅里厄姆——韦伯斯特公司（Merriam-WebsterInc.）于2010年12月20日公布了2010年度十大词语。
Let's begin by defining what I mean by master and masterpiece. The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary 1 has several definitions for master; in our discussion, all three of the definitions below apply.
让我们首先定义一下什么是大师和杰作。
(Merriam-Webster 2009) Journalists often are spread in to several fields and each of it has different requirements.
(韦氏词典2009)记者常常被分配在几个不同领域，每一个领域都有不同的要求。
It's fitting, then, that "safe space" is among the 1,000 new additions Merriam-Webster made to its online dictionary today.
后来，韦氏词典就把“safespace”(安全空间)这个词收录到现今在线词典的1000个新增词条中，这也是十分恰当的。
Thee word "Google" has been part of the Merriam-Webster dictionary since 2006, which tells you just how vital the search engine has become.
2006年起，“google”一词就被收入《韦氏词典》，字典中说明了这个搜索引擎已经变得多么重要。
The term "fast food" was recognized in a dictionary by Merriam-Webster in 1951.
术语“快餐”是公认的一本字典的韦氏于1951年。
Since Merriam-Webster first published its Collegiate Dictionary in 1898, at least 100,000 words have been added.
自从1898年《韦氏词典》初版以来，至少已经增加了十万个词语。
Since Merriam-Webster first published its Collegiate Dictionary in 1898, at least 100,000 words have been added.
自从1898年《韦氏词典》初版以来，至少已经增加了十万个词语。
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