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Spam - 英语词汇详解 (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：junk email (Spam)

Spam 🔊

/spæm/

n./v.

Unwanted and annoying messages, especially ads or scams, that are sent to a large number of people online.

junk email 🔊

➕

/dʒʌŋk ˈiːmeɪl/

n./v.

Unwanted and annoying messages, especially ads or scams, sent to a large number of people online.

📁 Category：Technological Inventions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

Root: 'spiced ham' (portmanteau), later adopted for unsolicited messages, referencing a Monty Python sketch.

💡 Mnemonic

Imagine a can of Spam meat being shoved into your mailbox repeatedly – annoying and unwanted.

📖 Example

My email inbox is full of spam trying to sell me cheap watches. 🔊 My email inbox is full of spam trying to sell me cheap watches.

🔗 Collocations

mark as spam – mark as spam

spam filter – spam filter

spam folder – spam folder

🔄 Synonyms

junk mail (noun) – Unsolicited promotional or advertising material sent through email or postal mail.

unsolicited message (noun) – A message sent without the recipient's request, often commercial or fraudulent.

🚫 Antonyms

legitimate email (noun) – A genuine, desired email from a trusted sender.

🌱 Derivatives

spammer (noun) – A person who sends spam messages.

spammy (adj) – Relating to or containing spam; annoying.

📖 Cultural Story

The term originates from a 1970 Monty Python sketch where Vikings repeatedly chant 'spam, spam, spam' drowning out conversation. In the 1990s, it was applied to mass unwanted emails.

Meaning 2：send mass messages (Spam)

Spam 🔊

/spæm/

n./v.

To send a large amount of the same or similar unwanted messages online, especially in group chats or forums.

send mass messages 🔊

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/sɛnd mæs ˈmɛsɪdʒɪz/

n./v.

To send a large amount of the same or similar unwanted messages online, especially in group chats or forums.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

Please don't spam the group chat with the same question every five minutes. 🔊 Please don't spam the group chat with the same question every five minutes.

🔗 Collocations

spam a forum – spam a forum

spam with links – spam with links

spam the chat – spam the chat

🔄 Synonyms

flood (verb) – To overwhelm a platform or chat with a large volume of messages.

bombard (verb) – To attack or assail continuously with messages or data.

🚫 Antonyms

ignore (verb) – To refrain from sending messages to a person or group.