恭喜RNG夺冠！我们来看一下LOL的有趣单词。
League of Legends
英雄联盟，Legend，英雄，当做英雄时是可数名词；League，联盟。
legend /ˈlɛdʒənd/ CET6 TEM4
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N-VAR A legend is a very old and popular story that may be true. 传说
例：
…the legends of ancient Greece.
…古希腊的传说。
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N-COUNT If you refer to someone as a legend, you mean that they are very famous and admired by a lot of people. 传奇人物
例：
…blues legends John Lee Hooker and B.B. King.
…布鲁斯音乐传奇人物约翰·李·胡克和B·B·金。
league常指运动方面的联盟。
league /liːɡ/ CET4 TEM4
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N-COUNT A league is a group of people, clubs, or countries that have joined together for a particular purpose, or because they share a common interest. 联盟; 协会
例：
…the League of Nations.
…国际联盟。
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N-COUNT A league is a group of teams that play the same sport or activity against each other. (各种运动队的) 联盟
例：
…the American League series between the Boston Red Sox and World Champion Oakland Athletics.
…波士顿红袜队和世界冠军奥克兰运动家队之间的美国职业棒球联盟系列赛。
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N-COUNT You use league to make comparisons between different people or things, especially in terms of their quality. 级别; 水平
例：
Her success has taken her out of my league.
她的成功使她和我不再处于同一个等级上了。
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PHRASE If you say that someone is in league with another person to do something bad, you mean that they are working together to do that thing. (与某人) 勾结
例：
There is no evidence that the broker was in league with the fraudulent vendor.
没有代理人和奸商相勾结的证据。
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N an obsolete unit of distance of varying length. It is commonly equal to 3 miles 里格; 长度单位，约为3英里
Welcome to Summoner’s Rift!
欢迎来到召唤师峡谷！
summoner，召唤师。summon则是召唤聚集的意思，当然summon还有其他有趣的意思。
summon /ˈsʌmən/ CET6 TEM4
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V-T If you summon someone, you order them to come to you. 召唤
例：
Howe summoned a doctor and hurried over.
豪叫了一位医生，匆忙赶过去了。
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Suddenly we were summoned to the interview room.
突然我们被召唤进了面试室。
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V-T If you summon a quality, you make a great effort to have it. For example, if you summon the courage or strength to do something, you make a great effort to be brave or strong, so that you will be able to do it. 努力拥有 (某特质); 鼓起 (勇气、力气)
例：
It took her a full month to summon the courage to tell her mother.
她用了整整一个月的时间才鼓起勇气告诉了母亲。
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PHRASAL VERB Summon up means the same as . 努力拥有; 鼓起 (同)(summon)
例：
Painfully shy, he finally summoned up courage to ask her to a game.
尽管他非常腼腆，最终还是鼓起了勇气邀她去看一场比赛。
rift /rɪft/ TEM8
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N-COUNT A rift between people or countries is a serious quarrel or disagreement that stops them from having a good relationship. 不和
例：
The interview reflected a growing rift between the president and Congress.
这次会见反映出总统与国会间日益加深的不和。
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N-COUNT A rift is a split that appears in something solid, especially in the ground. (尤指地面上的) 裂缝
例：
The earth convulsed uncontrollably, a rift opened suddenly and, with a horrid sucking sound, swallowed the entire pool.
大地失控地剧烈震动，一条裂缝突然出现，随着一声可怕的吞吸声，吞噬了整个池塘。
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N a shallow or rocky part in a stream (河流中的)浅石滩
You have slain an enemy.
slain是slay的过去分词。
slay /sleɪ/ CET6+ TEM4
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V-T If someone slays an animal, they kill it in a violent way. 屠杀
例：
…the hill where St. George slew the dragon.
…圣乔治屠龙之丘。
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V-T PASSIVE If someone has been slain, they have been murdered. 谋杀
例：
Two Australian tourists were slain.
两位澳大利亚游客被谋杀了。
Enemy killing spree！
对面杀疯了！
spree /spriː/
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N-COUNT If you spend a period of time doing something in an excessive way, you can say that you are going on a particular kind of spree. 放纵
例：
Some people went on a spending spree in December to beat the new tax.
一些人在12月份抢在新税收政策实施前疯狂消费。
Game Rank
菜鸟 freshman 新手 beginner 专家 professor 高人 master 大师 grandmaster 王牌 boss。
当然新手还有 newbie 还有 rookie 。
rookie /ˈrʊkɪ/ TEM8
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N-COUNT A rookie is someone who has just started doing a job and does not have much experience, especially someone who has just joined the army or police force. 新手
例：
I don’t want to have another rookie to train.
我不想再训练一个新手。
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N-COUNT A rookie is a person who has been competing in a professional sport for less than a year. 新人
例：
…the oldest rookie on the European Tour.
…欧洲巡回赛中年纪最大的新人。
总结
League 联盟
legend 传奇
summon 召唤，聚集
rift 裂缝、峡谷
slay 谋杀；屠杀
spree 放纵
rookie 新手；菜鸟
newbie 菜鸟；新手；网络新手
