《牛津大词典》起初与牛津大学并无瓜葛,只是英国一群知识分子的构想。1857年,这群人建立了专门的委员会,筹备编纂这本词典。直到1928年,词典第一版才问世,文中提到的Murray教授,是词典历任主编中的一位,而Minor医生是词典志愿者中的杰出代表,他们都无缘见到词典面世。 The Oxford Dictionary initially had little to do with the University of Oxford, but a vision of a group of British intellectuals. In 1857, these people established a special committee to prepare the dictionary. It was not until 1928 that the first version of the dictionary came into being. Mentioned in the article were Professor Murray, one of the chief editors of the dictionary, and Dr. Minor was an outstanding representative of dictionary volunteers who missed the dictionary.