The Sixth Edition features:
a comprehensive record of English as it is used in Australia, with evidence from corpus data, including Macquarie’s own corpus of Australian English, Ozcorp
new words and senses, such as fiscal cliff, social reading, apera, green tape, fugitive emissions, hobo glove, konjac, mummy blog, fibro majestic, blade runner, computer forensics
words relating to business, science and technology, such as guanxi, rogue robot, silo mentality, growth hacking, crowdfunding, citizen science
illustrative phrases, many from Australian literature, which clearly show how a word is used in context
words and phrases from regional Australia, such as blacksnow, hydropole, maisonette, marron, musset hut, nointer, schnitter
words, both formal and informal, that date back to the Australian military experience of WWI, such as Anzac soup, cacolet, iodine king
extensive usage notes
etymologies of words and phrases
foreword by Australian poet Les Murray
还没人写过短评呢
还没人写过短评呢