Pre-Listening Vocabulary

verbing： the turning of a noun or adjective into a verb 名詞或形容詞變成動詞的轉變

weird out： to make uncomfortable 使感到納悶； 使人感到納悶； 不自在

coin： to give something a name 杜撰，創造（新詞，短語

The Word ‘Verb’ Is A Noun

詞語“動詞”是個名詞

The most common definition of a noun is a person， place， or thing。 The “thing” part of this definition can mean a concept， an idea， or even a word， like the word “verb”。 Sometimes nouns are turned into verbs through a process called “verbing” or “verbification”。 Take the word “party” for example。 It wasn’t that long ago when this word was mainly used as a noun。These days， to party is one of the most popular verbs out there！ Nouns aren’t the only word forms that you can verbify。 Adjectives can also be turned into verbs。 Have you ever heard the adjective “weird” being used as a verb？ To “weird someone out” means to make someone feel uncomfortable。 Newly coined verbs often happen with popular technology or brands。 For example， “google” is one of the most popular verbs around。

名詞最常見的定義是人、地點或事物。其中事物這部分可以是一個概念，一個想法，甚至是一個單詞，比如動詞這個詞。有時名詞透過一個動詞化的過程變成動詞。以聚會這個詞為例。不久以前，這個詞主要用作名詞。現在，去聚會是最流行的動詞之一了！名詞並不是唯一動詞化的單詞形式。形容詞也可以變成動詞。你有沒有聽過形容詞“奇怪的”被用作動詞，意思是讓某人感到不舒服。新創造的動詞經常出現在流行的技術或品牌中。例如，谷歌是目前最流行的動詞之一。