Word of the Day for Saturday, June 30, 2012
pilikia \pee-lee-KEE-ah\, noun:
Trouble.
After a while this older man spoke: “Remember, we never asked you to cause pilikia. We only asked that you help set things right.”
-- Rodney Morales, When the Shark Bites
Otherwise, pilikia, particularly in the form of illness, will result for the mover.
-- Karen Lee Ito, Lady Friends
Pilikia stems from a Hawaiian word meaning "trouble".
麻煩。
過了一會兒，這個老男人說話了：“記住，我們從來不問你要引起pilikia。我們只要求你幫助撥亂反正“。 - 羅德尼·莫拉萊斯，當鯊魚咬否則，pilikia，特別是在疾病的形式，將導致的先行者。 - 伊藤李家欣，女性朋友pilikia源於從夏威夷字，意思是“麻煩”。result for the mover.
-- Karen Lee Ito, Lady Friends
Pilikia stems from a Hawaiian word meaning "trouble".
2012年6月30日 星期六
2012年6月29日 星期五
2012_06_29 Agemate n. 另一個相同年齡的人。A person of about the same age as another.
Word of the Day for Friday, June 29, 2012
agemate \EYJ-meyt\, noun:
A person of about the same age as another.
She tolerates the family, especially an agemate named Isabelle, although they kid her about getting letters from a mysterious swain every day.
-- Faye Moskowitz, Her face in the Mirror
She had no agemate in that house, no one she could think of as an ally.
-- Julie Orringer, The Invisible Bridge
Agemate entered English in the late 1500s when the word mate meant "guest" in Old English.
另一個相同年齡的人。
她容忍的家庭，尤其是名為伊莎貝爾agemate，雖然他們騙她每天從一個神秘的情郎字母。
- 莫斯科維茨王菲，她在鏡中的臉
她在那家沒有agemate，沒有一個她認為作為盟友。
- 朱莉Orringer，無形的橋樑
agemate進入16世紀後期的英語字隊友時意味著在古英語中的“客人”。
agemate \EYJ-meyt\, noun:
A person of about the same age as another.
She tolerates the family, especially an agemate named Isabelle, although they kid her about getting letters from a mysterious swain every day.
-- Faye Moskowitz, Her face in the Mirror
She had no agemate in that house, no one she could think of as an ally.
-- Julie Orringer, The Invisible Bridge
Agemate entered English in the late 1500s when the word mate meant "guest" in Old English.
另一個相同年齡的人。
她容忍的家庭，尤其是名為伊莎貝爾agemate，雖然他們騙她每天從一個神秘的情郎字母。
- 莫斯科維茨王菲，她在鏡中的臉
她在那家沒有agemate，沒有一個她認為作為盟友。
- 朱莉Orringer，無形的橋樑
agemate進入16世紀後期的英語字隊友時意味著在古英語中的“客人”。
2012年6月28日 星期四
2012_06_28 syndic n. 理事 A person chosen to represent and transact business for a corporation.
Word of the Day for Thursday, June 28, 2012
syndic \SIN-dik\, noun:
1. A person chosen to represent and transact business for a corporation.
2. A civil magistrate having different powers in different countries.
Procuring the keys, which had been left at the office of the Syndic of the town, Mr. Bellingham and Isabel sallied forth to inspect their new abode, leaving Dulcie in charge of the English nurse who had accompanied them.
-- Robert Reginald and Douglas Menville, Ancient Hauntings
For instance, Sillem, the most junior, the "fourth," syndic, the one normally responsible for criminal investigations, had supposedly been "promoted" to the position of third, the one most directly responsible for foreign affairs.
-- Mary Lindemann, Liaisons Dangereuses
Known more commonly through its related word syndicate, syndic stems from the Greek word sýndikos which referred to a defense lawyer, from the prefix syn- (meaning "co") and the root dikos (meaning "justice").
理事\單DIK\，名詞：
1。選擇一個人，公司的業務代表和辦理。
2。民事裁判官在不同國家有不同的權力。
採購，已被留在鎮的理事辦公室的鑰匙，貝林翰先生和伊莎貝爾出擊規定，以檢查他們的新居，留在誰曾陪同他們的英語護士負責Dulcie。
- 羅伯特雷金納德和道格拉斯Menville，的古代鬧鬼
例如，Sillem，資歷最淺的，“第四，”理事，通常負責刑事調查，據稱被“提升”到了第三的位置，一個最直接的負責外交事務。
- 瑪麗·林德曼，聯絡員Dangereuses
較為普遍，通過其相關字集團稱為理事源於提到辯護律師希臘字sýndikos的，由前綴同步（意思是“合作”）和“的根dikos（意為”正義“）。
syndic \SIN-dik\, noun:
1. A person chosen to represent and transact business for a corporation.
2. A civil magistrate having different powers in different countries.
Procuring the keys, which had been left at the office of the Syndic of the town, Mr. Bellingham and Isabel sallied forth to inspect their new abode, leaving Dulcie in charge of the English nurse who had accompanied them.
-- Robert Reginald and Douglas Menville, Ancient Hauntings
For instance, Sillem, the most junior, the "fourth," syndic, the one normally responsible for criminal investigations, had supposedly been "promoted" to the position of third, the one most directly responsible for foreign affairs.
-- Mary Lindemann, Liaisons Dangereuses
Known more commonly through its related word syndicate, syndic stems from the Greek word sýndikos which referred to a defense lawyer, from the prefix syn- (meaning "co") and the root dikos (meaning "justice").
理事\單DIK\，名詞：
1。選擇一個人，公司的業務代表和辦理。
2。民事裁判官在不同國家有不同的權力。
採購，已被留在鎮的理事辦公室的鑰匙，貝林翰先生和伊莎貝爾出擊規定，以檢查他們的新居，留在誰曾陪同他們的英語護士負責Dulcie。
- 羅伯特雷金納德和道格拉斯Menville，的古代鬧鬼
例如，Sillem，資歷最淺的，“第四，”理事，通常負責刑事調查，據稱被“提升”到了第三的位置，一個最直接的負責外交事務。
- 瑪麗·林德曼，聯絡員Dangereuses
較為普遍，通過其相關字集團稱為理事源於提到辯護律師希臘字sýndikos的，由前綴同步（意思是“合作”）和“的根dikos（意為”正義“）。
2012年6月27日 星期三
2012_06_27 Abstergent a. Cleansing.清洗
Word of the Day for Wednesday, June 27, 2012
abstergent \ab-STUR-juhnt\, adjective:
1. Cleansing.
2. Purgative.
noun:
1. A cleansing agent, as a detergent or soap.
We prize them for their rough-plastic, abstergent force; to get people out of the quadruped state; to get them washed, clothed, and set up on end; to slough their animal husks and habits; compel them to be clean; overawe their spite and meanness, teach them to stifle the base, and choose the generous expression, and make them know how much happier the generous behaviors are.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life
Those of them which are of an abstergent nature, and purge the whole surface of the tongue, if they do it in excess, and so encroach as to consume some part of the flesh itself, like potash and soda, are all termed bitter.
-- Plato, Timaeus
Abstergent comes from the Latin word abstergēre which meant "to wipe off".
1。清洗。2。瀉藥。名詞：1。清潔劑，洗滌劑或肥皂。其粗糙的塑料，淨洗劑力獎;讓人們出的四足動物的狀態，讓他們洗淨，有衣穿，對最終成立;蛻動物外皮和習慣，迫使他們是清潔;威嚇儘管和卑劣，教他們扼殺基地，並選擇了慷慨的表達，並讓他們知道，慷慨的行為是多麼幸福的。 - 愛默生生命的行為淨洗劑性質，並清除舌頭的整個表面，如果他們這樣做過剩，因此侵犯消耗一些肉本身像鉀肥和燒鹼，這些都被稱為苦。 - 柏拉圖，蒂邁歐篇淨洗劑來自拉丁詞abstergēre這意味著“擦掉”。
abstergent \ab-STUR-juhnt\, adjective:
1. Cleansing.
2. Purgative.
noun:
1. A cleansing agent, as a detergent or soap.
We prize them for their rough-plastic, abstergent force; to get people out of the quadruped state; to get them washed, clothed, and set up on end; to slough their animal husks and habits; compel them to be clean; overawe their spite and meanness, teach them to stifle the base, and choose the generous expression, and make them know how much happier the generous behaviors are.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life
Those of them which are of an abstergent nature, and purge the whole surface of the tongue, if they do it in excess, and so encroach as to consume some part of the flesh itself, like potash and soda, are all termed bitter.
-- Plato, Timaeus
Abstergent comes from the Latin word abstergēre which meant "to wipe off".
1。清洗。2。瀉藥。名詞：1。清潔劑，洗滌劑或肥皂。其粗糙的塑料，淨洗劑力獎;讓人們出的四足動物的狀態，讓他們洗淨，有衣穿，對最終成立;蛻動物外皮和習慣，迫使他們是清潔;威嚇儘管和卑劣，教他們扼殺基地，並選擇了慷慨的表達，並讓他們知道，慷慨的行為是多麼幸福的。 - 愛默生生命的行為淨洗劑性質，並清除舌頭的整個表面，如果他們這樣做過剩，因此侵犯消耗一些肉本身像鉀肥和燒鹼，這些都被稱為苦。 - 柏拉圖，蒂邁歐篇淨洗劑來自拉丁詞abstergēre這意味著“擦掉”。
2012年6月26日 星期二
Glutch v. 下嚥 to swallow. n. a mouthful.
Word of the Day for Tuesday, June 26, 2012
glutch \gluhch\, verb:
1. to swallow.
noun:
1. a mouthful.
And now Robert Creedle will be nailed up in parish boards 'a b'lieve; and nobody will glutch down a sigh for he!"
-- Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders
I was, at the time, standing near Uncle Ral and I distinctly heard him gasp, swallow what must have been an overdue expectoration, glutch, and at last emit a long, slow exhalation.
-- David George Pitt, Tales from the Outer Fringe
Glutch is of unknown origin. It was first used in southwestern England in the early 1800s.
1。下嚥。名詞：1。一口。現在羅伯特Creedle將被釘在教區議會1 b'lieve;沒有人會為他嘆了口氣glutch“！ - 哈代，林地居民當時，我是站在叔叔RAL附近，我清楚地聽到他喘氣，吞下必須已逾期咳痰，glutch，最後排出一個長期，緩慢呼氣。 - 喬治·大衛·皮特，從外緣的故事glutch是來歷不明。這是第一次在英格蘭西南部，在19世紀初。
glutch \gluhch\, verb:
1. to swallow.
noun:
1. a mouthful.
And now Robert Creedle will be nailed up in parish boards 'a b'lieve; and nobody will glutch down a sigh for he!"
-- Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders
I was, at the time, standing near Uncle Ral and I distinctly heard him gasp, swallow what must have been an overdue expectoration, glutch, and at last emit a long, slow exhalation.
-- David George Pitt, Tales from the Outer Fringe
Glutch is of unknown origin. It was first used in southwestern England in the early 1800s.
1。下嚥。名詞：1。一口。現在羅伯特Creedle將被釘在教區議會1 b'lieve;沒有人會為他嘆了口氣glutch“！ - 哈代，林地居民當時，我是站在叔叔RAL附近，我清楚地聽到他喘氣，吞下必須已逾期咳痰，glutch，最後排出一個長期，緩慢呼氣。 - 喬治·大衛·皮特，從外緣的故事glutch是來歷不明。這是第一次在英格蘭西南部，在19世紀初。
2012年6月25日 星期一
2012_06_25 Makebate n. 誰引起爭議 A person who causes contention or discord
Word of the Day for Monday, June 25, 2012
makebate \MEYK-beyt\, noun:
A person who causes contention or discord.
The man was a hater of the great Governor and his life-work, the Erie; a makebate, a dawplucker, a malcontent politicaster.
-- Samuel Hopkins Adams, Grandfather Stories
But after all he pays well that pays with gold; and Mike Lambourne was never a makebate, or a spoil-sport, or the like.
-- Sir Walter Scott, Kenilworth
Makebate stems from the Middle English word bate which meant "contention".
一個人，誰引起爭議或分歧。
該名男子是一個偉大的總督和他的生活，工作，伊利的仇敵;一個makebate，一個dawplucker，不滿者politicaster。
- 塞繆爾·霍普金斯·亞當斯，爺爺的故事
但他畢竟支付金支付;麥克Lambourne是從來沒有一個的makebate，或掠物運動，或喜歡。
- 沃爾特·斯科特爵士，凱尼爾沃思
makebate源自中古英語的意思是“爭”字軟化。
makebate \MEYK-beyt\, noun:
A person who causes contention or discord.
The man was a hater of the great Governor and his life-work, the Erie; a makebate, a dawplucker, a malcontent politicaster.
-- Samuel Hopkins Adams, Grandfather Stories
But after all he pays well that pays with gold; and Mike Lambourne was never a makebate, or a spoil-sport, or the like.
-- Sir Walter Scott, Kenilworth
Makebate stems from the Middle English word bate which meant "contention".
一個人，誰引起爭議或分歧。
該名男子是一個偉大的總督和他的生活，工作，伊利的仇敵;一個makebate，一個dawplucker，不滿者politicaster。
- 塞繆爾·霍普金斯·亞當斯，爺爺的故事
但他畢竟支付金支付;麥克Lambourne是從來沒有一個的makebate，或掠物運動，或喜歡。
- 沃爾特·斯科特爵士，凱尼爾沃思
makebate源自中古英語的意思是“爭”字軟化。
2012年6月24日 星期日
2012_06_24 Instauration n. 重建 Renewal; restoration; renovation; repair.
Word of the Day for Sunday, June 24, 2012
instauration \in-staw-REY-shuhn\, noun:
1. Renewal; restoration; renovation; repair.
2. Obsolete. An act of instituting something; establishment.
Warm friendship, indeed, he felt for her; but whatever that might have done towards the instauration of a former dream was now hopelessly barred by the rivalry of the thing itself in the guise of a lineal successor.
-- Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved
For the first time since the instauration of the Republic of Cuba, the military caste was going to have to manage on its own.
-- Norberto Fuentes and Anna Kushner, The Autobiography of Fidel Castro
Instauration is derived from the Latin word instaurātiōn- which meant "a renewing" or "repeating".
復舊\在秸稈 - 雷伊shuhn的\，名詞：
1。重建;恢復;改造;維修。
2。過時。提起東西的行為;建立。
溫馨的友誼，事實上，他覺得她;但無論對復舊前的夢想有可能做的，現在無可救藥由事物本身的競爭禁止的直系接班人的幌子。
- 哈代，井寵兒
為古巴共和國復舊以來的第一次，軍事種姓有其自己的管理。
- 諾伯特·富恩特斯和安娜·庫什納，菲德爾·卡斯特羅自傳
來自拉丁詞復舊，意味著“更新”或“重複”復舊。
2012年6月23日 星期六
2012_06_23 Chockablock adj. 擁擠 crowded
Word of the Day for Saturday, June 23, 2012
chockablock \CHOK-uh-BLOK\, adjective:
1. Extremely full; crowded; jammed.
2. Nautical. Having the blocks drawn close together, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost.
adverb:
1. In a crowded manner: books piled chockablock on the narrow shelf.
This town is chockablock with restaurants that are just clones of the same old themes.
-- Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club
lf opossum and skunk and raccoon can hide there, survive there, year after year, decade after decade, almost in the middle of a teeming metropolitan chockablock, think how an enterprising monkey might fare.
-- Tom Robbins, Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
Chockablock is of uncertain origin. It is likely related to the word chock-full which means "crammed". The word chock refers to a wooden block that holds something in place.
1。非常充分;擁擠;卡住。2。海裡。有塊繪製併攏，鏟球時被運至最大限度。副詞：1。在一個擁擠的方式：書堆chockablock在狹窄的貨架。這個鎮是chockablock餐廳，只是老主題的克隆。 - 譚恩美“喜福會”LF負鼠，臭鼬和浣熊可以隱藏的，有生存，年復一年，十年後十年，幾乎是在一個擁擠的大都市chockablock中，認為一個積極進取的猴子會票價如何。 - 湯姆·羅賓斯，一半青蛙睡衣入睡chockablock是不確定的起源。這可能與這意味著“擠”字塞滿。塞滿字，是指一個木塊，擁有到位的東西。
chockablock \CHOK-uh-BLOK\, adjective:
1. Extremely full; crowded; jammed.
2. Nautical. Having the blocks drawn close together, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost.
adverb:
1. In a crowded manner: books piled chockablock on the narrow shelf.
This town is chockablock with restaurants that are just clones of the same old themes.
-- Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club
lf opossum and skunk and raccoon can hide there, survive there, year after year, decade after decade, almost in the middle of a teeming metropolitan chockablock, think how an enterprising monkey might fare.
-- Tom Robbins, Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
Chockablock is of uncertain origin. It is likely related to the word chock-full which means "crammed". The word chock refers to a wooden block that holds something in place.
1。非常充分;擁擠;卡住。2。海裡。有塊繪製併攏，鏟球時被運至最大限度。副詞：1。在一個擁擠的方式：書堆chockablock在狹窄的貨架。這個鎮是chockablock餐廳，只是老主題的克隆。 - 譚恩美“喜福會”LF負鼠，臭鼬和浣熊可以隱藏的，有生存，年復一年，十年後十年，幾乎是在一個擁擠的大都市chockablock中，認為一個積極進取的猴子會票價如何。 - 湯姆·羅賓斯，一半青蛙睡衣入睡chockablock是不確定的起源。這可能與這意味著“擠”字塞滿。塞滿字，是指一個木塊，擁有到位的東西。
2012年6月22日 星期五
2012_06_29 Subitize v. 一目了然。To perceive at a glance the number of items presented.
Word of the Day for Friday, June 22, 2012
subitize \SOO-bi-tahyz\, verb:
To perceive at a glance the number of items presented.
Below seven the subjects were said to subitize; above seven they were said to estimate.
-- H. Gutfreund and G. Toulouse, Biology and Computation: A Physicist's Choice
I wanted to see if Pedro could subitize, so I asked, “Pedro, how many stars are in the first circle?”
-- Melissa Conklin, It Makes Sense!
Subitize comes from the Latin word subitāre which meant "to appear suddenly".
感知提出項目的數量，一目了然。
以下七個科目到subitize說，上述七個，他們說估計。
- H古德菲瑞德和G.生物學和計算圖盧茲：一個物理學家的選擇
我希望看到如果佩德羅subitize，所以我問：“佩德羅，在第一圈是多少星星？”
- 梅麗莎康克林，這是有道理的！
subitize來自拉丁詞subitāre這意味著“突然出現”。
subitize \SOO-bi-tahyz\, verb:
To perceive at a glance the number of items presented.
Below seven the subjects were said to subitize; above seven they were said to estimate.
-- H. Gutfreund and G. Toulouse, Biology and Computation: A Physicist's Choice
I wanted to see if Pedro could subitize, so I asked, “Pedro, how many stars are in the first circle?”
-- Melissa Conklin, It Makes Sense!
Subitize comes from the Latin word subitāre which meant "to appear suddenly".
感知提出項目的數量，一目了然。
以下七個科目到subitize說，上述七個，他們說估計。
- H古德菲瑞德和G.生物學和計算圖盧茲：一個物理學家的選擇
我希望看到如果佩德羅subitize，所以我問：“佩德羅，在第一圈是多少星星？”
- 梅麗莎康克林，這是有道理的！
subitize來自拉丁詞subitāre這意味著“突然出現”。
2012年6月21日 星期四
2012_06_21 Enchiridion n. 手冊。A handbook
Word of the Day for Thursday, June 21, 2012
enchiridion \en-kahy-RID-ee-uhn\, noun:
A handbook; manual.
For you offer us the postulation that we can, in the shadow, or rather the radiance, of your own enchiridion, go and do likewise.
-- Marcel Proust, Swann's Way
Sarah and Isaac were romping noisily about and under the beds; Rachel was at the table, knitting a scarf for Solomon; grandmother pored over a bulky enchiridion for pious women, written in jargon.
-- Israel Zangwill, Children of the Ghetto
Enchiridion stems from the Greek root cheir meaning "hand". The prefix en- means "within", so the noun means "in the hand". The suffix -idion denotes a diminutive form of another word.
一本手冊;手冊。為您提供我們的公設，我們可以在陰影，或相當的輻射，自己便覽，去也這樣做。 - 普魯斯特，斯旺的方式莎拉和以撒嬉戲喧嘩和床鋪下;雷切爾在表，針織為所羅門圍巾的祖母在一個虔誠的婦女，在行話書面笨重便覽看了又看。 - 以色列贊格威爾，貧民窟兒童便覽源於希臘詞根，意思是“手”cheir。前綴的方式“內”，所以這個名詞是指“在手”。後綴idion表示一個字一個身材矮小的形式。
enchiridion \en-kahy-RID-ee-uhn\, noun:
A handbook; manual.
For you offer us the postulation that we can, in the shadow, or rather the radiance, of your own enchiridion, go and do likewise.
-- Marcel Proust, Swann's Way
Sarah and Isaac were romping noisily about and under the beds; Rachel was at the table, knitting a scarf for Solomon; grandmother pored over a bulky enchiridion for pious women, written in jargon.
-- Israel Zangwill, Children of the Ghetto
Enchiridion stems from the Greek root cheir meaning "hand". The prefix en- means "within", so the noun means "in the hand". The suffix -idion denotes a diminutive form of another word.
一本手冊;手冊。為您提供我們的公設，我們可以在陰影，或相當的輻射，自己便覽，去也這樣做。 - 普魯斯特，斯旺的方式莎拉和以撒嬉戲喧嘩和床鋪下;雷切爾在表，針織為所羅門圍巾的祖母在一個虔誠的婦女，在行話書面笨重便覽看了又看。 - 以色列贊格威爾，貧民窟兒童便覽源於希臘詞根，意思是“手”cheir。前綴的方式“內”，所以這個名詞是指“在手”。後綴idion表示一個字一個身材矮小的形式。
2012年6月20日 星期三
2012_06_20 Noctilucent adj. 夜光 Visible during the short night of the summer.
Word of the Day for Wednesday, June 20, 2012
noctilucent \nok-tuh-LOO-suhnt\, adjective:
Visible during the short night of the summer.
So Sax would sit on the Western sea cliff, rapt through the setting of the sun, then stay through the hour of twilight, watching the sky colors change as the sun's shadow rose up, until all the sky was black; and then sometimes there would appear noctilucent clouds, thirty kilometers above the planet, broad streaks gleaming like abalone shells.
-- Kim Stanley Robinson, Blue Mars
The shells of 155-mm howitzers whistled away through the dark air, orange flashes popped like noctilucent flowers on the western ridge of Hon Heo Mountain and disappeared shortly after, and then the sound of explosions rumbled through the ground.
-- Junghyo Ahn, White Badge
Noctilucent entered English in the late 1800s. It is a combination of the prefix nocti- (which means "night") and lucent (which means "shining").
夜光\ NOK-tuh-LOO-suhnt\，形容詞：
可見在長夜短的夏天。
所以薩克斯會的西方海崖，全神貫注的坐在通過太陽的設置，然後留通過的黃昏時刻，看的天空顏色的變化為太陽的影子上漲了，直到整個天空是黑色的;和然後有時有會出現夜光雲30公里以上的行星，鮑魚殼一樣閃閃發光的廣泛條紋。
- 金Stanley魯賓遜，藍火星
155毫米榴彈砲的砲彈呼嘯著穿過黑暗的空氣，橙色閃爍夜光花一樣殺出漢許山西部山脊上消失後不久，然後通過地面隆隆的爆炸聲。
- Junghyo安貞煥，白色徽章
在19世紀末期的夜光進入英語。這是一個前綴nocti（這意味著“飛人”）和朗訊（即“閃亮”）的組合。
noctilucent \nok-tuh-LOO-suhnt\, adjective:
Visible during the short night of the summer.
So Sax would sit on the Western sea cliff, rapt through the setting of the sun, then stay through the hour of twilight, watching the sky colors change as the sun's shadow rose up, until all the sky was black; and then sometimes there would appear noctilucent clouds, thirty kilometers above the planet, broad streaks gleaming like abalone shells.
-- Kim Stanley Robinson, Blue Mars
The shells of 155-mm howitzers whistled away through the dark air, orange flashes popped like noctilucent flowers on the western ridge of Hon Heo Mountain and disappeared shortly after, and then the sound of explosions rumbled through the ground.
-- Junghyo Ahn, White Badge
Noctilucent entered English in the late 1800s. It is a combination of the prefix nocti- (which means "night") and lucent (which means "shining").
夜光\ NOK-tuh-LOO-suhnt\，形容詞：
可見在長夜短的夏天。
所以薩克斯會的西方海崖，全神貫注的坐在通過太陽的設置，然後留通過的黃昏時刻，看的天空顏色的變化為太陽的影子上漲了，直到整個天空是黑色的;和然後有時有會出現夜光雲30公里以上的行星，鮑魚殼一樣閃閃發光的廣泛條紋。
- 金Stanley魯賓遜，藍火星
155毫米榴彈砲的砲彈呼嘯著穿過黑暗的空氣，橙色閃爍夜光花一樣殺出漢許山西部山脊上消失後不久，然後通過地面隆隆的爆炸聲。
- Junghyo安貞煥，白色徽章
在19世紀末期的夜光進入英語。這是一個前綴nocti（這意味著“飛人”）和朗訊（即“閃亮”）的組合。
2012年6月19日 星期二
2012_06_19 Pensee n. 反射或思想。A reflection or thought
Word of the Day for Tuesday, June 19, 2012
pensée \pahn-SEY\, noun:
A reflection or thought.
He rose from his deep chair and at his desk entered on the first page of a new notebook a pensee: The penalty of sloth is longevity.
-- Evelyn Waugh, Unconditional Surrender
In a pensee that could have been cribbed from Mae West's daybook, she also said, “If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married!”
-- Karen Karbo, How to Hepburn
Pensée comes directly from the French word of the same spelling which means "a thought".
反射或思想。
他站起身，從他深厚的椅子，並在他的辦公桌上輸入一個新的筆記本pensee第一頁：懶惰的刑罰是長壽。
- 伊夫林·沃，無條件投降
在一個本來可以從美西的daybook cribbed pensee，她也說，“如果你想以犧牲為一體的批評，許多男人欽佩，勇往直前，結婚！”
- 卡倫Karbo，如何赫本
pensée直接來自法語單詞拼寫相同，這意味著“思想”。
pensée \pahn-SEY\, noun:
A reflection or thought.
He rose from his deep chair and at his desk entered on the first page of a new notebook a pensee: The penalty of sloth is longevity.
-- Evelyn Waugh, Unconditional Surrender
In a pensee that could have been cribbed from Mae West's daybook, she also said, “If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married!”
-- Karen Karbo, How to Hepburn
Pensée comes directly from the French word of the same spelling which means "a thought".
反射或思想。
他站起身，從他深厚的椅子，並在他的辦公桌上輸入一個新的筆記本pensee第一頁：懶惰的刑罰是長壽。
- 伊夫林·沃，無條件投降
在一個本來可以從美西的daybook cribbed pensee，她也說，“如果你想以犧牲為一體的批評，許多男人欽佩，勇往直前，結婚！”
- 卡倫Karbo，如何赫本
pensée直接來自法語單詞拼寫相同，這意味著“思想”。
New
2012年6月18日 星期一
2012_06_18 Volant adj. nimble.
Word of the Day for Monday, June 18, 2012
volant \VOH-luhnt\, adjective:
1. Moving lightly; nimble.
2. Engaged in or having the power of flight.
noun:
1. Also called volant piece. Armor. A reinforcing piece for the brow of a helmet.
But here in the present case, to carry on the volant metaphor, (for I must either be merry or mad) is a pretty little Miss, just, come out of her hanging-sleeve coat, brought to buy a pretty little fairing; for the world, Jack, is but a great fair thou knowest; and, to give thee serious reflection for serious, all its toys but tinselled hobby horses, gilt gingerbread, squeaking trumpets, painted drums, and so forth.
-- Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Or, The History of a Young Lady
With Rube winging it that spring, the band blared, and the volant baseball team was unbeatable.
-- Alan Howard Levy, Rube Waddell
Volant stems from the Latin word volāre which meant "to fly". In English, it acquired the sense of moving nimbly in the early 1600s.
展翅\的VOH-luhnt\，形容詞：1。移動掉以輕心;靈活。2。從事或擁有飛行的力量。名詞：1。也稱為展翅片。鎧甲。一個頭盔的容顏，加強一塊。但在目前情況下，進行的展翅比喻，（我必須是快樂或瘋狂）是一個漂亮的小小姐，只是，她吊袖大衣，拿來買了漂亮的小整流罩;世界，傑克，但一個偉大的公平你知道，給你嚴重的認真反思，其所有的玩具，但tinselled愛好馬，鎏金薑餅，吱吱小號，畫鼓，等等。 - 塞繆爾·理查森，克拉麗莎，或者，一位年輕女士的歷史魯貝藏匿的那年春天，樂隊的迴響，展翅的棒球隊是無與倫比的。 - 阿蘭·霍華德·利維，魯貝沃德爾展翅源於拉丁詞volāre這意味著“飛”。在英語中，它獲得了靈活移動，在17世紀初感。
volant \VOH-luhnt\, adjective:
1. Moving lightly; nimble.
2. Engaged in or having the power of flight.
noun:
1. Also called volant piece. Armor. A reinforcing piece for the brow of a helmet.
But here in the present case, to carry on the volant metaphor, (for I must either be merry or mad) is a pretty little Miss, just, come out of her hanging-sleeve coat, brought to buy a pretty little fairing; for the world, Jack, is but a great fair thou knowest; and, to give thee serious reflection for serious, all its toys but tinselled hobby horses, gilt gingerbread, squeaking trumpets, painted drums, and so forth.
-- Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Or, The History of a Young Lady
With Rube winging it that spring, the band blared, and the volant baseball team was unbeatable.
-- Alan Howard Levy, Rube Waddell
Volant stems from the Latin word volāre which meant "to fly". In English, it acquired the sense of moving nimbly in the early 1600s.
展翅\的VOH-luhnt\，形容詞：1。移動掉以輕心;靈活。2。從事或擁有飛行的力量。名詞：1。也稱為展翅片。鎧甲。一個頭盔的容顏，加強一塊。但在目前情況下，進行的展翅比喻，（我必須是快樂或瘋狂）是一個漂亮的小小姐，只是，她吊袖大衣，拿來買了漂亮的小整流罩;世界，傑克，但一個偉大的公平你知道，給你嚴重的認真反思，其所有的玩具，但tinselled愛好馬，鎏金薑餅，吱吱小號，畫鼓，等等。 - 塞繆爾·理查森，克拉麗莎，或者，一位年輕女士的歷史魯貝藏匿的那年春天，樂隊的迴響，展翅的棒球隊是無與倫比的。 - 阿蘭·霍華德·利維，魯貝沃德爾展翅源於拉丁詞volāre這意味著“飛”。在英語中，它獲得了靈活移動，在17世紀初感。
2012年6月17日 星期日
2012_06_17 Agnate n. 父方 Any male relation on the father's side
Word of the Day for Sunday, June 17, 2012
agnate \ag-neyt\, noun:
1. A relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
2. Any male relation on the father's side.
adjective:
1. Related or akin through males or on the father's side.
2. Allied or akin.
It was considered abomination; no agnate gives up its infant kin in Igboland, no matter the crime.
-- M. O. Ené, Blighted Blues
His uncle in the third segment was the only other agnate who shared patriotic sentiments with Yat-Kuan.
-- Saikaku Ihara, Tales of Japanese Justice
Agnate is derived from the Latin word agnātus which referred to paternal kinsmen.
父方\ AG-neyt\，名詞：
1。相對的連接通過男性完全是有跡可尋。
2。在父親身邊的任何男性關係。
形容詞：
1。相關或通過在父親身邊的男性或類似。
2。專職或類似。
它被認為是可憎的，沒有父方放棄在Igboland其嬰兒的親屬，無論犯罪。
- M. O.烯，荒蕪藍調
他的叔叔在第三部分是唯一的父方共享逸寬的愛國情懷。
- 井原西鶴，日本司法的故事
父方從其中提到的父系親屬拉丁詞agnātus的推導。
agnate \ag-neyt\, noun:
1. A relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
2. Any male relation on the father's side.
adjective:
1. Related or akin through males or on the father's side.
2. Allied or akin.
It was considered abomination; no agnate gives up its infant kin in Igboland, no matter the crime.
-- M. O. Ené, Blighted Blues
His uncle in the third segment was the only other agnate who shared patriotic sentiments with Yat-Kuan.
-- Saikaku Ihara, Tales of Japanese Justice
Agnate is derived from the Latin word agnātus which referred to paternal kinsmen.
父方\ AG-neyt\，名詞：
1。相對的連接通過男性完全是有跡可尋。
2。在父親身邊的任何男性關係。
形容詞：
1。相關或通過在父親身邊的男性或類似。
2。專職或類似。
它被認為是可憎的，沒有父方放棄在Igboland其嬰兒的親屬，無論犯罪。
- M. O.烯，荒蕪藍調
他的叔叔在第三部分是唯一的父方共享逸寬的愛國情懷。
- 井原西鶴，日本司法的故事
父方從其中提到的父系親屬拉丁詞agnātus的推導。
2012年6月16日 星期六
2012_06_16 Sardanapalian adj. 過分豪華 Excessively luxurious
Word of the Day for Saturday, June 16, 2012
Sardanapalian \sahr-dn-uh-PEYL-yuhn\, adjective:
Excessively luxurious.
Rich papers with gold borders, bronze chandeliers, mahogany engravings in the dining-room, and blue cashmere furniture in the salon, … all details of a chilling and perfectly unmeaning character, but which to the eyes of Ville-aux- Fayes seemed the last efforts of Sardanapalian luxury.
-- Honoré de Balzac, Sons of Soil
Here, in this half-destroyed Tartar town, surrounded by steppes, he indulged himself in a Sardanapalian effulgence that beggared even his jassy Court.
-- Simon Sebag Montefiore, Potemkin
First used in English in the 1860s, Sardanapalian is an eponym that comes from the legendary Assyrian king Sardanapal who was famous for his decadence.
過分豪華。豐富的論文與金邊框，青銅吊燈，紅木雕刻在飯廳裡，在沙龍的藍色羊絨家具，...寒蟬完全無意義的字符的所有細節，但威樂輔助Fayes眼睛似乎在最後努力Sardanapalian奢侈品。 - 巴爾扎克，土壤的兒子在這裡，在這半年，已銷毀韃靼鎮，草原包圍，他縱容自己，陷於貧困的境地，甚至他的jassy法院在Sardanapalian光輝。 - 西蒙Sebag蒙蒂菲奧里，波將金在19世紀60年代，在英語中首次使用Sardanapalian是從傳說中的亞述國王Sardanapal誰是他頹廢的著名的名字命名。
Sardanapalian \sahr-dn-uh-PEYL-yuhn\, adjective:
Excessively luxurious.
Rich papers with gold borders, bronze chandeliers, mahogany engravings in the dining-room, and blue cashmere furniture in the salon, … all details of a chilling and perfectly unmeaning character, but which to the eyes of Ville-aux- Fayes seemed the last efforts of Sardanapalian luxury.
-- Honoré de Balzac, Sons of Soil
Here, in this half-destroyed Tartar town, surrounded by steppes, he indulged himself in a Sardanapalian effulgence that beggared even his jassy Court.
-- Simon Sebag Montefiore, Potemkin
First used in English in the 1860s, Sardanapalian is an eponym that comes from the legendary Assyrian king Sardanapal who was famous for his decadence.
過分豪華。豐富的論文與金邊框，青銅吊燈，紅木雕刻在飯廳裡，在沙龍的藍色羊絨家具，...寒蟬完全無意義的字符的所有細節，但威樂輔助Fayes眼睛似乎在最後努力Sardanapalian奢侈品。 - 巴爾扎克，土壤的兒子在這裡，在這半年，已銷毀韃靼鎮，草原包圍，他縱容自己，陷於貧困的境地，甚至他的jassy法院在Sardanapalian光輝。 - 西蒙Sebag蒙蒂菲奧里，波將金在19世紀60年代，在英語中首次使用Sardanapalian是從傳說中的亞述國王Sardanapal誰是他頹廢的著名的名字命名。
2012年6月15日 星期五
2012_06_13 Mewl v. 哭,了像嗚咽 whimper.
Word of the Day for Wednesday, June 13, 2012
mewl \myool\, verb:
To cry, as a baby, young child, or the like; whimper.
When Celia was growing up, her father had taken in a stray kitten, an avid hunter who – by the time Celia had left for college – still had not gotten over a formative, stray-life trauma that compelled it to mewl between mouthfuls of food.
-- Myla Goldberg, The False Friend
They have mouths that twitch, and eyes that stare, and they babble and they mewl and they whimper.
-- Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors
Mewl is an imitative word that mimics the sound of a whimper.
哭了，作為一個嬰兒，幼兒，或像嗚咽。
當西莉亞長大，她的父親已在流浪的小貓，一個狂熱的獵人誰 - 時間西莉亞離開大專 - 仍未得到過形成，流浪生活的創傷，迫使它的食物之間的幾口mewl 。
- 米拉戈德堡，虛假的朋友
他們有口，抽搐，眼睛凝視，和他們喋喋不休和他們mewl的，他們嗚咽。
“ - 內爾吉曼，霧裡看花
mewl是模仿的字，模仿的嗚咽聲。
mewl \myool\, verb:
To cry, as a baby, young child, or the like; whimper.
When Celia was growing up, her father had taken in a stray kitten, an avid hunter who – by the time Celia had left for college – still had not gotten over a formative, stray-life trauma that compelled it to mewl between mouthfuls of food.
-- Myla Goldberg, The False Friend
They have mouths that twitch, and eyes that stare, and they babble and they mewl and they whimper.
-- Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors
Mewl is an imitative word that mimics the sound of a whimper.
哭了，作為一個嬰兒，幼兒，或像嗚咽。
當西莉亞長大，她的父親已在流浪的小貓，一個狂熱的獵人誰 - 時間西莉亞離開大專 - 仍未得到過形成，流浪生活的創傷，迫使它的食物之間的幾口mewl 。
- 米拉戈德堡，虛假的朋友
他們有口，抽搐，眼睛凝視，和他們喋喋不休和他們mewl的，他們嗚咽。
“ - 內爾吉曼，霧裡看花
mewl是模仿的字，模仿的嗚咽聲。
2012_06_15 Cunctation n. Delay; tardiness; 延遲;遲到。
Word of the Day for Friday, June 15, 2012
cunctation \kuhngk-TEY-shuhn\, noun:
Delay; tardiness.
Lord Eldon however was personally answerable for unnecessary and culpable cunctation, as he called it in protracting the arguments of counsel, and in deferring judgment from day to day, from term to term, and from year to year after the arguments had closed and he had irrevocably decided in his own mind what the judgment should be.
-- Baron John Campbell, Lives of Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham
"What it's about," Goldman said, with tantalizing cunctation, "is a whole lot of things, as a matter of fact."
-- Philip Kerr, The Shot
Cunctation stems from the Latin word cunctātiōn- meaning "delay" or "hesitation".
延遲;遲到。主埃爾登個人不過是不必要的和應受懲處cunctation交代，他稱之為地延長律師的論點，並推遲從每天的判斷，從短期到長期，從一年到一年後的參數已關閉，他不得不無可挽回地決定自己的心態應該是什麼的判斷。 巴朗 - 約翰·坎貝爾，主林德赫斯特和主蒙生活“它是關於什麼的，”高盛說，與誘人cunctation，“一大堆的事情，事實上，。” - 菲利普·科爾，鉛球從拉美cunctātiōn的意思是“延遲”或“猶豫”一詞源於cunctation。
cunctation \kuhngk-TEY-shuhn\, noun:
Delay; tardiness.
Lord Eldon however was personally answerable for unnecessary and culpable cunctation, as he called it in protracting the arguments of counsel, and in deferring judgment from day to day, from term to term, and from year to year after the arguments had closed and he had irrevocably decided in his own mind what the judgment should be.
-- Baron John Campbell, Lives of Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham
"What it's about," Goldman said, with tantalizing cunctation, "is a whole lot of things, as a matter of fact."
-- Philip Kerr, The Shot
Cunctation stems from the Latin word cunctātiōn- meaning "delay" or "hesitation".
延遲;遲到。主埃爾登個人不過是不必要的和應受懲處cunctation交代，他稱之為地延長律師的論點，並推遲從每天的判斷，從短期到長期，從一年到一年後的參數已關閉，他不得不無可挽回地決定自己的心態應該是什麼的判斷。 巴朗 - 約翰·坎貝爾，主林德赫斯特和主蒙生活“它是關於什麼的，”高盛說，與誘人cunctation，“一大堆的事情，事實上，。” - 菲利普·科爾，鉛球從拉美cunctātiōn的意思是“延遲”或“猶豫”一詞源於cunctation。
2012年6月14日 星期四
2012_06_14 Imponderable , 無法估量的cannot precisely determined or measured.
Word of the Day for Thursday, June 14, 2012
imponderable \im-PON-der-uh-buhl\, noun:m
1. A thing that cannot be precisely determined or measured.
adjective:
1. Not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
Of course he had always been a huge imponderable, if not to say the biggest challenge of her admittedly young life.
-- Lindsay Armstrong, The Constantin Marriage
Of course there's always the imponderable, the unpredictable which can't be foreseen...
-- Leonardo Sciascia, Peter Robb and Sacha Rabinovitch, The Moro Affair
Imponderable comes directly from the Medieval Latin word imponderābilis which had the same meaning.
無法估量的\ IM-PON的DER-UH-布爾\，名詞：
1。的事情，不能準確地確定或衡量。
形容詞：
1。不ponderable;不能準確地確定，測量，或評估。
當然，他始終是一個巨大的無法估量的，如果不說，她承認年輕的生命面臨的最大挑戰。
- 林賽·阿姆斯特朗，康斯坦丁婚姻
當然，總是有無法估量的，不可預見的不可預知的...
- 萊昂納多夏夏，彼得·羅布和薩沙·拉賓諾維奇，摩洛事理
無法估量的直接來自於中世紀拉丁字imponderābilis有相同的含義。
2012年6月11日 星期一
2012_06_11 Ravelment n. Entanglement; 糾纏;混亂。
Word of the Day for Monday, June 11, 2012
ravelment \RAV-uhl-muhnt\, noun:
Entanglement; confusion.
Hampered as I was by my well-known connection with the Gillespie poisoning case, I could not personally make a move towards the ravelment of its mystery without subjecting myself to the curiosity of the people among whom my attention of the District Attorney's office and the suspicion of the men whose business I was in a measure attempting to usurp.
-- Anna Katharine Green, One of My Sons
What I could see clearly, though, was the lower course of the burn: this bisected the small valley and appeared to loop around the far side of the dwelling, partly enfolding it before it broadened out and spread thence through arable to a ravelment of stone and incoming sea.
-- Clifford Geddes, Edge of the Glen
Ravelment derives from the word ravel which means "to become tangled". It entered English in the early 1800s.
糾纏\ RAV UHL-muhnt的\，名詞：
糾纏;混亂。
阻礙作為我我知名的吉萊斯皮中毒的情況下連接的是，我不能親自作出不服從自己的人的好奇心1實現了它的神秘糾纏移動其中我關注的地區檢察官辦公室和懷疑的人，他們的生意，我在試圖篡奪措施。
- 安娜·凱瑟琳·格林，我的一個兒子
我可以清楚地看到，雖然是燒傷當然這平分的小山谷和周圍居住的遠循環出現，部分捂著它之前，它擴大，並通過耕地那裡蔓延到石糾纏和傳入海。
- 克利福德格迪斯，幽谷邊緣
糾纏源於這意味著“成為糾纏不清的”字拉威爾。它在19世紀初進入英語。
ravelment \RAV-uhl-muhnt\, noun:
Entanglement; confusion.
Hampered as I was by my well-known connection with the Gillespie poisoning case, I could not personally make a move towards the ravelment of its mystery without subjecting myself to the curiosity of the people among whom my attention of the District Attorney's office and the suspicion of the men whose business I was in a measure attempting to usurp.
-- Anna Katharine Green, One of My Sons
What I could see clearly, though, was the lower course of the burn: this bisected the small valley and appeared to loop around the far side of the dwelling, partly enfolding it before it broadened out and spread thence through arable to a ravelment of stone and incoming sea.
-- Clifford Geddes, Edge of the Glen
Ravelment derives from the word ravel which means "to become tangled". It entered English in the early 1800s.
糾纏\ RAV UHL-muhnt的\，名詞：
糾纏;混亂。
阻礙作為我我知名的吉萊斯皮中毒的情況下連接的是，我不能親自作出不服從自己的人的好奇心1實現了它的神秘糾纏移動其中我關注的地區檢察官辦公室和懷疑的人，他們的生意，我在試圖篡奪措施。
- 安娜·凱瑟琳·格林，我的一個兒子
我可以清楚地看到，雖然是燒傷當然這平分的小山谷和周圍居住的遠循環出現，部分捂著它之前，它擴大，並通過耕地那裡蔓延到石糾纏和傳入海。
- 克利福德格迪斯，幽谷邊緣
糾纏源於這意味著“成為糾纏不清的”字拉威爾。它在19世紀初進入英語。
2012年6月10日 星期日
2012_06_10 mignon adj.精緻漂亮 Delicately pretty
Word of the Day for Sunday, June 10, 2012
mignon \min-YON\, adjective:
Small and pretty; delicately pretty.
And here Jasmin caressed his own arm, and made as if it were a baby's, smiling and speaking in a mignon voice, wagging his head roguishly.
-- William Chambers and Robert Chambers, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal
As the village princeling and household cosset, the toast of the family, the mignon of the minions, the darling of the staff, my feelings about the proposed adoption would not be hard to divine.
-- Martin Amis, Success
Mignon stems from the French word of the same spelling which means "delicate" or "charming". It is also related to the word "minion" through the sense of "small".
牛排\分鐘，延亨默\，形容詞：
小而漂亮，精緻漂亮。
和茉莉在這裡愛撫自己的手臂，並就好像它是嬰兒的，面帶微笑，在牛排的聲音說，流裡流氣地搖他的頭。
- 威廉·錢伯斯和羅伯特·錢伯斯，錢伯斯的愛丁堡 -
村太子黨和家庭的寵兒，家庭的敬酒，牛排的爪牙，工作人員的寵兒，有關建議採納我的感情不會很難神聖。
- 馬丁·艾米斯，成功
米尼翁源於法語單詞拼寫相同，這意味著“精緻”或“迷人”。它也涉及到的“馬仔”，通過“小”的感覺。
mignon \min-YON\, adjective:
Small and pretty; delicately pretty.
And here Jasmin caressed his own arm, and made as if it were a baby's, smiling and speaking in a mignon voice, wagging his head roguishly.
-- William Chambers and Robert Chambers, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal
As the village princeling and household cosset, the toast of the family, the mignon of the minions, the darling of the staff, my feelings about the proposed adoption would not be hard to divine.
-- Martin Amis, Success
Mignon stems from the French word of the same spelling which means "delicate" or "charming". It is also related to the word "minion" through the sense of "small".
牛排\分鐘，延亨默\，形容詞：
小而漂亮，精緻漂亮。
和茉莉在這裡愛撫自己的手臂，並就好像它是嬰兒的，面帶微笑，在牛排的聲音說，流裡流氣地搖他的頭。
- 威廉·錢伯斯和羅伯特·錢伯斯，錢伯斯的愛丁堡 -
村太子黨和家庭的寵兒，家庭的敬酒，牛排的爪牙，工作人員的寵兒，有關建議採納我的感情不會很難神聖。
- 馬丁·艾米斯，成功
米尼翁源於法語單詞拼寫相同，這意味著“精緻”或“迷人”。它也涉及到的“馬仔”，通過“小”的感覺。
2012年6月9日 星期六
2012_06_09 Pochismo n. 借用一個英文單詞或表達成西班牙文。
Word of the Day for Saturday, June 9, 2012
pochismo \poh-CHEEZ-moh\, noun:
1. An English word or expression borrowed into Spanish.
2. A form of speech employing many such words.
3. An adopted U.S. custom, attitude, etc.
Along the Texas border, in the towns on both sides of the Rio Grande, they call a similar blending of languages pochismo.
-- Robert Wilder, Plough the Sea
The assimilation of English with Spanish speech and of Hispanic with Anglo traits in the mixed culture termed pochismo has brought contrasting values and characteristics into play within families and even within individuals.
-- Milo Kearney and Manuel Medrano, Medieval Culture and the Mexican American Borderlands
Pochismo entered English in the 1940s. It is a variation of the word pocho which refers to a person of Mexican heritage who has adopted American customs. The suffix -ismo is usually the Spanish equivalent of the English suffix -ism.
1。借用一個英文單詞或表達成西班牙文。
2。一種形式的講話僱用許多這樣的話。
3。一個通過美國的習慣，態度等。
得克薩斯州邊境沿線，在格蘭德河兩側的城鎮，他們稱之為同類的語言pochismo的混合。
- 羅伯特·懷爾德，先靈葆雅海
英語與西班牙語演講，並與英美在混合文化特徵的西班牙裔美國人同化被稱為pochismo帶來了對比的價值和特點，發揮內，甚至在家庭和個人。
- 米洛科爾尼和曼努埃爾·梅德拉諾，中世紀的文化和墨西哥裔美國人的邊疆
pochismo在20世紀40年代進入英語。這是一個變化的的字pocho指墨西哥遺產的人，已通過美國海關。後綴-ismo通常是西班牙相當於英語後綴主義的。
pochismo \poh-CHEEZ-moh\, noun:
1. An English word or expression borrowed into Spanish.
2. A form of speech employing many such words.
3. An adopted U.S. custom, attitude, etc.
Along the Texas border, in the towns on both sides of the Rio Grande, they call a similar blending of languages pochismo.
-- Robert Wilder, Plough the Sea
The assimilation of English with Spanish speech and of Hispanic with Anglo traits in the mixed culture termed pochismo has brought contrasting values and characteristics into play within families and even within individuals.
-- Milo Kearney and Manuel Medrano, Medieval Culture and the Mexican American Borderlands
Pochismo entered English in the 1940s. It is a variation of the word pocho which refers to a person of Mexican heritage who has adopted American customs. The suffix -ismo is usually the Spanish equivalent of the English suffix -ism.
1。借用一個英文單詞或表達成西班牙文。
2。一種形式的講話僱用許多這樣的話。
3。一個通過美國的習慣，態度等。
得克薩斯州邊境沿線，在格蘭德河兩側的城鎮，他們稱之為同類的語言pochismo的混合。
- 羅伯特·懷爾德，先靈葆雅海
英語與西班牙語演講，並與英美在混合文化特徵的西班牙裔美國人同化被稱為pochismo帶來了對比的價值和特點，發揮內，甚至在家庭和個人。
- 米洛科爾尼和曼努埃爾·梅德拉諾，中世紀的文化和墨西哥裔美國人的邊疆
pochismo在20世紀40年代進入英語。這是一個變化的的字pocho指墨西哥遺產的人，已通過美國海關。後綴-ismo通常是西班牙相當於英語後綴主義的。
2012年6月8日 星期五
2012_06_08 Divulse 撕裂或分開。
Word of the Day for Friday, June 8, 2012
divulse \dahy-VUHLS\, verb:
To tear away or apart.
A perforation having been so made, it is safer to divulse the opening rather than to enlarge it by cutting in order to avoid the possibility of opening a blood vessel in an inaccessible region.
-- Eugene Fuller, M.D., The Journal of the American Medical Association
Even if you are the kooper of the winkel over measure never lost a license. Nor a duckindonche divulse from bath and breakfast.
-- James Joyce, Finnegans Wake
Divulse comes from the Latin root vellere meaning "plucked". The prefix di- is a variation of dis- before the letter v meaning "apart" or "away", as in disown.
divulse\ dahy VUHLS\，動詞：撕裂或分開。穿孔已如此作出的，它是安全，到divulse開放，而不是擴大它切割，以避免在人跡罕至的地區開放血管的可能性。 - 尤金·富勒，醫學博士，美國醫學協會雜誌“即使你是以上措施的溫克爾kooper永遠失去了牌照。 ，也不是從浴缸和早餐duckindonche divulse。 - 詹姆斯·喬伊斯，芬尼根守靈divulse來自拉丁詞根，意思是“撥弦”vellere。 DI-前綴是一種變異，顯示之前至五意思是“分開”或“離開”在斷絕關係的信。
divulse \dahy-VUHLS\, verb:
To tear away or apart.
A perforation having been so made, it is safer to divulse the opening rather than to enlarge it by cutting in order to avoid the possibility of opening a blood vessel in an inaccessible region.
-- Eugene Fuller, M.D., The Journal of the American Medical Association
Even if you are the kooper of the winkel over measure never lost a license. Nor a duckindonche divulse from bath and breakfast.
-- James Joyce, Finnegans Wake
Divulse comes from the Latin root vellere meaning "plucked". The prefix di- is a variation of dis- before the letter v meaning "apart" or "away", as in disown.
divulse\ dahy VUHLS\，動詞：撕裂或分開。穿孔已如此作出的，它是安全，到divulse開放，而不是擴大它切割，以避免在人跡罕至的地區開放血管的可能性。 - 尤金·富勒，醫學博士，美國醫學協會雜誌“即使你是以上措施的溫克爾kooper永遠失去了牌照。 ，也不是從浴缸和早餐duckindonche divulse。 - 詹姆斯·喬伊斯，芬尼根守靈divulse來自拉丁詞根，意思是“撥弦”vellere。 DI-前綴是一種變異，顯示之前至五意思是“分開”或“離開”在斷絕關係的信。
2012年6月7日 星期四
2012_06_07 Natch adv.當然，自然。Of course; naturally.
Word of the Day for Thursday, June 7, 2012
natch \nach\, adverb:
Of course; naturally.
She was even more delighted to hear that you were planning to invest in her health club, and hopes to see you there as a patron as well as an investor. At reduced rates, natch?
-- Evelyn E. Smith, Miss Melville Returns
Yes, well, your father, who has no humanitarian instincts, is already designing a computer program to put the Lever process on automatic. For a small fee, natch.
-- Dana Stabenow, Second Star
Natch is a shortening and respelling of the common English word naturally.
natch\膽鹼\，副詞：
當然，自然。
她更高興聽到你計劃投資在她的健康俱樂部，並希望看到你有靠山，以及投資者。在降低利率，natch？
- 伊夫林·E·史密斯，吳梅爾維爾返回
是啊，你的父親，誰沒有人道主義的本能，已經設計的計算機程序自動把槓桿過程。對於一個小的費用，natch。
- 達納施塔貝諾，二星級
natch是1起酥油和respelling常見的英語單詞自然。
natch \nach\, adverb:
Of course; naturally.
She was even more delighted to hear that you were planning to invest in her health club, and hopes to see you there as a patron as well as an investor. At reduced rates, natch?
-- Evelyn E. Smith, Miss Melville Returns
Yes, well, your father, who has no humanitarian instincts, is already designing a computer program to put the Lever process on automatic. For a small fee, natch.
-- Dana Stabenow, Second Star
Natch is a shortening and respelling of the common English word naturally.
natch\膽鹼\，副詞：
當然，自然。
她更高興聽到你計劃投資在她的健康俱樂部，並希望看到你有靠山，以及投資者。在降低利率，natch？
- 伊夫林·E·史密斯，吳梅爾維爾返回
是啊，你的父親，誰沒有人道主義的本能，已經設計的計算機程序自動把槓桿過程。對於一個小的費用，natch。
- 達納施塔貝諾，二星級
natch是1起酥油和respelling常見的英語單詞自然。
2012年6月6日 星期三
2012_06_05 Larrup v. 毆打或鞭打 to beat or thrash
Word of the Day for Wednesday, June 6, 2012
larrup \LAR-uhp\, verb:
To beat or thrash.
When a seagoing canoe beached on the stones, or when a neighbor came larruping from around back of the house, Martha Obenchain, peeling potatoes at a table in the sun, rose and put the kettle on, tickled pink.
-- Annie Dillard, The Living
A fast white boat comes larruping around the point from the direction of Mercer Island and banks towards him.
-- Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon
Larrup may derive from the Dutch word larpen meaning "to beat with flails".
揍\超高壓\，動詞：
毆打或鞭打。
當海輪獨木舟擱淺在石頭上，或當鄰居來了，從各地回來的房子，瑪莎Obenchain與眾不同，脫皮土豆在陽光下表，玫瑰，把水壺，捧腹。
“ - 安妮迪拉德，生活
一個快速的白色船來默瑟島的方向和銀行對他周圍的點與眾不同。
- 尼爾·斯蒂芬森，Cryptonomicon
揍可能來自荷蘭字larpen意思是“用連枷打”。
larrup \LAR-uhp\, verb:
To beat or thrash.
When a seagoing canoe beached on the stones, or when a neighbor came larruping from around back of the house, Martha Obenchain, peeling potatoes at a table in the sun, rose and put the kettle on, tickled pink.
-- Annie Dillard, The Living
A fast white boat comes larruping around the point from the direction of Mercer Island and banks towards him.
-- Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon
Larrup may derive from the Dutch word larpen meaning "to beat with flails".
揍\超高壓\，動詞：
毆打或鞭打。
當海輪獨木舟擱淺在石頭上，或當鄰居來了，從各地回來的房子，瑪莎Obenchain與眾不同，脫皮土豆在陽光下表，玫瑰，把水壺，捧腹。
“ - 安妮迪拉德，生活
一個快速的白色船來默瑟島的方向和銀行對他周圍的點與眾不同。
- 尼爾·斯蒂芬森，Cryptonomicon
揍可能來自荷蘭字larpen意思是“用連枷打”。
2012年6月5日 星期二
2012_06_05 apoplectic adj. 不夠激烈，威脅或導致中風。
Word of the Day for Tuesday, June 5, 2012
apoplectic \ap-uh-plek-tik\, adjective:
1. Intense enough to threaten or cause a stroke.
2. Of or pertaining to apoplexy.
3. Having or inclined to apoplexy.
noun:
1. A person having or predisposed to apoplexy.
When Abie used to shout, Rebecca always used to make a joke that he was having one of his apoplectic fits.
-- Alan Grayson, Mile End
...four years, one recession and a host of battles — over financial regulation and the nomination of Elizabeth Warren, over Dodd-Frank and the Buffett Rule — have taken their toll. Some on Wall Street are apoplectic. One former supporter, Dan Loeb, compared Obama to Nero; the president’s enemies insinuated worse.
-- Nicholas Confessore, "Obama’s Not-So-Hot Date With Wall Street", The New York Times Magazine, May 2, 2012
Apoplectic stems from the Greek word apoplēktikós which meant "pertaining to stroke". It literally meant "struck down".
中風\ AP-UH-plek狄\，形容詞：
1。不夠激烈，威脅或導致中風。
2。或有關中風。
3。擁有或傾向於中風。
名詞：
1。有一個人或易患中風。
當Abie喊，麗貝卡總是用一個玩笑，他有他的一個中風配合。
- 艾倫·格雷森，完哩
......四年來，經濟衰退和一系列的戰鬥 - 對金融監管和多德 - 弗蘭克和巴菲特的規則，伊麗莎白·沃倫的提名 - 已採取他們的通行費。華爾街一些是中風。前者的支持者之一，丹·勒布，到Nero相比，奧巴馬總統的敵人含沙射影更糟。
- 尼古拉斯Confessore，“奧巴馬與華爾街不那麼熱的日期”，“紐約時報雜誌”，5月2日，2012年
這意味著“有關中風”從希臘字apoplēktikós的中風莖。它的字面意思，“打倒”。
2012年6月4日 星期一
2012_06_04 Histrionics n. 裝腔作勢 Dramatic representation
Word of the Day for Monday, June 4, 2012
histrionics \his-tree-ON-iks\, noun:
1. Behavior or speech for effect, as insincere or exaggerated expression of an emotion.
2. Dramatic representation; theatricals; acting.
You are constantly talking about Beate's histrionics, her showing off.
-- Alberto Moravia, 1934
Of course it is not only southern writers, of lyrical bent, who engage in such histrionics and shout, "Look at me!" Perhaps it is a parable of all artists.
-- Tennessee Williams, New Selected Essays
Though it sounds like the word history, histrionics has a different root. It comes from the Etruscan root histriōn- which meant "actor".
裝腔作勢\他的樹-ON-IKS\，名詞：
1。行為或言論的影響，言不由衷或誇張的情感表達。
2。戲劇性的代表性;戲劇演出;演技。
你不斷地談論·貝亞特·的裝腔作勢，她炫耀。
- 阿爾貝托摩拉維亞，1934年
當然，它不僅是南方作家抒情彎曲，在從事這樣的裝腔作勢和呼喊，“看看我！”也許是所有藝術家的比喻。
- 田納西·威廉斯，新選定的散文
雖然它聽起來像這個詞的歷史，裝腔作勢，有一個不同的根。它是從的伊特魯里亞根histriōn的意思是“演員”。
histrionics \his-tree-ON-iks\, noun:
1. Behavior or speech for effect, as insincere or exaggerated expression of an emotion.
2. Dramatic representation; theatricals; acting.
You are constantly talking about Beate's histrionics, her showing off.
-- Alberto Moravia, 1934
Of course it is not only southern writers, of lyrical bent, who engage in such histrionics and shout, "Look at me!" Perhaps it is a parable of all artists.
-- Tennessee Williams, New Selected Essays
Though it sounds like the word history, histrionics has a different root. It comes from the Etruscan root histriōn- which meant "actor".
裝腔作勢\他的樹-ON-IKS\，名詞：
1。行為或言論的影響，言不由衷或誇張的情感表達。
2。戲劇性的代表性;戲劇演出;演技。
你不斷地談論·貝亞特·的裝腔作勢，她炫耀。
- 阿爾貝托摩拉維亞，1934年
當然，它不僅是南方作家抒情彎曲，在從事這樣的裝腔作勢和呼喊，“看看我！”也許是所有藝術家的比喻。
- 田納西·威廉斯，新選定的散文
雖然它聽起來像這個詞的歷史，裝腔作勢，有一個不同的根。它是從的伊特魯里亞根histriōn的意思是“演員”。
2012年6月3日 星期日
2012_06_03 Levigate v. 擦，磨，細粉 To rub, grind,
Word of the Day for Sunday, June 3, 2012
levigate \LEV-i-geyt\, verb:
1. To rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder.
2. Chemistry. To make a homogeneous mixture of, as gels.
adjective:
1. Botany. Having a smooth, glossy surface; glabrous.
It is sufficient to levigate them with water to obtain them very white.
-- M. Richter, Philosophical Magazine, Volume 23
This clay, carefully levigated, and covered with an excellent glaze, yielded a red ware…
-- Samuel Smiles, Josiah Wedgwood
Levigate is derived from the Latin word lēvigātus meaning "to smooth."
磨光\利-I geyt的\，動詞：1。擦，磨，細粉或減少。2。化學。做一個混合均勻，凝膠。形容詞：1。植物。具有表面光滑，有光澤;無毛。這是足夠的水，磨光與他們獲得他們很白。 - ·里希特，哲學雜誌，第23卷仔細levigated，涵蓋了一個良好的釉，粘土，取得了一個紅色的潔具...... - 斯邁爾斯，喬賽亞·韋奇伍德磨光來自拉丁詞，意思是的lēvigātus“順利”。
levigate \LEV-i-geyt\, verb:
1. To rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder.
2. Chemistry. To make a homogeneous mixture of, as gels.
adjective:
1. Botany. Having a smooth, glossy surface; glabrous.
It is sufficient to levigate them with water to obtain them very white.
-- M. Richter, Philosophical Magazine, Volume 23
This clay, carefully levigated, and covered with an excellent glaze, yielded a red ware…
-- Samuel Smiles, Josiah Wedgwood
Levigate is derived from the Latin word lēvigātus meaning "to smooth."
磨光\利-I geyt的\，動詞：1。擦，磨，細粉或減少。2。化學。做一個混合均勻，凝膠。形容詞：1。植物。具有表面光滑，有光澤;無毛。這是足夠的水，磨光與他們獲得他們很白。 - ·里希特，哲學雜誌，第23卷仔細levigated，涵蓋了一個良好的釉，粘土，取得了一個紅色的潔具...... - 斯邁爾斯，喬賽亞·韋奇伍德磨光來自拉丁詞，意思是的lēvigātus“順利”。
2012_06_02 Bosh n. 無稽之談 Absurd or foolish talk; nonsense.
Word of the Day for Saturday, June 2, 2012
bosh \bosh\, noun:
Absurd or foolish talk; nonsense.
You know perfectly well — and it is all bosh, too. Come, now, how do they proceed?
-- Mark Twain, The Gilded Age
Bosh, bosh, bosh! Why is it right for him to follow his nature ? Because it is right. Why is it wrong for me to follow my nature? Because it is wrong. That's the whole of your argument…
-- George Dyre Eldridge, In the Potter's House
Bosh stems from the Turkish word bos meaning "empty". It was popularized in English by the British writer James J. Morier.
2012年6月2日，星期六，日字波什\波什\，名詞：荒謬或愚蠢的談話;無稽之談。你知道得很清楚 - 這是所有的波什，太。來吧，現在，他們是如何進行呢？ - 馬克·吐溫“鍍金時代波什，波什，波什！為什麼這是正確的，他跟隨他的本性嗎？因為它是正確的。為什麼這是錯的，我按照我的本性嗎？因為它是錯誤的。這是你的論點的整體... - 喬治·Dyre埃爾德里奇，在波特的家波什來自土耳其的字，意思是“空”BOS。它是由英國作家詹姆斯·J. Morier推廣英語。
bosh \bosh\, noun:
Absurd or foolish talk; nonsense.
You know perfectly well — and it is all bosh, too. Come, now, how do they proceed?
-- Mark Twain, The Gilded Age
Bosh, bosh, bosh! Why is it right for him to follow his nature ? Because it is right. Why is it wrong for me to follow my nature? Because it is wrong. That's the whole of your argument…
-- George Dyre Eldridge, In the Potter's House
Bosh stems from the Turkish word bos meaning "empty". It was popularized in English by the British writer James J. Morier.
2012年6月2日，星期六，日字波什\波什\，名詞：荒謬或愚蠢的談話;無稽之談。你知道得很清楚 - 這是所有的波什，太。來吧，現在，他們是如何進行呢？ - 馬克·吐溫“鍍金時代波什，波什，波什！為什麼這是正確的，他跟隨他的本性嗎？因為它是正確的。為什麼這是錯的，我按照我的本性嗎？因為它是錯誤的。這是你的論點的整體... - 喬治·Dyre埃爾德里奇，在波特的家波什來自土耳其的字，意思是“空”BOS。它是由英國作家詹姆斯·J. Morier推廣英語。
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