The OUP noted that the usage of goblin mode rose in the first half of 2022, when Covid restrictions were being eased in many countries.

牛津大学出版社指出，2022年上半年“哥布林模式”的使用率有所上升，当时许多国家正在放宽新冠疫情防控的限制。

“The print dictionary market is just disappearing, it is falling away by tens of percent a year, ” said Nigel Portwood, the chief executive of OUP.

牛津大学出版社行政总裁奈杰尔-波特伍德称，“印刷版词典市场正在缩水，每年市场份额都下降10 个百分点左右”。

The dictionary’s owner, Oxford University Press (OUP), said the impact of the internet means the third edition of the OED-known as OED3-will probably appear only in electronic form.

牛津大学出版社称网络的冲击使得《牛津英文词典》第三版将来很有可能只以电子版形式销售。

OUP said it would continue to print the more familiar Oxford Dictionary of English, the single-volume version sold in bookshops and which contains more contemporary entries such as vuvuzela, the plastic trumpet encountered in the 2010 football World Cup.

出版社称将继续出版为大众所熟悉的《牛津英文词典》版本，即书店常见的单卷版。这个版本收录了更多当代词条。例如，今年南非世界杯期间的助威工具呜呜祖拉已入选最新的修订版。